THE BAND's VISIT Reviews — Page 3

After Eight said: "GeorgeandDot wrote: "I'm just challenging all of you,"



People don't need to be challenged, either by you or anyone else. They're perfectly capable of making up their own minds.

People here have expressed not liking it ---in my opinion, for good reason. That is the show's fault, not theirs.

Plainly put,it's lousy."

Grumpy old troll is trolling again.

He doesn't seem to understand that no one here gives a **** what he thinks about anything.

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BwayinVan said: "This show has me torn. I keep flip flopping on whether to buy tickets for my epic 7 show visit in April. With only three slots left to fill I keep going back and forth on pulling the trigger. I agree with those above who say it’s a weak year for new work. Although this isn’t in my wheelhouse I think I would prefer to see it win over a commercial behemoth like Frozen. The reviews make me want to see it but reviews but regular folk makes me not want to see it."

Important to note that there are plenty of reviews by regular folks here and on the other board who absolutely love the show. But it's also clear that the show doesn't appeal to everyone I haven't seen it yet but have tickets for Dec 12 I'd ask yourself this: If it goes on to get as many Tony nominations as predicted, and wins the Tony for Best Musical, will I regret not having seen it?

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GeorgeandDot said: "After Eight, if we don't challenge each other, we don't grow. I don't know your age, but I'm getting up in years these days and I still leave room for PLENTY of growth. Art should challenge it's audiences and ask it to think. A show as simple and flashy as Hello, Dolly! still does. Maybe not to the extent of The Band's Visit, but it still does. Also, I love the show because I understood what it meant, so I don't know why you act as though you speak for the entire population of planet Earth and the universe when you call it lousy. I certainly didn't think it was lousy. It's quiet, simple, and yet somehow deeply profound in it's silence and it may just be the most human musical that I have ever seen."

I give you credit for trying to reason with a troll, though you're wasting your time. After Eight hasn't grown intellectually since he reached puberty.

I am also up there in age. When I was younger, I couldn't stand Sondheim's music. It often hurt my ears, and I clearly didn't pay enough attention to the lyrics. But not that many years ago, I had occasion to do a deep dive into one of his shows, studied the music, and came away with a completely new perspective about his genius.

To grow, you have to want to grow, and you can't fear the outcome. After Eight clearly possesses neither of those characteristics.

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I have been reading After Eight's posts for nine years on here. Some I agree with...some I don't. But like everyone else on here, he has the right to his opinions, without the need for name calling and attacks. I don't see how you can say he is speaking "for the entire population of planet Earth and the universe" by calling the show "lousy". It is his personal opinion. It is no different when you call the show "profound". You are certainly not speaking "for the entire population of planet Earth and the universe". It is your own opinion. I saw the show....and it was okay. Not lousy, not profound, just okay. My opinion. BTW, I understood 100% what the show meant. It was still...just okay.

ArtMan, first of all, I never did any sort of name calling here, although based upon After Eight's previous posts, they do actually seem to be a troll of some sort. I can't tell if their opinions are real and they use them get a reaction or if they're just someone messing with everyone by sharing super negative opinions. Either way there's a ridiculous amount of negativity coming from them. Also, yes, After Eight does seem to present his opinion of the show being "lousy" as fact, while I didn't present my opinion of it being "profound" as being fact.

GeorgeandDot said: "ArtMan, first of all, I never did any sort of name calling here, although based upon After Eight's previous posts, they do actually seem to be a troll of some sort. I can't tell if their opinions are real and they use them get a reaction or if they're just someone messing with everyone by sharing super negative opinions. Either way there's a ridiculous amount of negativity coming from them. Also, yes, After Eight does seem to present his opinion of the show being "lousy" as fact, while I didn't present my opinion of it being "profound" as being fact."

Uhm, not that I plan on arguing. I am really trying to get through the awful War of the Planet of the Apes movie. But you called After Eight a troll and a fake account on November 8,2017 in the thread "The Band's Visit previews". Just saying!!

I think I got all the subtexts of The Band's Visit. The loneliness, the regret, the life choices, and the crossing of cultural and linguistic divides through music. I mean it's not THAT subtle: "Answer Me" is one big long cry of loneliness, and music soothes the crying baby to sleep and the quarreling couple to a reconciliation. Music connects Dina and Tewfiq. I just didn't think the musical came together all that well. I felt like there were snippets here and there of a great musical but not tied together.

And one thing about the musical bothered me:

ArtMan, yes because I've tried to speak with them before and come to realize that they're a hopelessly negative troll. It doesn't matter how long he's been posting here, he's a troll. Also, I'm not convinced that it isn't a troll account. Also, yes ArtMan you do have plans to argue since you intentionally began an argument.

:)

Just saying!!!

ArtMan, I have been lurking on these boards for years and I've worked in the industry for many years. I'm well into retirement these days. I'm allowed to act like a know it all because I probably know a whole lot more than many of the people on here. I don't mean to sound disrespectful to anyone on here, but I have a lot more hands on experience, than many of the posters here. Also, I thought we were having a very civil discussion here until you popped in and decided to stir the pot and be confrontational. I can tell you must be quite young.


Also, last time I checked "troll" is not a dirty word to call anyone, but rather refers to one that constantly posts negative thoughts in order to get a reaction. I'm sure that many would agree with me here when I say that, that it a pretty good description of After Eight.

Seriously, check that attitude ArtMan.

Finally saw this, and dear God, what an exquisitely beautiful show. Never have I seen anything on Broadway that the words "intoxicating" and "entrancing" encapsulate so well.

Brantley's following words hit the nail on the head: "“The Band’s Visit” flows with the grave and joyful insistence of life itself. All it asks is that you be quiet enough to hear the music in the murmurs, whispers and silences of human existence at its most mundane — and transcendent."

To be sure, not much happens. But it's in the show's uneventfulness that I found so much extraordinary nuance and beauty. And humanness. It's maybe one of the most real pieces of theatre I've ever seen.

The score is utterly magnificent and is the star of the show, tied with Katrina freaking Lenk, who delivers a seductive performance worthy of a Tony. I'll be rooting for her in June.

You can't go into this expecting a big, ol' Broadway musical. But if you can just let the production do its thing, it's a slow burn, but it just washes over you. I was overwhelmed by the end (and ugh, that GORGEOUS ending!!!).

I adored this show.

It's important to remember After Eight lives in a Neil Simon past. After Eight had a tinge or two below the waist after seeing Mary Mary. Like Laura Wingfield, After Eight sits home playing recordings from the past.

Most of After Eight's postings are nothing more than peeing in the wind!

poisonivy2 said: "I think I got all the subtexts of The Band's Visit. The loneliness, the regret, the life choices, and the crossing of cultural and linguistic divides through music. I mean it's not THAT subtle: "Answer Me" is one big long cry of loneliness, and music soothes the crying baby to sleep and the quarreling couple to a reconciliation. Music connects Dina and Tewfiq. I just didn't think the musical came together all that well. I felt like there were snippets here and there of a great musical but not tied together.

And one thing about the musical bothered me:

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Poisonivy2, I agree with you entirely. One can be both perfectly comfortable with critical thinking and analysis and think that this musical, whilst charming, did not fully realise its potential.