Taymor Will Accept Help-or Depart- Page 2
Taymor Will Accept Help-or Depart
You must answer to get help.#25
Posted: 3/7/11 at 11:46pm
Namo--you remind me of the speech in the Lanford Wilson play "The Mound Builders" in which one of the characters describes the red fire-alarm boxes that were on every street corners in New York until they became obsolete.
Inside the red box there was glass window, behind which was a phone to central fire command. There was a small knocker to break the glass and a sign that read, in small type: "Break glass; lift receiver; answer operator." And then in big type was the message: You MUST answer to get help."
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Julie: You must answer to get help.
You must answer to get help.#26
Posted: 3/8/11 at 12:26am
I see an announcement being made that Julie Taymor will no longer be with the show so they are going to close and reboot it and that will be the last time we will ever hear of this show.
I pray to God that happens.
You must answer to get help.#27
Posted: 3/8/11 at 12:51amUnbelievable mess. And yet totally predictable. I hate it when we're right.
You must answer to get help.#28
Posted: 3/8/11 at 1:11am
Bwayphreak, the metaphor makes no sense because it's a phoenix itself that becomes "burnt char". It's not like there's some third thing that either turns into a phoenix or turns into ashes. It makes no sense to say a show hasn't turned into a phoenix or into char; they're not even separate things. What's she saying, she wants her show to be like a creature that bursts into flame and then turns to ash once a month? It's at least as nonsensical as some of the stuff Charlie Sheen says.
(Also, again: no such thing as unburnt char!)
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You must answer to get help.#29
Posted: 3/8/11 at 1:17am
"I am still trying to figure out how she did Lion King."
It had a book already written.
You must answer to get help.#31
Posted: 3/8/11 at 1:30am
""I am still trying to figure out how she did Lion King."
It had a book already written."
And she had Disney watching over her shoulder every minute!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
You must answer to get help.#32
Posted: 3/8/11 at 2:02am
"she could redeem herself by being humble and gracious and opening up and stepping aside and letting someone else drive the bus."
HAH! That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
You must answer to get help.#33
Posted: 3/8/11 at 2:16amWho would you rather replace her: Rob Ashford or John Doyle?
You must answer to get help.#34
Posted: 3/8/11 at 2:24amOne thing seems certain: Ms. Taymor is not Winning.
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
You must answer to get help.#36
Posted: 3/8/11 at 2:39amIf she refuses to step down and the show tanks she will be held soley responsible.
You must answer to get help.#37
Posted: 3/8/11 at 3:17amI don't see the show surviving a "director fired" headline.
You must answer to get help.#38
Posted: 3/8/11 at 3:19amI'm not sure about that. Spider-Man is bigger than Julie Taymor in the larger scheme of things.
You must answer to get help.#39
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:34amGiven audience interest is already plummeting, I'm not so sure about that.
You must answer to get help.#40
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:03am
"I think Disney's tighter reins have a lot to do with that."
This never would have happened if Disney was behind this show. Not saying the show would have been a smash hit, but I don't think the preview period would have lasted this long. I know 2 people who have worked for them and they said that they are pretty strict with their shows and actors.
You must answer to get help.#41
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:18am"It was a dark and stormy production" Ken Mandelbaum furiously typing his latest book Not Since Spiderman.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#42
Posted: 3/8/11 at 10:54am
Here it is...
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man!
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#43
Posted: 3/8/11 at 11:15amNo offense, but I will wait for a formal announcement on this.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#44
Posted: 3/8/11 at 11:17am^ me too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#45
Posted: 3/8/11 at 11:37am
Come on. This is a hard call, and always is when outside help is sought by producers.
THAT SAID, why didn't the producer sit her down with this talk 3 months ago? Think what you want of Taymor's ego - and it has nothing to do with that bipolar, crack-smoking wife-beating celebrity in the news - at the end of the day, this production was a product of weak producing.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#46
Posted: 3/8/11 at 11:38amI don't think she did the book for Lion King---that might be the major area she needs to step aside.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#47
Posted: 3/8/11 at 11:57amI hope a lovely psychiatric hospital is preparing for her arrival.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#48
Posted: 3/8/11 at 12:13pm
justafan, I was thinking the same thing.
As for the producers sitting her down and talking to her, do they have a lot of experience producing musicals? it seems from reading about them they don't. I could be wrong though. Please correct me if I am.
5-Week Hiatus for Spider-Man#49
Posted: 3/8/11 at 12:30pmI'm not sure they if they have a lot of experience, but they certainly know the difference between a good show and a bad one.
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