Posted: 4/22/15 at 10:39am
"That's what the best PR reps like Liz Rosenberg are paid to do: constant damage control."
But this "damage control" can't be very effective, when it's just a lazy contradiction of what many others witnessed with their own eyes. Who is that supposed to convince? An apology (sincere or not) would have been much more effective damage control, I think.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 11:05am
The theory is that you just put it out there. An apology would acknowledge she did something wrong, something Madonna would never do. Liz Rosenberg is paid to put out a flat denial, whether or not her client committed the act.
The idea is that the number of people who hear Madonna's side of the story is vastly greater than the number of people who will hear Lin-Manuel Miranda's side of the story, therefore Madonna wins. That's show biz. (And politics.)
Updated On: 4/22/15 at 11:05 AM
Posted: 4/22/15 at 11:26am
Yes, of course Liz Rosenberg denied it.
And really, who the hell cares? She shouldn't have done it. Move on. We don't even know she asked to go backstage. She's reportedly done this many times. (The tabloids blew up at her texting during "12 Years a Slave'; people reported she texted during FELA and at Rosie's TABOO; she even posted a picture of NPH in Hedwig during the Finale, obviously taken by her phone.)
But attacking her singing, her acting, her career, her age - really? I find it so amusing when these boards blow up with indignation and proudly declare a moral high ground over huge celebrities and the like. This may be a big story for Broadway, but for Madonna, it was a day that ended in 'day'.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 11:47am
By her own assertion on Jimmy Fallon's show her tours are flops. "Nobody makes any money on the tours," she said, in all seriousness. F-L-O-P Madonna.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 1:26pm
Wow Namo, how long you been sat on that one? She was clearly just joking around.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 1:33pm
Well, if my memory serves, she said it on the Fallon show so you do the math for how long I've been sitting on it. She distinctly said her extravaganzas are so expensive "nobody makes any money" on the tours. According to the accepted standard Variety-speak of BWW there's no other way to spin that than FLOP. I do appreciate when you clarify when she's joking around and when she's not.
She is not a nice person, she is not well-liked, her music doesn't sell, her tours make no money. And she's an entitled bitch at the theater!! No wonder you just can't quit her.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 1:40pm
My "ageist" comments aren't "disgusting." If my mother behaved the way she did, I would be utterly embarrassed. And, no, I am not a Gaga fan. She does have some decent songs, though. I don't need to be fanatical about one person to speak the truth about another.
Anyway. This thread is becoming so childish.
Updated On: 4/22/15 at 01:40 PM
Posted: 4/22/15 at 1:46pm
Reflecting yet another irritating example of childish behavior on the part of a 50-something woman who is as embarrassing as she is basic.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 10:01pm
two of my favorite artists... both game changers... it's too bad that Madonna doesn't respect the theatre enough not to text... and it's too bad that Lin doesn't respect the Madonna enough to have a conversation about it after the show.
I'm very disappointed in both of them... two of my heroes...
Posted: 4/22/15 at 10:05pm
One of your heroes was the victim of the boorish behavior of another. You seem to be blaming that victim.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 10:08pm
Why would Miranda have to have a conversation with her after the show? She's an adult, she knows that she's doing something she shouldn't. She just thinks she can get away with it because of money and fame. Personally, I'm glad that he didn't bother to put up with her.
Posted: 4/22/15 at 10:12pm
I wish someone would have called her on out on it and slapped her. Would have been a beautiful thing.
Asinine sh!tbird.
Updated On: 4/22/15 at 10:12 PM
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