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#26

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 1:51pm

This is not marketing to the theater insiders, or the people who want to know what Lupone's dog eats for breakfast. It's trying to pull in the fringe theatergoers. It's brief, amusing, and to the point. Exactly what it should be for a national newsmagazine.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#27

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 1:59pm

If you are quoting an interview shouldn't there be quotation marks? People might think that these are your words.
PEACE.

Updated On: 11/8/05 at 01:59 PM

#29

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:03pm

All I can say is WOW!!! I am not surprised that Patti kept a straight face through this interview, but man what was up with those questions? Where they questions this person thought of two seconds before they did the interview. I wonder what Patti's thoughts must have been after this interview, probably like us "This is the dumbest interview I have ever done."
#31

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:06pm

I'd love to see Dollypop interview Patti. Of course they would have to be serialized in 15 parts. But they'd be worth reading.

He could ask her "Who do YOU think should have won the Tony, Marissa or Bernadette?" re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"

Updated On: 11/8/05 at 02:06 PM

#32

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:11pm

I guess I've been out of the big picture too long... When did Newsweek become Tiger Beat?

Can you imagine if this was an interview with an astronaut... Would they ask, "So I hear astronauts are all drunks and get laid a lot?"

This is definitely eyebrow-raising.... and mind numbing. I wouldn't expect it to sound like a "theatre insider" interview. That's too specialized for the masses. But this sounds like Chris Farley in that pitiful sketch with celebrities on Saturday Night Live. Good god.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#33

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:21pm

Yeah, not to mention that the interviewer clearly has no idea what the show is about... that just seems like irresponsible journalism to me.

I got blood on my cello! - Lauren Molina
#34

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:22pm

I'm the only one who gets it. I'm the only one who can step back and see what he was going for, and how she went with it, and how appealing this would be to more of a mass audience (who guess what - doesn't know what the show is about!)...really?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#36

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:27pm

I was hoping the question would be:

"If the moon were made of cheese, would you eat it?"
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'" -- unknown
#38

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:29pm

I understand what you're saying, Rath, but they should at least get the basic facts right. And you can have a light-hearted, general interview introducing a show to the magazine's readers without asking completely inane questions.

I got blood on my cello! - Lauren Molina
#39

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:58pm

What facts didn't they get right? And the questions were fun. Fun, amusing questions for people who don't know all there is to know already about SWEENEY TODD.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#40

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 2:59pm

Look, I get it already. It's FUN.

As someone else pointed out, this interview would work well in Entertainment Weekly in that back section, which is skewed for humor and silly questions and fun.

But when did NEWSWEEK switch to that format???

THAT's my problem with this interview. It's goofy in a magazine that isn't known for that.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#41

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:08pm

The part where she says:

"You play a woman who makes pies out of people your landlady kills"

Unless they changed the plot since the last time I saw the show...

I got blood on my cello! - Lauren Molina
#42

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:10pm

Yeah, you can still be loopy, fun and casual, and get your facts right.

Actually there's no excuse for that anywhere in journalism (on any level). But I guess that's typical these days, huh?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#43

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:11pm

I didn't see her correcting him...and again, the audience this is skewing to won't know that that is an incorrect detail. They'll see the show whether it's her landlady, the barber on the corner, or the neighborhood nursery school teacher if the whole killing people and making meat pies idea appeals to them.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#44

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:16pm

Rath, the non-theatre lover won't care, agreed.

But does that give Newsweek license to be inaccurate? About anything?

These magazines still have fact-checkers, I would assume. Even on a "low profie" fluff interview like this one.

Very puzzling. I've lowered my opinion of this magazine quite a lot today. I hope they're not reporting scientific details with the same attitude or approach, just 'cause "we won't care or know the difference."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 11/8/05 at 03:16 PM

#45

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:17pm

I agree with u about how Patti kept a straight face, I would probly like loose it haha. Patti is such an awesome person lol.
"You wanna prowl? Be my night owl, well take my hand were gonna howlll...OUT TONIGHT!"-Daphne Rubin Vega the BEST Mimi ever!
#46

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:20pm

>>> I didn't see her correcting him

That's called class.

When I read things, ESPECCIALLY things I don't know much about, I want them to be accurate.

It's not a big deal, but it is bad journalism.
I got blood on my cello! - Lauren Molina
#47

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:21pm

NEWSWEEK is a R-A-G. the days when newsweeklies were revered like walter cronkite is long over. some poor fact checker trying to make the first payment on their student loans will be flogged, fired and forgotten and life there will go back to normal.
Mind is Mantra.
#49

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:33pm

"Hey, Guys. I have to interview some chick named Patti Lupone. Does anyone know anything about this play called 'Swinging Tod?'"
"Ask Bob, he's the gay guy in the office."
"He's working for the Enquirer now."
"Oh, Lucky him. Well, I think it's about some slash that makes pies out of the people that her landlady murders."
"Oh, is that based on the Stephen King book?"
"Yea, I think so."
"Thanks."
PEACE.

Updated On: 11/8/05 at 03:33 PM

#50

re: The DUMBEST Patti LuPone interview I've ever read

Posted: 11/8/05 at 4:29pm

SueleenGay---I think you nailed it right there.

**laughing and cringing at the same time**
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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