The Great American Trailer Park Musical (8/24/05) — Page 2

WOW!
Since I was personally slimed by "Al", do I get to slap back? Do I, oh please, oh please, oh please...?!

Damn. High road.
Okay. Make that middle road.
Um...Al...I think your post may be the most ignorant and offensive post I've ever read.
(Trust me, that was the high road)

Reverse shill?
I...you...where did you...are you...what?

And...um...quoting you: "I've not seen the show but..."
That is where the silence should have begun.
(See, I didn't say "this is where you should have shut up", because it's not okay to tell people to shut up.)

You HAVE NOT seen the show,
yet feel perfectly comfortable COMMENTING on it
and SMEARING the ability and professionalism
of three people
on the basis of...their status as a "newbie", an "unknown" and someone you didn't like in one other show???

Good lord.
You're so right.
I forgot that performers are only capable of giving great performances after they have fan clubs, longish resumes and award nominations.
Please forgive me for thinking that all that matters is what's actually on stage.

And...you think someone is sick of not being mentioned on the boards? Wants to create hype?
What planet are you from?
Who are you accusing me of being?

And...um...I might be wrong, but...it seems to me that attitudes like yours are part of the reason we see great shows dying for lack of audiences or never even being produced in the first place and mediocre garbage receiving standing ovations.

Because you "find it very hard to imagine" that anything not pre-approved can be good.
Very hard to imagine, indeed.

You might want to look into developing an imagination.
It's useful in the theatre.

P.S. In case you've forgotten, in was NOT just my opinion that Hart was abyssmal in Hairspray, it was a sentiment echoed across the board and especially by the producers of the show. In an attempt to keep some shred of tact, we'll leave it at that.

Al, Hart has a Broadway resume longer than my arm. And she is fantastic in TRAILER PARK. I did not see her in HAIRSPRAY so I cannot comment. but I have seen her in other things and she's been good, but this is the best I've seen her.

And Ruprecht - I'm stating my opinion. If it doesn't agree with yours, fine, but seriously - relax.

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Uh, okay, problem. This is getting .... weird. homosez, I think what Al Dente was saying was that although she has not seen the show, she's knows the extent of their talents. That's all. You are reading into it wayyy too much.

The only thing is, this is getting out of hand. Just .. okay. We all want to see/like this show. Leave it at that.

But .... I still wanna see it.

The song was rocky, though I honestly don't remember too much about it for some reason. She sounded great of course but I liked the old song better...personal preference I guess.

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Sorry for the confusion - I was referring to the song that replaced 'Do Nuthin' Day'

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Updated On: 8/31/05 at 12:20 PM

almostxfamous wrote:
"...what Al Dente was saying was that although she has not seen the show, she's knows the extent of their talents"

That is just so...wrong
Please,
all I'm asking is that in the future you judge people on what they actually DO
instead of what you THINK they're capable of.
And how psychic do you have to be to know the extent of someone's talents?

And, unless I saw a different show, the part Hart played in Hairspray was about the tiniest part this side of the chorus. (there are what? 7 parts that are larger and/or have more exciting stuff to do?)
Not really surprising that you think she wasn't the "stand-out" in the show.

Maybe we should start a thread on people who were unimpressive in early roles, then went on to BLOW PEOPLE'S MINDS,
and how many of them would never have gotten the chance
if people who thought they
"knew the extent of their talents"
were directing and casting shows?

Exactly how much strippin' does Orfeh do, anyway?

I agree that Orfeh sounds great, both live and on the recording of SNF. She's a really good singer, and she has a couple of really funny moments in TGATPM.

It must be bad direction.
They have her doing her stuff like it's La Boheme, and it ain't that serious.
When she gets goofy, she's great.

Updated On: 8/31/05 at 08:59 PM

Or maybe I'm just jealous cause she gets to spank Andy Karl's bare bottom every night.

-Sigh-

Is there an
"I want to pretend I'm a momma cat
and Andy Karl is my kitten
so I can lick him for hours and hours"
thread?

Yeah, you'd TOTALLY get a post from me on that thread. So true, man.

Homosez, believe me when I say, anything at ALL that seems off with the actors, be it Orfeh or any of the other 6, is 1000% the directors'(if you can call her that), fault. I'm so completely baffled by why no one has come in and replaced her yet. Now about Andy Karl...