Unpopular opinions you hold — Page 35

Broadwayboy223, I think that's quite a popular opinion.

I have no interest in seeing The Band's Visit , Come From Away or Dear Evan Hanson. Can't wait to see Iceman Cometh and Three Tall Women.

I am in a minority but think Pocahontas would make a great musical.

Even its more fictional than inside out.

I also think

Angels in America is good but not the best thing since sliced bread.

Frozen actually looks good

CoolDogeGuy said: "- I kinda wish all of this Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Heathers, and Be More Chill "fandom" stuff didn't exist. First off, what in the world is a "canon"? Second, it's getting pretty annoying."



While I'm sure those fandoms are all annoying, they did not invent the word canon. That dates back to when religious bodies had to decide what scriptures were the authoritative ones. If you want to complain about things like "head canon" or "fanon," have at it, but those certainly did not originate with any of the fandoms you've named in your post.

Ok... actual unpopular opinion that I'm afraid will piss people off, but I'm going to put on my ballsy hat and say it anyway: I don't like that they have a man playing Asaka in Once On This Island. I want so badly to not care, because Alex is talented... and I do think it helped me that it's framed in a "we're going to cast these islanders at random to play roles in our story within a story" way. But there's a deep feminist part of me that's bothered by it, just because the role is so specifically written as a "mother earth" feminine energy. I've been trying to dig into my feelings, because it bothers me that I feel this way, as I have zero problem with trans people (LGBT people in general) in real life. In fact, if it was a trans actress playing the role, I don't think it would bother me at all. That person is female.

But I don't know... we still live in a world where there are fewer strong female roles than male roles in theater, and this role in particular really taps into some deep femininity. And it just doesn't sit well with me that if Asaka were to get award nominations, it'd be in the Actor categories, not Actress. I know that in our society we treat gender issues differently than we treat race issues, but this feels to me the way I think a POC might feel if, for example, someone cast a white actor in a traditionally black role, regardless of how "nontraditional" that white person was. The director could talk about thinking outside the box, and how he/she was 'the best person for the role,' but it would still be a person from a privileged group playing a role that was written for the non-privileged group, and I have to think it would rub some people the wrong way, whether they wanted to admit it or not.

Anyway, I want to reiterate that it's been bothering me that I'm bothered by this, because I am totally in love with this show and this production, I'm sure Alex is a great human, and feeling in any way negative about it really sucks. I'm not a horrible person, and I'm not usually such an extremist feminist, even though I'm sure I sound like it right now. But I just can't shake the feeling of wishing that Asaka in particular was being played by a woman. A woman of any size or shape or background... but a woman.

How's that for an unpopular opinion?

(Edited to add: I hope I didn't offend anyone with this - that's definitely not my intention. Just trying to work through my feelings about this casting, I guess. My mind is open and I would be happy to be convinced otherwise.)

Updated On: 2/26/18 at 05:53 PM

Most recent unpopular opinions...

- I did not think Bernadette was a good Dolly

- I absolutely loved Frozen

- I think that the Once On This Island revival is wildly over directed beyond belief

-Didn't love OOTI

-Anastasia is my favorite show of all time

China Doll is a underdeveloped but completely serviceable play that was ruined by Al Pacino's performance.

Although I prefer Julie Andrews in almost every other song, I much prefer Marni Nixon's version of "I Could Have Danced All Night" and it's my go-to version for that song. I also give credit to Audrey Hepburn who was lip-syncing to her own vocals to that song and thus Nixon had to match Audrey's "range" and performance there.

Ragtime dies after the trashing of the car, at which point the plot becomes so ludicrous that act two is just tatters of music being blown about by a lot of questionable nonsense.