Unpopular theatre opinions — Page 4

persephone88 said: "I was utterly underwhelmed by The Sound Inside. I thought the script was self indulgent, and I thought Mary Louise Parker was understated to the point of bland. The set and lighting was beautifully done, but that's about all I can say for it."

Same. I can usually find something in most shows to merit at least some of my time/money, but I left this one wishing I could get a refund. On multiple occasions, I found my gaze (and mind) wandering to various architectural elements of Studio 54 and imagining the goings-on there back in the day.

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pathman2 said: "I was disappointed when I saw Hamilton. Maybe it was overhyped, but I also thought it was overstaged to the point of excess."

Thank you.

Theater "stans" are the worst thing to ever happen to theater. Their opinion is the only one that matters, they go out in droves to "cancel" someone when they do something wrong, they have lame competitions,sort of like, "who's the biggest stan?" type of thing. They always have to be right about things, and God forbid you disagree with them. They get to tell people how to feel about things like bootlegs, because again, God forbid you disagree with them and tell people actually WORK for things they want, life isn't just free. Honestly. awful.

Hamilton, Newsies, Heathers, Be More Chill, Dear Evan Hansen, The Phantom of the Opera, Amongst others that I cannot think of right now are overrated. They’re great and all but I’m just tired of hearing so much About them when there is so much stuff that deserves much more attention.

King Kong’s music, lyrics, and book are also incredible. I saw the show 4 times (2nd preview, a week after, January, and 2nd-to-last-performance) so I’ve seen the show change over time and I loved every version of it. I think it’s incredible in every way (though I like the finale that I saw in previews better but the final one is still great).

Frank Wildhorn’s stuff is great and I love it. Wonderland, especially, is the one I have listened to the most.

Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party is very much underrated and is the better than Andrew Lippa’s, HOWEVER, I haven’t listened to Lippa’s as much as I have LaChiusa’s so take me saying that LaChiusa’s is better with a grain of salt. I’m only going based off of what I’ve heard and listened to of both. Both are still incredible. I just have had an easier time and more of an attraction towards LaChiusa’s however I plan on listening to Lippa’s in full so I can give an honest review based off of the Music since I’ve listened to all of LaChiusa’s

Tootsie is not transphobic. I didn’t even hear about that controversy until way after I watched the show.

Tootsie is full of dangerous transphobic tropes, and unless you're a trans person - in the end, it doesn't really matter if you agree or disagree, this isn't about "opinions." It just is. This board has a vocal majority that regularly equates the trans community's objections as a load of nonsense, which is sad because it boils down to their inability to truly align and listen to the needs of a marginalized community, and instead stand as protectors of systemic problems continually bolstered by an industry that doesn't know better, even when put to task. It's pretty black and white in that there's a right side to the argument and there's a wrong side to it. You either support transphobic nonsense or you don't, and like Trump repeating it's not so because he thinks/says/has come up with some learned bogus logic to make him think so (and thus the virus spreads amongst his base), so does the overall misunderstanding of the reasoning and rational behind why the show promotes dangerous transphobic ideas. The experts have told you it's problematic. Your blinders and faux-logic has painted you into a corner to think otherwise.

Unpopular opinion: in the white american theater, one of the biggest obstacles is how to re-educate and call out its audience, and in NY - for major off-broadway houses and for the commercial theater, there are some awful, terrible practices learned by audience participants that do leave a stain. They are complicit, often the guardians of these inequities. They will shout from the rooftop that the demise of Tootsie is worth expressing sadness over first and foremost before vocally expressing dismay and sharing it with people over the death of a black trans woman. Their priorities, interests, even those who argue they keep the two things separate, feed into the problem. As Jeremy O. Harris (everyone's FAVORITE on here) wrote in Slave Play: you are the virus.

I expect much laughter, dismissal, and attempts to try and debate me. This is my, in advance, polite way of asking you to debate yourself. This is all I have to say on the matter.

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yup!

I had a comp. It was easy to get. I was actually given 2. I only used mine and let the seat next to me sit empty. Anyone who reads what I wrote, takes a beat to try and understand it, wouldn't respond with the lazy, tired "it's not about trans people" auto-defense. You don't try, and it's obvious you never have.

Cheers.

Dear readers: I repeat, unpopular theater opinion. Snort, this fool trying this "see I knowz trans rights" stuff on me.

aye, whoops. I've been replying without quoting who I'm responding to. my initial response about "I know trans rights" was directed at Sutton Ross. I'll be more careful moving forward.

onward.

it's a common problem with all the theatres due to the largest movement in OTT platforms. I guess you may need to have a look at the onmovies app on your android phone and tablet.

https://www.onmovies.club/

Joey Ledonio said: "soulmistin said: "I don't like Hamilton. At all. I'm not a contrarian, Iwantedto like it. I like rap, I like hip hop, I'm Gen Z,I like Lin Manuel Miranda himself. I frankly just do not like the show or its music and don't find it particularly well made or impressive in any capacity except the fact that it made it as far as it did. To add insult to injury, I honestly think the choice of POC cast in addition to that story is ludicrous. I'm glad artists of color felt empowered playing those roles, but I think the casting was the antithesis of what the show is supposed to represent. I'm an LGBT person. I would not want to play somebody who systemically benefited from my oppression unless they were doing something important with it. Even though I didn't like the show itself, I would've been less miffed if the story was at least something that really celebrated people of color rather than acting like it was progressive because there's people of color in it."

White fragility is ridiculous. Soulmistin, this readsAmy Cooperish to me."



Joey Ledonio, I'd appreciate it if you could go one day without finding one of my comments and saying I have "white fragility" or I'm a white supremacist because I happen to dislike something a black person was involved in. Get a life.

Whoa! Now THAT is an unpopular opinion! May I ask why?