"Wait.. why is everyone laughing?" Moments- Page 5

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 11:06pm

Gotcha. Not sure how the hell anyone's suppose to know that, but alright.

[Character Actor]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 7:19am

Was there ever a really funny part that nobody laughed at except for you? Oh, it's happened to me...

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 8:56am

When I saw the Producers, at first I didn't get the whole "Carmen Ghia" deal when people laughed when he said his name.

[Feathah]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 11:03am

Okay maybe someone can explain this to me. In A Chorus Line what is up with the whole "The bus was the worst. I would just look at a bus and - BINGO!" Why would a bus turn someone on? All the men in the audience were howling. A saw A LOT of women just looking at each other.

Also, when I saw Spring Awakening - loved the music but not thrilled with the story - people laughed when Wendla was beaten. I think it was out of discomfort. For my friend and I it was a "what the ...???" moment.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 11:18am

Angel sings about the "Akita, Evita" who won't shut up in Today 4 U. And sorry that I am terrible at explaining it, it's hard to type it out.

So I guess it's strange that no one laughed during the beating scene in Spring Awakening when I saw it...

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 12:14pm

"Gotcha. Not sure how the hell anyone's suppose to know that, but alright"

By listening to the words in "Today 4 U."

I have to echo a lot of the Wicked jokes...I never got what was so funny about the cape or the green baby unless people were laughing at how tacky or cheap the moments look.

I also never found the "Let the green girl go" or the "Regime change" line to be particularly clever or funny, but they always got big laughs. I guess I just find a lot of the humor flat and overdone.

Same with at least 90% of Avenue Q. Trite, overdone, cheap, and just...not funny to me.

[lovelyspotlight]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 12:44pm

BroadwayGirl, wow...I thought I was the only one to find Avenue Q not overwhelmingly hilarious and amazing. I'm not, thank goodness!

[elphaba.scares.me]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 8:40pm

Oh, man...an awful lot of "The Pillowman."

There were a number of moments when I felt like I was in a funhouse...especially the end of the first act. I was HORRIFIED and people were cracking up.

[Isabella2]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 10:42pm

"During Sweeney Todd, some people laughed during the Judge's Johana. The song isn't funny. Why would you laugh?"

The judge stares down at his crotch and says "DOWN DOWN!" that's bound to stir up some nervous laughter.

[The_Jackal2]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 10:52pm

Ok, I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't get the "Muriel of Omaha/It's mutual" thing the first time.
When I saw Bat Boy, the big death scene at the end got quite a few laughs. I mean, when people were actually getting stabbed. Actually, quite a few moments in that show got laughs that were kind of like "Hahaha, wait, should I be laughing at this?"

[cate_w]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 11:01pm

I was clueless about the laughing for most of Spamalot. I think it was because I wasn't familiar with the Monty Python movie. People would laugh in anticipation of something happening. I was just confused.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:27am

In Les Mis when Marius first see Cosette a lot of people laughed & I didn't really get why.
I guess I kind of did, but still, it wasn't laugh-worthy or anything.

[jjoey076]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:32am

The entirety of DRS.

Like, I was sitting there thinking, "wow these people have no respect for dead people."

[MrAmySpanger]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:07am

i always wonderred that about wicked. i guess its just because the cape is so trademark..but like..it's not funny...

[actor]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:34pm

You all that think that it's so rude to laugh at certain parts in Wicked are being ridiculous. It is meant to be funny - the baby is funny because the lyrics are ridiculous and the baby is cheesy - the cape is funny because it is a trademark of a witch and you realize where the cape came from (it IS funny in my opinion) - the "I've had so many friends" is funny because it sounds conceited right after Elphaba said that she had no real friends other than Glinda (it was MEANT to be that way) but the moment was not destroyed because Glinda continued with "but only one that mattered". The emotions were meant to be that way during that scene - the audience laughs, then goes "awwww".

I don't know why you all think that Wicked is something that can't be criticized, etc. The message is still conveyed regardless of these slightly cheesy moments. There is no REAL story that you should respect and not laugh at - there isn't REALLY an Elphaba. If you laugh, you aren't really laughing at her. The director intentionally put that in there to be funny, it wasn't an accident. The director won't be insulted if you laugh - he will be pleased. Updated On: 11/26/06 at 12:34 PM

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 12:49pm

^ O.k. some just don't find a lot of Wicked's jokes very funny.

[elphie_defies]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:51pm

I've heard about some of the changes they have made to Wicked in London (I've "seen" Defying Gravity). When Glinda puts the cape on, they are still kneeling. The audience laughs, but when Elphie stands up, there is this drumroll (timpani roll, I think?) where, for the first time, Elphie is the Witch. It's kind of subtle, but it makes the scene a lot more powerful.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 5:12pm

People, including me, laugh at the cape bit because it is SOOOOO awkwardly written, so out of place, doesn't at all make sense, is probably very awkward for the Galinda to make seem natural, and is so pathetically obvious that it is the writers' idea of clever writing, suddenly making her exactly like the trademark Wicked Witch. Thus, I L.O.L.

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 6:40pm

>>>I had a why wrent they laughing at Spamalot...
Lady:
Ive been withh you all the time...
Arthur(to Patsy):
Look the Lady Of The Lake has been with me all the time.
Lady:
and so has Patsy
Arthur:
Yes well Patsy is FAmily.

Dead silence... exxpet for me and my buddy because were major fans.>>>>

I don't get it.



Anyway, just in case the Akita/Evita thing has not been totally explained...

In "Today 4 U" Angel sings that a lady complained to him, "that Akita, Evita just won't shut up" (Akita is the dog's breed and Evita is the dog's name) so she pays Angel to kill the dog. Later in "La Vie Boheme" Benny reveals that his wife could not attend the protest because someone in her family had died. When Angel asks "Who died?" Benny replies, "our Akita." Because the rest of the group had heard Angel's story they respond with "Evita" the name of the dog Angel killed. It is funny because Angel killed Benny's dog and because the entire group (except Benny) realized what had happened at the same moment.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 6:43pm

i also was wondering about the bus thing in A CHORUS LINE...

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:34pm

Slight spoiler?

At the end of COMPANY, when Bobby "blows out" the lights, people started laughing. I thought it was a perfect ending, but a lot of people found it funny.

[RogerBartFan78]

Posted: 11/27/06 at 9:47am

For people who don't get most of the humor in THE PRODUCERS - - - -wow. Yes, I love cheap double entendre typical Mel Brooks jokes, and it's what I expected going into the show.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was one of the funniest shows I had ever seen. The "Bushes of Tex" line is hilarious!