West Side Story Revival Marquee-What are they thinking? — Page 3

joevitus said: "kdogg36 said: "EllieRose2 said: "Actually he was not, kdogg. I recall many posts being deleted within a few hours due to violating the standard rules."

Well, that's certainly possible - I probably wouldn't have seen those posts. I think my evaluation is fair based on the visible posts, but I acknowledge I may not have the whole story."

I appreciate your comments. Obviously if attacks on me were still up, and noattacks from me are there, reason says I never wrote any--because wouldn't both be in violation of the rules? So if attacks were left up, likely all you see is all that was there (I never noticed a comment of mine removed).

They attacked me, I only stated my position (which really wasn't a defense of him--I called him a creep repeatedly).I never insulted anyone.

But notice that a thread has now been hijacked for political purposes. And my name was dragged in insultingly for no reason. I've contacted the mods over those comments."

People didn't attack you, they just disagreed with you and felt that you were victim shaming, which I still believe you were. Maybe take this victim complex you've acquired and use it to garner some empathy for the women who were effected by Ramsar and his friends. I hope you don't consider this 'insulting', because I mean it earnestly.

OT: I like the show's marketing, but don't like how it looks on a marquee. I'm likely seeing this early in previews and I'm while I'm somewhat excited, I don't see how this could stand a chance among the revivals of Caroline and Company.

...and the "art" in graphic art has gone out the proverbial window and all creativity with it. SAD.

Getting back to the original topic, I think the marketing looks like tired Benetton ads from the 80s and 90s. Since millennials are into recycling everything from the 70s and 80s it may appeal to them. Young people don't really have the income to keep a Broadway show afloat. I'm not as intoxicated by Isaac Powell as everyone else seems to be. He seems to have a large social media following, which I think goes into all entertainment related decisions these days (casting, book deals, TV deals.)

Fact: JoeVitus joined BWW the day of Amar's casting.

Fact: He spent days and days blaming the victim.

Opinion: Amar cannot act or sing to save his life.

Updated On: 8/23/19 at 03:31 PM

EllieRose2 said: "Fact: JoeVitusjoined BWW the day of Amar's casting.

Fact: He spent days and days blaming the victim.

Opinion: Amar cannot act or sing to save his life.

I didn't join then. Had been around--I think a week?

Flagging this one, too. Keep lying, I'll keep flagging.

Updated On: 8/23/19 at 03:47 PM

Fetus said: "I don't want to hash out this argument again, because I feel the majority of users here understand why a handful of us were upset with his casting, but I took issue with joe's "I was attacked" post when he's responsible for derailing the previous thread with comments like "The women made a bad decision" and arguing the legality of the situation as a means to deflect from the depravity of what Ramsar did.

Regardless what the scale of the outrage is, this is going to follow the production so long as he is in the cast. If he's not fired, the most we can hope is that Ramsar has had time to take some acting and vocal lessons inbetween the counseling he was required to take for his misconduct.

Edit: For context, this post was in response to a reply onmy previous post in this thread, but a modhas deleted that post and the quoted portion."

Didn't derail anything. Was attacked, didn't attack. I participated in the conversation, and I drew a line of distinction between the acts of the two men involved. I see that yet again _others_ are trying to hijack the conversation. And malign me. Reporting you, as well.

joevitus said: "
Didn't derail anything. Was attacked, didn't attack. I participated in the conversation, and I drew a line of distinction between the acts of the two men involved. I see that yet again _others_ are trying to hijack the conversation. And malign me. Reporting you, as well."

I've done nothing to break the rules. Spare the dramatics.

The discussion about the appropriateness of this casting is welcome and encouraged on this board, as we view it as a vital conversation for theatre fans and theatre makers. However, when that discussion diverts into personal attacks, that is where we will step in.

If you are able to talk about this sensitive topic without resorting to insults, then there won't be a problem. There are a number of people in this and other threads on this topic who have done a wonderful job of communicating their deeply held positions, without devolving to personal attacks.

If you cannot do that, we will delete posts and then move on in the escalation as laid out in our rules. We have tried to provide leeway here, since it is such a sensitive topic, but some people are taking advantage of that, so we will need to be strict about that moving forward.

Also, in this thread about the marquee, this conversation would probably be better served in a separate existing thread or a new one. So, if you would like to keep having this discussion, we encourage you to have it in a different thread.

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BJR said: "I think this is some of the best marketing campaign art I've seen on Bway in ages.

Extremely contemporary and fresh, communicates this isn't your standard production, aggressive yet human, plaintive and sexy. 10/10."

It's fresh for Broadway. It looks like several ads for movies that are about a decade old, though. I think it will work for what they are trying to do: attract a non-theater audience. Indeed, it looks like a movie trailer.

but considering West Side Story has one of the most iconic marquees, nearly all productions using a similar font style, with most using the black, white, and red color scheme, this just seems boring.

I think you mean they all recycled the original film's marquee title. This was the actual original marquee:




I never liked the recycling of the film's marquee for the revivals. It just looked uncreative and lazy.

Updated On: 8/23/19 at 04:57 PM

joevitus said: "West Side Story always flops in the U.S.. The original production was a flop. The revivals have been flops."

A couple of posters (myself included) have already pointed out to you that the most recent revival recouped its investment and went on to have a successful national tour. Please stop saying all the revivals have been flops as that is simply not true.

bwayphreak234 said: "joevitus said: "West Side Story always flops in the U.S.. The original production was a flop. The revivals have been flops."

A couple of posters (myself included) have already pointed out to you that the most recent revival recouped its investment and went on to have a successful national tour. Please stop saying all the revivals have been flops as that is simply not true.

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Yup, it’s amazing how people literally tell outright lies.

https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/west-side-story-recoups-on-broadway/?mtrref=www.google.com&assetType=REGIWALL