What Well Known Shows do you Despise?- Page 3

[PaintWordPictures]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 3:49pm

The Usual Suspects:
Cats
Grease
Oklahoma
Mamma Mia

My own personal loathing:
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - first show I've ever seriously contemplated leaving during.

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:26pm

Les Mis
Cats
Phantom
Grease
The Producers

[icantbelive]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:29pm

Cats
Mamma Mia
Oaklahoma
Annie
Fiddler

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:32pm

CATS

PHANTOM OF THE OUTHOUSE

[funnygirl76]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:35pm

Cats
Ragtime
Grease
Threepenny Opera

[TomMonster]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:35pm

Ditto to Dollypops!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:36pm

Agree on Cats
Disagree on POTO

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:41pm

But Roxy, it's a well-known fact that the only taste you have is in your mouth. (We've seen how you dress!)

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:42pm

How have you seen how I dress might I ask ?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:47pm

Yes. At a Broadway Flea Market several years ago. You were so shabbily attired that I didn't start a conversation with you. You know, "Taste by association" and all that.

Trust me, Roxy, you don't look good in plaid flannel.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:48pm

How did you know it was me ? Just curious

Trying to make my body look good is quite a chore

Updated On: 8/27/06 at 05:48 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:51pm

You call that a "body"? I thought it was distressed goods!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:54pm

The defense rests. By the way, how did you know it was me?

I did not see anyone there who was dressed that well so I blended right in.

Come up this time & introduce yourself. Forget about the exterior. It is what's inside that counts. God doesn't that sound nauseatingly sacchrine.

I would actually like to meet you

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:58pm

I'll do that. I'm bringing a can of Mace for protection.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:00pm

You are on

Let me know how I will recognize you. You may PM me with the particulars

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:07pm

There's no need to send you the particulars. A gentleman of elegance and refinement will stand out amid a bunch of riff-raff.

[JasonM12480]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:09pm

Could you guys please elaborate on why you despise these shows? I'm hearing a lot of "It is annoying", or "I didn't like the hype." Those are not physical reasons for hating a show. Sorry! Gotta do better than that.

Was it the story? The lack of a story? The performances? Are you only 14, and don't know much, so all you like is Wicked? LOL - regardless, BACK UP your "despise" of a show with some valid reasons. That's what makes a post interesting - not a list of every show Andrew Lloyd Webber ever wrote.

For me, I think the only show I come close to despising is "Grease." I don't actually hate it - but I avoid it at all costs. I think the structure of the book is flat - it's nothing more than a series of small scenes (that don't flow well and don't really go together - no pun intended), and it's really quite dirty at times. All of the music sounds very much the same within the show. And frankly, I don't care about the characters. It's usually played by people so old to be real high schoolers, that it's highly stylized and unbelievable. What redeeming quality does Rizzo really have? She smokes, hangs out, drinks, and gets knocked up. Oh, and then she sings a song about it. LOL - it just doesn't do anything for me.

I go into EVERY show, with an optimistic attitude, hoping to find something to enjoy. But with "Grease" - it's just not there. Maybe some people like that nostolgic feel....the retro vibe...the dance contest...but it feels very dated, and why every kid in America only wants to do "Grease" at his/her high school, is beyond me.

Now, ladies and gentlemen - THAT is backing up a reason for not liking a show :)

[Funny Face]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:25pm

Well lets all pin a rose on you, then, Jason!

[JasonM12480]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:46pm

No . . . no roses needed. Just thoughtful, intelligent postings :) It's not too much to ask, really.

[Funny Face]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:58pm

You're right. I just forgot non smug, self-satisfied, condescending posts are. My mistake :)

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 7:06pm

west side story
cabaret (although i love the title song)
sweet charity
phantom of the opera
les mis
mamma mia
most of aida
90% of oklahoma

[Becky2]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:02pm

Ah, I'd have to add Grease to my list as well.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:11pm

I think that "It's annoying" is a perfectly valid reason to hate a show, given that it's just an opinion and you're not asserting it on anyone else. I said The Music Man, and it just drives me crazy with its cutesiness. (Yes, I know it's satire... that doesn't mean I have to like it.) Updated On: 8/27/06 at 09:11 PM

[iliketheater]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:45pm

I wouldn't say despise, but I'm very tired of Annie.

& all references to it*

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:57pm

Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Jesus Christ Superstar
Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

and several more...