What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 4:13pm

Can anyone explain to me what the Ping-Pong scene in Priscilla is? Is it during a song, and what exactly happens during the scene? I cant seem to find anything about it online.

What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 4:20pm

Movie version

What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 5:25pm

It happens during the song "Pop Musik (maybe Muzik? sp)". Cynthia is performing for the bar and during the song when she sits on the chair and spreads her legs the chair shoots ping pong balls into the audience.

What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 5:32pm

Seems pretty straight forward

What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 6:15pm

She does a routine with ping balls during Pop Muzik. At the end of the number ping pongs ball are shot into the audience. It's a fun number.

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 9:39pm

It's my absolute least favorite part of the show, and IMO the dumbest number in the show.

What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/21/11 at 9:50pm

I thought the scene was dreadful. And I really liked the rest of the show.

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/22/11 at 10:57am

For some reason that scene worked better in London.

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 8/22/11 at 1:02pm

If you've seen the film, you'd fully understand the scene.

Seems Cynthia is popular in the local bar for a trick she can do -- she can shoot ping pong balls out of her hooha.

Nothing more; nothing less.

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 6/26/21 at 2:38pm

How is this not brought up in discussions of representation on Broadway? Did they make the actress do an accent similar to the one in the movie or was it toned down?

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Posted: 6/26/21 at 2:58pm

VintageSnarker said: "How is this not brought up in discussions of representation on Broadway? Did they make the actress do an accent similar to the one in the movie or was it toned down?"

Maybe because we weren’t so “woke” back then —- and we were allowed to laugh at a gal who could shoot ping pong balls out of her tw*t?

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 6/26/21 at 7:43pm

By the time it came to Broadway it was terribly outdated, offensive and they made poor J. Elaine Marcos do the whole “me love you long time” schtick. And you wonder why there are protests about representation. There was no reason Cynthia had to be Asian in the musical. Anyone can blow ping pong balls out of their snatch.

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 6/26/21 at 10:17pm

JSquared2 said: "VintageSnarker said: "How is this not brought up in discussions of representation on Broadway? Did they make the actress do an accent similar to the one in the movie or was it toned down?"

Maybe because we weren’t so “woke” back then —- and we were allowed to laugh at a gal who couldshoot ping pong balls out of her tw*t?"

Thanks....that was really funny!

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What is the Ping Pong scene in Priscilla?

Posted: 6/26/21 at 10:18pm

Bettyboy72 said: "By the time it came to Broadway it was terribly outdated, offensive and they made poor J. Elaine Marcos do the whole “me love you long time” schtick. And you wonder why there are protests about representation. There was no reason Cynthia had to be Asian in the musical. Anyone can blow ping pong balls out of their snatch."

But in Bangkok, they are really good at it.

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