Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?

[imperfect star]

Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#0

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:46pm

????? the music is awesome!!! ???

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#1

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:47pm

But the story sucks.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[iRuvPrinceton]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#2

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:47pm

Pretty much, yeah.

I get lost, unless, of course, I'm getting found.

[BroadwayGirl107]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#3

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:48pm

And the lyrics are trite, nor do they develop the plot or characters. Updated On: 11/6/04 at 08:48 PM

[broadwaybound3]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#4

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:48pm

i agree- quick question- does anyone know if the music is out yet and if i can get it? I love the music so i want the cd.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#5

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:48pm

Plenty of shows with good scores get bad reviews - the reviews are based on WAY more than the music.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Plum]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#6

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:56pm

I don't even like the score all that much. There's only so much power pop this girl can take.

[bythesword84]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#7

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:58pm

The show got bad reviews because it was a classic case of talented people in a horrendous show. I agree with Plum about the score too. Aside from the plot being awful there is something seriously lacking in the music. It's one thing to have a powerful number or two but the attempt to blast out your ears in every song just isn't any good.

So the answer to: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?
Because it's a bad show.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[Mr Roxy]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#8

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:58pm

Why does any good show get bad reviews? Critics are morons & untalented hacks who, because they cannot create, need to destroy

Poster Emeritus

[Plum]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#9

Posted: 11/6/04 at 8:59pm

Oh, of course, Roxy. Blame the critics instead of the lazy creative team. It's so easy, ain't it?

[MusicMan]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#10

Posted: 11/6/04 at 9:32pm

Lazy and talent-free.

[BROADWAYFAN3]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#11

Posted: 11/7/04 at 7:48am

Plum have you met the lazy creative team, what have you written lately/

As Romona sings Love to hate me, its still Love

[AidaNYRent]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#12

Posted: 11/7/04 at 8:33am

I think some of the songs are a bit cheesy, but overall the show in a nut shell is pretty damn good. I would definately see it again, and again. I think the cast is what makes it so good, they all have terrific voices, especially Ramona and Eden....

"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn, and we are lead to those who help us most to grow if we let them and we help them in return" Galinda

[Winkie Beer]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#13

Posted: 11/7/04 at 8:58am

By asking this, you clearly haven't subjected yourself to sitting through nearly two hours of non stop screaming used to "tell" a ridiculous story.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#14

Posted: 11/7/04 at 8:59am

it was cheesy

[Swankified089]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#15

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:35am

The plot was cliche and often had large gaps in the story line. The song lyrics were also very generic. A lot of reviews, although they bashed the show, praised the cast. Obviously Eden, Ramona, Kevin, Cleavant, and Karen have a lot of talent. They just have very little to work with here.

[Corine2]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#16

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:38am

How many Brooklyn threads must we have.
The cast of Brooklyn are talented but the show was one of the worst shows I have ever seen.
The reviewers were very kind.

[luvWICKED416]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#17

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:38am

The music isn't out yet... i think it's coming out around Xmas.
What's the point of making a CD with 2 good songs on it??
OUAT and Streetsinger...

[Plum]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#18

Posted: 11/7/04 at 12:59pm

Plum have you met the lazy creative team, what have you written lately

That's a bull**** question and you know it. When was the last time the composers of Brooklyn did 1000+ pages of heavy reading a week while writing essays, studying set design, and holding down a job? I'm not a composer, but I'm not lazy, hon.

I call them lazy not in the strict sense of working hours, but in the sense of not being able to think past cliche. When the lyrics I hear for a Broadway show are actually more banal than the worst Disney concoctions, I know something's wrong. When they can't even come up with a book that makes sense- I don't mean a complicated, "meaningful" book, just a coherent one- something is wrong. This is Broadway, supposedly the height of musical theater. I expect more.

[capnkidd]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#19

Posted: 11/7/04 at 2:42pm

well,we'll try to live up to your expectations,plum...

[Benzy92]

re: Why did brooklyn get bad reviews?!?!?#20

Posted: 11/7/04 at 4:08pm

horrible script!

One amazing and hard working cast however!