Why the hostility towards Gavin Creel?

I was searching through some old posts and noticed that there seemed to be quite a bit of hostility towards Gavin....Why? Though I have never seen him live I have always enjoyed him on his CD'S ...and he is quite yummy (wink!)

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Really?! How sad!

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If it's on stage wouldn't it just be his character? Or the way the character is written? He's been incredible in the past.

I thought he was great in La Cage, Much better than the guy who played it originally.

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Gavin was wonderful in La Cage and even better in Millie.
He has a gorgeous voice and is very talented.
He is also a very nice person.
Stop the insanity.
I thought he was perfect. In fact, I have never seen Gavin in anything that was not perfect.
I do wish he would cut his hair but he likes it and let him be!

He's dull as dirt.

I actually think he's pretty swell given the right material...and he certainly does look good and sing better.
That said...I gotta go with the whole miscast insanity in La Cage.

"If its on stage wouldn't it just be his character"
Well not necessarily, it is true that its a horribly written character but the delivery of the lines is totally unconvincing, he shows no emotion, even when he is spposed to finally be accepting his "fathers", he delivers every line as if he were a hummingbird. He flutters around and won't actually connect with the material or other actors on stage at all.
A lot of it could be terrible directing, as I said the part is not well written, in my opinion, but certainly the actor should be able to do something with it.

I have seen many shows and have never been as disappointed with a performance by a profesional as I was with Gavin's in La Cage. I do hope that he is better in other things and will glady support him when I see those. He does sing really nicely and dance well.

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I thought his acting in La Cage was miles deeper than the guy who played it in the original production. He made the character's bad behavior understandable.

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PalJoey, that is precisly what I didn't see from him, he didn't seem to make any of his behaviors understandable. I didn't buy any of actions as truely motivated he just walked around on stage and said lines.

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Shira's icon touches my soul.

-Again Pal Joey I would have loved to have seen that, but I saw not one bit of the transformation or character development you just described. I saw no warmth or grace, no believablilty no spark of emotion or regret. No control or understanding of the character.
I appreciate your ability to enjoy his performance, but it was for me, one of the worst performances I have ever seen.

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Gavin was amazing in Millie but his portrayl was eclipsed by Sutton's breakout tour-de-force extravangza of a performance. He was good in La Cage but no where as good as he was in Millie. Millie also gave him a lot more material to work with.