"And to all you whiners who were so upset about some tittering on stage between actors, get over it! It doesn't happen every night quite obviously. D@mn some of you folks on this forum are uptight!"
I know I should be mature about this and let it drop, but alas, I'm just not ready yet. I realize that what irritates me most about the whole 'issue' is the lack of standards running rampant here. If you can't have high standards for a Broadway show, charging Broadway prices, and expecting to win multiple Broadway awards, what's left? Tittering onstage between actors is what you see at East Bumf*ck Jr. High School's presentation of Annie, not a Tony contender. And irking me even more is the knowledge that we will be reading, ad nauseaum, how everyone involved in Wicked DESERVES the Tony more than any other actor in any other show EVER...because they're awesome. And lets not even think about how many endless Kristen vs Idina threads are yet to come. I'm not arguing talent here. I'm not even saying that either one of them shouldn't win. Hell, I saw Wicked and LIKED it, I thought Kristen and Idina were excellent. I even bought the damn CD and play it sometimes, so I really don't fall into your Wicked-basher stereotype. I just think that making excuses for actors at this level serves no one well. The unexpected can always happen at a live production, but not being able to regroup and get it together for ther rest of the show? C'mon. I expect a professional chef to cook my food correctly, a professor to know more about a subject than I do, and a surgeon to deal with the unexpected when an artery unexpectedly blows during surgery. I require the President to know the difference between a country and a continent (oh, wait...different thread...), and I expect Broadway actors to act professionally. I'm thinking that makes me reasonable, not uptight.
Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10
