"i hope nothing happens to these guys, they seem like a nice, regular actor couple...i cant believe a fan (because i mean come on, who knows who idina and tayye are if u dont know rent/wicked/broadway in general) would go to such extents..."
To address the first point, MOST people know Taye from television and movies. Here or there you'll find people (not theatre people) that know he started in Rent and met Idina there but Taye Diggs was more of a household name than Idina Menzel (before the Tony's and before the coverage the threats have received). Plus, recently, they've both been doing a lot of television appearances and mentioning one another, so no, not necessarily does this make the person a fan. Not saying they couldn't be but to assume only people who know Broadway know of them or at least of Taye isn't a correct assumption.
As to the extents the person is going to... There are people to this day that still roll their eyes at interracial couples, go up and say things to them, taunt them, treat them differently and not to mention what their children may go through at times... so though this is terrible, there are many people who to this day find themselves in situations like Idina and Taye...nice regular couples as well... and since this is being considered a hate crime, this type of messed up behavior and mentality is a common thing throughout the threats, so these "extents" are not new at all---back in the old days, they didn't just threaten, they blew up the places.
Personally, I think it's horrible that Idina and Taye (or any couple in their situation) has to go through this. As to her leaving the show early, she can't "run" her whole life from this. There is always going to be a jacka$$ who will disapprove of that marriage whether white, black, green, red, yellow & etc and the best thing for them both to do is go on with their work and their lives and show those types of people that their twisted mentality doesn't bother them.
Beka, they asked JLT questions like what she felt about it and etc. I don't remember exactly what she said but it was to the extent that it's horrible that they would have to go through this, that it's not something that she and Idina have talked about because it's not something that shoudln't have to be talked about it.
Updated On: 12/6/04 at 11:27 AM