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re: Rue
re: Rue
#0Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:34pm
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=516622&pn=1
Has anyone read that yet? Her intierview kind of bothered me. I don't think I like her.
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Updated On: 8/18/05 at 09:34 PM
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#6re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:46pm
"Oh, I'm having fun—not as much fun as a real play would be, you know, with a challenging role—but for a musical, it's pretty spectacular."
ick is right...
i mean its ok that she likes plays more but why is she doing a musical then?
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theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#7re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:46pmI think the interview was just....weird....
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#10re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:00pmI am by no means a "Wicklyn". I enjoy the show but was into musical theater long before the production came about and will be long after it closes. I have done both musical theater and straight theater. I personally found her complete disrespect for the genre of musical theater to be a bit disgusting. If she feels that way then why is she even bothering to waste her time in this production? If the role is so far beneath her then why on earth would she accept it?
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RockabyeHamlet
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#13re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:05pmljay... way to insult every single person who ever liked Wicked... tell me does it make you feel better somehow?
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#15re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:14pmI wasn't even reading it so much as the show in particular was beneath her but that musical theater as a genre was. She kept responding as though she felt it wasn't "real theater".
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Kringas
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#17re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:37pm
The only thing that seemed SEMI snobbish, was the part about Bea. But I think she ment it in a jokingly way.
Well, rumors have abounded that there was a lot of tension on the set of The Golden Girls, but I always thought most of it was between Bea and Betty White. Perhaps it was between Bea and everyone.
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apdarcey
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#18re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:37pm
i agree with colleen, it has nothing to do with her looking down on wicked or morrible. she's looking down on musical theatre as a whole, which is very strange to me. that was an absurdly wierd interview.. apparently there's some beef between her and bea, because those answers are wierd.
also, isn't it stupid of broadway.com to have written that frank l. baum wrote oz instead of l. frank baum? especially when they're dealing with a musical where the lead character is named after the author? elphaba? hello?
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#21re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:41pm
"...I was wondering if your Golden Girls co-star Bea Arthur—who was famous on Broadway for appearing in Mame—had any advice for you about going into Wicked?
She hasn't even acknowledged that I'm in it. "
You would think Bea (or whoever may act as her assistant or secretary) would have at least sent flowers or a note backstage. Especially with Bea's former appearances also on Broadway.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 11:17pm
I love that interview, thanks for the link. Because frankly, I had lost a bit of respect for Rue for going into that piece of crap in the first place, but after doing the show she ADMITS it's a piece of crap!
That's the funniest acknowledgment since John Waters recently told Craig Ferguson that he loves Hairspray on Broadway but doesn't like most Broadway musicals since "they're like militant Hallmark Greeting Cards!"
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#24re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 11:25pmI think there's something with Bea Arthur and the other 3 Golden Girls. I heard some horror stories coming out of the reunion special they filmed a couple of years ago.
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#25re: Rue
Posted: 8/18/05 at 11:29pm
What bothers me is that people always complain about the state of Broadway today, but when an actor or actress who happens to actually be in a show on Broadway makes a similar comment, they are considered snobs. Get over it people. She can say what she wants.
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Updated On: 8/18/05 at 11:29 PM
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