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Rue

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.

Your fupa is showing.

Updated On: 8/18/05 at 09:34 PM

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:37pm

I think she's lovely.

Are you mad that she thinks doing straight plays are more fun than Wicked? lol

Updated On: 7/29/09 at 09:37 PM

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:40pm

no, just im my opinion that interview just made her seem unusual and not too nice.

Your fupa is showing.

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:41pm

ick, I think she came across as a total snob in that.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

The only thing that seemed SEMI snobbish, was the part about Bea. But I think she meant it in a jokingly way.

And I think she has some good points about how Broadway has changed from the 60's 70's until now.

Updated On: 7/29/09 at 09:45 PM

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:45pm

is there something going on between her and bea? came across that way...

::bust a move::

re: 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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re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:46pm

I think the interview was just....weird....

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re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:49pm

LOL I just KNEW the WICKLYNS would get mad that she thinks straight plays are better. Because remember - nothing is ever better than Wicked.

Anyway - check out her playbill.com interview.. It's shorter, and much better.

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re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:57pm

playbill.com's interview is much better, i agree

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#11

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:00pm

I 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?

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#12

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:04pm

It was very odd, but Ive seen better interviews with her...

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#13

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:05pm

Well, saying that thing about the play while you're IN a musical is kind of ... weird. Like, seriously. "But for a musical..." like, that's just not right.

Ick. I was annoyed as I started reading it.

#14

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:05pm

ljay... way to insult every single person who ever liked Wicked... tell me does it make you feel better somehow?

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#15

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:12pm

I think you guys are reading way too much into it. I don't think she's saying the role or show is beneath her.

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#16

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:14pm

I 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".

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#17

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:17pm

Kringas - just took the words out of my mouth.

Rockabye - there is a different between a Wicked fan and a Wicklyn.

#18

re: 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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#19

re: 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?

#20

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:38pm

does she sing or talk?

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#21

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:38pm

ha!

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Updated On: 8/18/05 at 10:38 PM

#22

re: 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.

#23

re: 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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#24

re: Rue

Posted: 8/18/05 at 11:25pm

I 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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#25

re: 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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