who can you relate to?

#1

who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:11am

i was just wondering... is there a specific role in a show that resembles you at all? my answer would be eponine from les miserables... the whole 'on my own' song described my life for a while

also i can definately relate to elphaba from wicked... im not exactly a normal/popular gal

and though i cant directly relate to any of the characters from rent, every time i see the show i feel like i could live next door to mimi or be friends with collins.theyre just so... real... if that makes any sense

what about you?

#2

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:13am

I most relate to the chink in the wall from the Pyramus & Thisby section of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mr. William Shakespeare.

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#3

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:13am

well, I hate rent, so the answer's no. probably Brian from Ave Q...I have no idea what I want in my life right now...I'm going to be a freshman in college, but still. Afterwards, I have no idea. i don't even know what i want to do in college.

#4

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:13am

I've always had a very strong connection with Mark Cohen of RENT.

But I see little bits of myself in many different characters (non-gender-specific) in many different shows... Princeton in AVENUE Q... Caroline in CAROLINE, or CHANGE... Elphaba in WICKED... Jonathan in TICK, TICK...BOOM!

I love seeing pieces of me in characters; well, love it and hate it because sometimes those pieces aren't exactly positive...But, then again, why go see theatre but to relate and connect?

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#5

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:14am

I can relate to the bubble in Wicked. Sometimes I feel like I have to drive around bitches.

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#6

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:15am

Probably most like Louise from Gypsy...I am shy. Though, Louise was able to "do her thing" at the end of Gyspy, and I will never be able to do that.

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#7

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:15am

Lord, that's hilarious Sumofallthings.

Made me right laught out loud :)

Thanks!

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#8

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:16am

So many! The top three are:

Peter from BARE
Kate Monster from Avenue Q
Hedwig from Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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#9

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:19am

Millie and Elphaba.

I am probably most like Millie... I am very straightfoward and driven. I love her awkwardness. I hope I can find a Jimmy!

Elphaba absolutely just tears me up. We share insecurities and aspirations. I love her frankness. I had just assumed people would understand her but when I made my sis listen to the CD she just didnt get why Elphaba acted the way she did in certain circumstances. I understand her layers.
I think I look more like Glinda on the outside but Elphaba on the inside.

My sister said of Millie "She must be some sort of an underdog since you like her so much!"

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#10

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:19am

A combo of both Kate Monster and Princeton from Avenue Q. Though I do see bits of Mark Cohen from Rent in me, too...

#11

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:19am

it's not a freakin bubble. if you pay attention, its the clock pendulum. they say its a bubble, but really, it's not. look again folks.

#12

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:21am

Mark Cohen in RENT
Kate Monster in Avenue Q

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#13

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:21am

Right now I feel like a nice mishmash of characers from "Avenue Q." I'm trying to find my purpose, I have a terrible love life, I'm dead-ass broke and I have no idea what I want to do with myself.

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#14

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:22am

You know what, you've been here less than 24 hours, Captain Obvious. Why don't you sit on back, catch your breath, check out the lay of the land, see how it goes, instead of correcting or castigating other people when you're so fresh outta the box. You don't want to make enemies here. Or, should I say, any more enemies.

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Updated On: 8/11/04 at 12:22 AM

#15

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:24am

anymore enemies? what's that mean? are you my only enemy?

#16

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:24am

*holds FindingNamo back*

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#17

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:25am

Somehow, I doubt that very much, Captain Obvious.

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#18

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:36am

I absolutely relate to the plight of Leo Bloom, and like many others on this thread I can relate to many aspects of Elphaba's character. But given my background - Princeton from Ave.Q is topping the chart!

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#19

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:36am

Does anybody relate to anything that was created before 1996?

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#20

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:38am

Much as I hate to admit it, I'm a little like Trekkie Monster!

#21

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:38am

i guess Peter Pan...never wanting to grow old...

#22

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:39am

Captain, first off, I am not a person to be making enemies with. I already find your posts to be mundane. And as much as you would like to correct me on my Wicked statements, I really could care less. Now if I had said that Denis O'Hare played John Wilkes Booth please feel free to correct me.

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#23

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:39am

CO, you've managed to grow pretty old pretty quick in just a few hours on these boards.

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Updated On: 8/11/04 at 12:39 AM

#24

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:39am

Mr. Applegate (The Devil) in Damn Yankees.

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Updated On: 8/11/04 at 12:39 AM

#25

re: who can you relate to?

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:40am

I relate to Diana in A Chorus Line too. I felt nothing.

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"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."