(i still haven't listened to hamilton, prob will eventually, but i did reread vidal's burr this week in pointless private protest)
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 29 September 2016 10:44 (seven years ago) link
just watched the shrek thing again, in perverse fascination. keep thinking about the person doing the sound cues. to be standing there sweating in fear you'll produce the wrong fart.
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 29 September 2016 10:45 (seven years ago) link
a lot of the modern musicals (esp disney) are understandably trite + treacly but i don't understand ppl itt who have no time for any musicals ever. like rodgers & hammerstein, sondheim, or kander have some classics that i'd stack against any other musical form. i feel like the issue is that broadway has become somewhat synonymous w/ these big andrew lloyd webber type productions which i completely understand if ppl don't like them (tho even like jesus christ superstar + joseph are imo pretty classic) - but it doesn't really make sense to me to write off everything!
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 September 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
I had a post I didn't finish yesterday where I was going to specifically pinpoint my hatred of modern Broadway musicals to the ascension of Andrew Lloyd Weber actually. I like a bunch of the Rodgers and Hammerstein ones, which still retain an air of sophistication and feel like they are written for adults about adult things (even though they are still enjoyable for children), and I love Fosse. And Fiddler on the Roof and a bunch of others... but yeah the modern spectacle + fart jokes stuff is just waaaaaaaht why
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 September 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Fosse gets meta and subversive in a way that really appeal to me, I'll watch anything he was involved in. (Oddly Pippin is, I think, the only one I haven't seen)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 September 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
wait how the fuck has fred seen hamilton
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
i like cabaret
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
any time LMM's name comes up on ilx there is always a discussion of how terrible musicals are & how much ppl don't want to see hamilton... i say he is great and yr all grumps
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
i'd love to see hamilton but i never get to see any of the hip shows. i still haven't seen book of mormon.
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
I am p grumpy it's true
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 September 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
very :)
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 September 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
I love the mentality of musicals, at leat the way Lin-Manuel presents it. Going out there eight times a week and working your butt off to entertain, because that's what you do. Going out before the show and doing something for the people waiting. Quite simply doing everything you can to please.
idk seems pretty conservative at its core
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 September 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
I don't see how that's different from any other form of entertainment tbh, they all require tons and tons of work to do well
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
musical theater people are just more self-righteous and hammy about it
yo if you dont fuck with jesus christ super star (original with murray head and ian gillian) then i dont want any part of you
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
jesus is not all right with me, what can I say
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
why have you forsaken me
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 September 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
Okay so here's a FUN FACT FOR THE XLS:I was Simon Zealotes in jcsuperstar back in college.
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 October 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
The one musical I stan for unreservedly is "Annie." That could be down to childhood nostalgia, but if I'm near a TV and it's on I will set everything aside to re-watch it.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 2 October 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
it took stalinesque political skill to avoid being assigned any job on the musical of 9 to 5 my theater's doing this fall, but as documented in the mary poppins thread i did get happily caught up in that one last year. no idea what the 9 to 5 musical's like but suspect it won't produce quite as many delighted, weeping children.― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, September 28, 2016 2:43 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
intermission on opening night and i just wanna thank donald j trump for the audience reaction
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 October 2016 06:28 (seven years ago) link
well then. SNL on the 8th oughta be interesting!
― (rocketcat) 🚀🐱 👑🐟 (kingfish), Saturday, 8 October 2016 06:43 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, can't wait to see what celebrated champion of women Alec Baldwin does
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 8 October 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Ha! I actually thought about that too. Probably some too-close-to-home shit for him.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 8 October 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
alec baldwin was obv an inspired choice for this role
― Mordy, Saturday, 8 October 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
remember there was that thread "who would be the democrat trump" or whatev and everyone said baldwin
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 8 October 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
whys lin manuel look like jim from the office now
― johnny crunch, Monday, 10 October 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
i think it was a least partly bc he's been cast in the Mary Poppins sequel as Bert
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 October 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpKwIDeaZPiC34I/giphy.gif
Something so calming about this gif.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 October 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
I don't give a shit about Hamilton but he was good. Really weird how different he looks without that stache though.
Am I hallucinating or did 21 Pilots do a lame, 1970s sounding white reggae song?
― "raw buttin' these toilet seats" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 October 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
i skipped past them bcz i am old & they looked annoying
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
Good advice, I watched it as it was broadcast and didn't walk away and get a drink like I should've.
― "raw buttin' these toilet seats" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 07:06 (seven years ago) link
Their songs are usually poetry-based (written by Joseph and Dun);[61] Joseph has stated that when poetry is too long, he needs to start rapping to fit the lyrics in.
millennials really don't understand what editing is
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
having never seen nor heard hamilton the fact that the songs were rewrites from that didn't resonate with me but it was still really good.
― akm, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
His 'never gon be president now' is from when Hamilton's scandalous Reynolds pamphlet was published, detailing his extramarital affair. It was a pretty perfect moment.
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― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
can't believe i never got to see this with daveed
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
thought this was a really woeful episode. and for a broadway star miranda was surprisingly poor in the sketches - usually find that people with that musical theatre background are well suited for cameo appearances in comedy but I found him surprisingly poor. less said about the broadway rapping elements the better as far as I'm concerned.
but the main problem with this episode: the writing was garbage. even the trump/clinton wasn't all that great and with that cast and the week's events that should really be a slam dunk.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
the writing on this show has been garbage since the new cast came in. which is too bad, cuz I like the new cast a lot! but it seems like they never have anything to work with
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
yeah i like a lot of the cast and sometimes they make it worth watching, unfortunately the sketch's are often so poor there's no saving them.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
I don't think Lin-Manuel considers himself a particularly good rapper, when he free style battled on Fallon against Black Thought his response was 'why am I here?' He is a pretty good writer, though, and his monologue had some great lines. On the election
The way these grand-standing candidates be talkin’They’re just a tweet away from facing off in WeehawkenThey keep brawlin’, D and RNC keep fallin’I like it better when it’s Kate McKinnon v. Baldwin
That's good writing to me? It seemed to me the show didn't know where to go with him, though.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
The one where the guy phoned his mom was pretty sweet.
CHONK!
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 16 October 2016 08:34 (seven years ago) link
this was a good episode most of the way through
― akm, Monday, 17 October 2016 13:17 (seven years ago) link
Better than the Lin-Manuel episode;
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 October 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
Some good stuff near the beginning but really petered out by the end.
― dan selzer, Monday, 17 October 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
The lampooning of the second debate had a really calming effect on me. It was so awful and cruel, to see it lampooned seemed relaxing.
― Frederik B, Monday, 17 October 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
thought this was a pretty awful episode again but much better than the miranda episode. nadir for me was the robot sketch, which was just excruciating. chonk definitely the highlight of the show, and weekend update wasn't too bad - not a huge fan of jost and che in general.
why do i keep watching this show? haha.
― *-* (jim in vancouver), Monday, 17 October 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
i liked the robot sketch. I liked the hamster sketch at the end too.
― akm, Monday, 17 October 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
I hated the robot and hamster sketches!
Chonk was amazing agreed.
― dan selzer, Monday, 17 October 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
whats this i hear about an angry whopper is a good line
― johnny crunch, Monday, 17 October 2016 23:28 (seven years ago) link
I didn't laugh out loud much but I really did love that bizarre clusterfuck of a sketch, had it aired later it'd be an all-time 5-to-1 classic
― a simba man (Will M.), Monday, 17 October 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link