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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 17:08:35 GMT
I'm getting quite fed up with the lack of provision for single theatregoers. Booking Oleanna at the MAST Mayflower Studios, the only single seats are at the back. Bubbles of two are £60 yet a bubble of three front row seats is £43? How does any of that make sense? Same. I'm resigned to not seeing anything as a solo theatregoer until next year now. I get the economics but it's a shame.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 16:33:24 GMT
If you're one of the lucky people currently leading a normal life and not too bothered about the lifting of restrictions then... good for you I guess? There are still many of us depending on restrictions lifting so that we can get back to ours. And as this is a theatre forum, remember guys... it will start to affect you if it trickles down into further months of socially-distanced theatre trips and further postponements and cancellations of shows... Which is still a possibility. That's what I was asking and interested to know, what restrictions were you hoping to be lifted, what can't you do today (albeit with limitations) that you were hoping to be able to do from the 21st?
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 15:26:23 GMT
If I'm honest I don't really get why people are angry, was anything major changing on the 21st? Something we can't do as at today? Aside from foreign travel which was never going to be an overnight sort anyway. But we can go to the pub, have dinner, shop, work, see friends and family, go to the theatre... just not in unlimited numbers or without a few precautions which aren't exactly a huge burden to put up with. Maybe I'm just odd but my life wasn't going to be any different on the 21st of June than it was on the 20th!
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 13:13:25 GMT
I suspect the football scene will be cut and replaced with something else. Agreed. They HAVE to keep the underwater stuff in it though, it's probably the most memorable scene and also the most memorable song. Ah, the Beautiful Briny Sea... 😁🎶
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 11:39:16 GMT
It is also important to understand that sometimes things are offensive when no malice is intended. I don't agree with cancel culture for minor, ill-advised situations like this, but as someone who has been affected by microaggressions all my life, in the vast majority of cases I experienced I am fairly certain that there was no malice meant. That doesn't mean that it shouldn't be called out and brought to the person's attention, so that they can learn and try to do better in the future. So in this case I am all for calling her out on it but definitely don't think this warrants cancelling her. At least not just on the basis of this one performance. That's actually a really good point. Like when someone says 'that's so gay' as a negative, I often take a slight bit of offence initially, and then realise that they didn't mean it maliciously. Sometimes it's just about drawing attention to it so the person can learn from it, rather than trying to destroy them 😀
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 8, 2021 11:18:32 GMT
It's true that we now live in more 'enlightened' times, and of course no celebrity should be allowed to be openly discriminatory, bigoted, prejudicial etc, but equally people are too quick to be offended at things that aren't setting out deliberately to offend.
It's the latest in a long line of recent arguments which don't really hold up. The Alexis Meade storyline in Ugly Betty, or Kathleen Turner playing Chandler's dad on Friends... while quite rightly these storylines would be in poor taste today in solidarity with the trans community, at the time, those shows weren't saying 'we hate trans people, look how funny it is to make fun of them'. Likewise, Christina Bianco does an AMAZING impression of Celine Dion, which Celine herself has said she thinks is brilliant... Christina isn't making fun and inciting hatred of all French-Canadian people when she does it.
Yes it's good that people are unwilling to put up with injustice when that's what's happening, but equally they need to stop forming lynch mobs and perceiving malice where none exists.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 7, 2021 22:37:00 GMT
For context, the song was included on her 2011 live album and has been widely available since then. I believe there was a hat of song suggestions for her to pick from and perform for the encore (she does Defying Gravity earlier in the show based on another selection). From the preceeding dialogue included in the album, she picks this song, sounds a bit daunted, and says 'Ok...OK..I'm gonna get my Effie on'.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 7, 2021 22:13:13 GMT
It's clearly an impression and tribute to a very distinctive singer and song, there's no malicious racist intent behind that whatsoever. Jennifer Holliday would probably find it very flattering.
If Cynthia Erivo did a similar rendition of someone equally distinctive and white like Cher, no one in the world would think it was driven by racism.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 7, 2021 20:01:44 GMT
This may be a stupid question so apologies in advance - can I access these deals if I'm with Tesco (on O2's network) rather than with O2 directly? I'm assuming not.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 22:09:39 GMT
Got around to seeing this tonight - I'm still processing my thoughts. Overall though it's a very confused show. Generally strong performances, some excellent wordplay and good music, but the overall structure didn't sit well for me. Is it trying to be historical or not? There's some genuine history in there but mixed up with lines about writing Shakespeare and forming bands that didn't exist. We're going to end up with a lot of people who are both more aware of who the six wives were but also totally confused as to what happened. Presenting the six wives as contemporary of each other (at least in terms of death ages) also leads to a confusion. If it's trying to be historically accurate (which I've seen in interviews that they say it is) there are some major problems. There was a big issue for us in what seemed to be a throwaway bit of "one upping" based on how many miscarriages they've each had. How tone deaf can you be? Speaking of tone deaf - sound mix was chaotic, and I was very close to the desk so in theory in a prime spot. What is the musical trying to do? Show that you can change your story or show that you're stuck in where history places you? It seemed to ebb close to saying "we're better than what history makes us out to be" but then drifted away in a couple of minutes. Also - I'm guessing there was no budget to get a new curtain after the move from the Ambassadors? Everything just looked slightly off of scale - I'm assuming it was picked up and walked down Shaftesbury Avenue without any alterations. All of that said, anything is better than Thriller Live so I'm more positive than the last time I left the Lyric! Most of it is historically accurate, but in the last 5-10 minutes of the show, the wives rewrite their stories and give themselves the endings they wanted, so Anne ends up 'writing lyrics for Shakesy P' and Jane forms the Royalling Stones. I doubt anyone will leave confused. It's to make the story end on their own terms, rather than as just Divorced, Beheaded and Died/Survived.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 22:04:34 GMT
Leaves me giggling like a teenager, every single time.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:48:25 GMT
How does listening to a song from ‘Come From Away’, which I’ve never had a desire to see, make me well up? Go and see it. Such an inspiring story and an uplifting show 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:46:07 GMT
I don’t understand what the policy is for mask wearing ? So many posts I’m seeing show people sat there not wearing them. I don’t understand how this is allowed? They seem to have lanyards on so presumably are exempt.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:23:46 GMT
The comments in the Live Chat are equal parts hilarious and tragic. I had no idea there were so many stupid, ungrateful people out there! I just can’t believe the amount of people who seemed to be under the impression that we would be getting proshots of all the musicals advertised for the concert. Where did they get that from?? Utter morons. They're outraged that there's nothing from Cats. They apparently missed the part about it being all the shows that were running when lockdown struck. They're also moaning about the length of the interval. You know, in the middle of the concert that they're getting FOR FREE. Honestly. Muppets.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:14:32 GMT
The comments in the Live Chat are equal parts hilarious and tragic. I had no idea there were so many stupid, ungrateful people out there!
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:04:30 GMT
Give Mazz Murray all the awards. Sublime.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 17:52:27 GMT
As long as a little cockney kid says the immortal line 'what's that got to do with my knob?', they can take my money now.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 18:05:15 GMT
I assume their ageing skills are less to do with moisturiser and more to do with a surgeon's knife! Four of the six, at least (not that there's anything wrong in that).
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 18:01:03 GMT
Goodenough isn't that strange a name, I've worked with two!
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 14:39:50 GMT
Do we really need another thread of picking holes in things we don't like? Sorry, just seems like the world is negative enough right now without creating more for no constructive reason.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 14:22:12 GMT
Darren Day confirmed as Billy Flynn for the upcoming tour.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 13:59:39 GMT
Danny's wife Carley is also very very pregnant, plus they're renovating their house, so I suspect he didn't want anything extra on his plate at the moment 😀
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 2, 2021 22:05:00 GMT
Some dreadful and pointless parts but the good far outweighed the bad, for nostalgia alone it was brilliant. Some of the cast clearly wanted to be there more than others but it was a great tribute to arguably the best sitcom of its time.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 1, 2021 19:38:41 GMT
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Post by robertb213 on May 30, 2021 15:33:30 GMT
He does look good for 50 but that's irrelevant if he's supposed to be 36! I'll stick with it but at the moment it just feels like he's overacting, nothing in his line delivery feels natural at all. Sounding like someone doesn't mean you can portray them convincingly. It's not meant to be natural. He's playing a very mannered, affected man. I've watched some interviews with Halston and I see what you mean, but I still think Ewan overdid did it, it felt quite cringeworthy at times. Less so in the later episodes, maybe I'd just gotten used to it by then.
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Post by robertb213 on May 30, 2021 15:14:18 GMT
I'm really not sure it explains how she becomes someone willing to kill animals for fashion. Yes she's vamping it up by the end, but there's still a missing link to get to murder! It's like it needed one final push into psychosis that didn't happen. I'm surprised you actually thought that was going to happen in this film. I'm pretty sure it didn't happen in the 101 Dalmations remake either.
Also, this wasn't that story. There's plenty of time for that in the bound to happen sequel. But they'll never make her an animal killer in any film.
anthony40 Thanks for the tip about the mid credits scene. I went back to watch it and it does perfectly set up the next film, though i'm pretty sure even that won't be the 101 story.
Fun story - I went to the wrap party for the Glen Close 101 Dalmatians film. It was held on the backlot of Shepperton Studios where it was filmed, and they had about 3 massive marquee's and each one was made in a dalmatian spot print. The amount spent on that 1 party was millions. It was also the first night i got drunk in front of my older sister!
I don't know what version of the 1996 film you watched, but she paid a guy to skin a tiger for her, offered to buy all the dalmation puppies so she could have them killed and skinned, and by end was trying to stab the puppies herself in the barn with a cattle prod. She's an unhinged ruthless villain, we already know what she's capable of and we love her anyway. 'Cruella' as a film was supposed to show us how she became that person. It doesn't. Of course I don't expect to ever see her kill an animal on screen, that's not what I'm saying, but as an origin story, 'Cruella' should show us how she ends up going to those lengths, or at least hint at it. I'm glad you all liked it! I just don't see the point of an origin story that doesn't bring you to the point where the character you know begins. It shouldn't need another 2 hour sequel to finally get there.
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 20:54:49 GMT
Skinny jeans! All men need to stop wearing them, they look awful on literally everyone.
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 15:18:20 GMT
Hmmm. I'm in 2 minds about this one.
Yes it looks great, stunning costumes, and Stone and Thompson are fabulous. It also has one of the best movie soundtracks I've heard in ages.
But it got off to a very slow start, took ages to properly get going, and I'm really not sure it explains how she becomes someone willing to kill animals for fashion. Yes she's vamping it up by the end, but there's still a missing link to get to murder! It's like it needed one final push into psychosis that didn't happen.
Worth a watch but I'm not sure it achieved what it set out to do.
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 8:39:26 GMT
I've downloaded it and it's my plan for later today, also featuring pyjamas, cups of tea and Lidl's version of Oreos. The joys of being alone! 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on May 28, 2021 9:28:00 GMT
Just having a look at tickets for this, what makes the seats at the back of the stalls restricted view? They're really not restricted at all, I've sat there a few times. It only suffers if the performers use the very top level of the stage which I've only seen once and wouldn't happen for a concert like this anyway. Generally they're a bargain. And it always takes FOREVER for the Stalls to empty so at least with those seats you can get out quicker! 😀
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