BK, about the "Nudie" casting...does Cindy Williams have a daughter? ;)
And the word of the day is: XENIAL!
And now Ted Detweiler may have a problem - well, at least it causes a problem that may be insurmountable for me - he forgot he had a wedding to attend. I'm being told he'd have to leave for it on Saturday morning the 13th and he'd return early afternoon on the 14th. Well, those are our final two rehearsal days and since he's in almost every scene in the show I don't really know how I'm supposed to deal with that. We have so little time to put this together anyway that I can't see how it can work, not having my leading man all day Saturday. Sunday I can probably start at two and go until eight or nine, but to lose Saturday completely is out of the question. So, I'm trying to find out what can be done - if he can leave later in the afternoon on Saturday (I don't mind starting at ten and being done by two or three), and even if he can come back a little earlier on Sunday. I suppose we shall see.
DR George, that link you posted re: THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS is all the talk on the soaps message board i frequent.
For those who didn't read it it pertains to one of the actors quitting the show because he didn't want to do a gay kissing scene.
I'm sad because i really liked this actor. Although i wasn't happy with the direction his storyline was going (this is before any gay kissing scene).
I am curious though since another character came out a couple months ago (rafe the lawyer) and there were rumors of a big gay romance. I'm curious if this actor was going to be part of that couple. Or if this was merely a single gay kissing scene we are talking about here.
If it was the former then i think the show should have talked to the actor before forcing him to do it. If it was just one kissing scene then i think he should have done it.
Although it makes no sense to me that the character would be gay since he's been engaged and in love with a woman, with no signs of confusion.
I know it's acting, and i don't agree with someone quitting, but it seems like the writers/producers could have just talked to the actor and found out what his reservations were. Perhaps he's religious. Who knows. It just seems odd to me to force someone who has been on the show for a while to do something they are not comfortable doing.
DR George, that link you posted re: THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS is all the talk on the soaps message board i frequent.
For those who didn't read it it pertains to one of the actors quitting the show because he didn't want to do a gay kissing scene.
I'm sad because i really liked this actor. Although i wasn't happy with the direction his storyline was going (this is before any gay kissing scene).
I am curious though since another character came out a couple months ago (rafe the lawyer) and there were rumors of a big gay romance. I'm curious if this actor was going to be part of that couple. Or if this was merely a single gay kissing scene we are talking about here.
If it was the former then i think the show should have talked to the actor before forcing him to do it. If it was just one kissing scene then i think he should have done it.
Although it makes no sense to me that the character would be gay since he's been engaged and in love with a woman, with no signs of confusion.
I know it's acting, and i don't agree with someone quitting, but it seems like the writers/producers could have just talked to the actor and found out what his reservations were. Perhaps he's religious. Who knows. It just seems odd to me to force someone who has been on the show for a while to do something they are not comfortable doing.I believe it is called acting.
I bounded out of bed at 7:30 and mowed the back yard.
DR George, that link you posted re: THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS is all the talk on the soaps message board i frequent.
For those who didn't read it it pertains to one of the actors quitting the show because he didn't want to do a gay kissing scene.
I'm sad because i really liked this actor. Although i wasn't happy with the direction his storyline was going (this is before any gay kissing scene).
I am curious though since another character came out a couple months ago (rafe the lawyer) and there were rumors of a big gay romance. I'm curious if this actor was going to be part of that couple. Or if this was merely a single gay kissing scene we are talking about here.
If it was the former then i think the show should have talked to the actor before forcing him to do it. If it was just one kissing scene then i think he should have done it.
Although it makes no sense to me that the character would be gay since he's been engaged and in love with a woman, with no signs of confusion.
I know it's acting, and i don't agree with someone quitting, but it seems like the writers/producers could have just talked to the actor and found out what his reservations were. Perhaps he's religious. Who knows. It just seems odd to me to force someone who has been on the show for a while to do something they are not comfortable doing.I believe it is called acting.
I'm sorry, Jennifer, that was rather flippant on my part. But honestly, I have no sympathy for this actor, at all. Actors, and especially soap opera actors, seem to relish playing murderers, rapist, drug addicts, alcoholics, and adulterers; but they take offense at playing a scene where they kiss a member of their own sex? I find that extremely hypocritical, even to use the cop-out of it being against their religious beliefs.
Should I, as a gay actor, be excused for refusing to kiss an actor of the opposite sex? Wouldn't that be ridiculous? I have played characters, and had to say dialogue that is personally offensive to me, TCB; but is part of the character that I am portraying. I had a real problem using the "N" word, especially in a play that I knew would be seen by a large number of African-American audiences members, including my friends; but I said it onstage, because my character would and did use that word. I would feel far more sympathy for an actor, if he refused to play a serial (or cereal) rapist or an adulterer because that was against his religious beliefs.
All I'm trying to say is, we don't know the "whole story" and this guy is getting a lot of flak over something that might actually be about something else.
I was incredibly sick the past two days with the worst stomach virus I had in a long time. Cramps, chills, fever, aches and pains, not to mention output from both ends. Ugh!
Feeling so much better this morning, though, except for a slightly achey lower back. I think I will take advantage of the beautiful weather out there and putter and clean up in the back yard.
Saturday morning greetings! Just back from having my hair cut and styled. This is the first Saturday this month I haven't been out of town and I'm enjoying being home. After doing some prep work on a couple of garments, I'm going out to my Mom's to use my sewing machine, which is on "permanent loan" to her.
And since I am in New York City, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May...
Laters...
And since I am in New York City, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May...
Laters...
Have some ice cream for me, DR Jose, and enjoy The City!
Well, back outside to my garage cleaning, yard work, and chatting with neighbors.
Although it makes no sense to me that the character would be gay since he's been engaged and in love with a woman, with no signs of confusion.
I guess I thought I was doing what we normally do on this board, and that is to discuss things in the news and the arts.
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Has Flicka ever sung Fricka?
All I'm trying to say is, we don't know the "whole story" and this guy is getting a lot of flak over something that might actually be about something else.
And speaking of flak...
I'm just catching up on the flak from this past week's premiere of "So You Think You Can Dance?" in regards to the same sex couple who audtioned... And the comments from Simon Fuller... :-\
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Aren't you a bit late on a review - it's already on the store shelves.
I watched last night's FLASHPOINT while I cooked and ate lunch. As usual with this show, I was in tears by the end of the episode. It was a rerun, but since I was so late joining the FLASHPOINT party, it was a new episode for me.
And now Ted Detweiler may have a problem - well, at least it causes a problem that may be insurmountable for me - he forgot he had a wedding to attend. I'm being told he'd have to leave for it on Saturday morning the 13th and he'd return early afternoon on the 14th. Well, those are our final two rehearsal days and since he's in almost every scene in the show I don't really know how I'm supposed to deal with that. We have so little time to put this together anyway that I can't see how it can work, not having my leading man all day Saturday. Sunday I can probably start at two and go until eight or nine, but to lose Saturday completely is out of the question. So, I'm trying to find out what can be done - if he can leave later in the afternoon on Saturday (I don't mind starting at ten and being done by two or three), and even if he can come back a little earlier on Sunday. I suppose we shall see.
I don't know, Bruce, but maybe this is all of the gods' way of telling you that Nudie is not supposed to happen quite when you want it to. All the signs (especially casting in the last few weeks) seem to be pointing in this direction. ??? :-\
Stop the madness.
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Aren't you a bit late on a review - it's already on the store shelves.
der Brucer
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Aren't you a bit late on a review - it's already on the store shelves.
der Brucer
As Matt H. can probably second, they have a new policy of not releasing review copies until street date.
Stop the madness.
That would definitely cut down on the post count.
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Aren't you a bit late on a review - it's already on the store shelves.
der Brucer
As Matt H. can probably second, they have a new policy of not releasing review copies until street date.
Well, that makes sense - that way non of us impressionable people might be influenced by a review! I might add, based on reviews, I am much more likely to buy a DVD I hadn't planned to purchase than not buy one I had. And I find the DVDTalk and HTF sites the best source of reviews.
der Brucer
Das Rheingold was worse than I could possibly have even imagined. I am going to credit Larry with the "Eurotrash" label in my review, but this I think deserves some sort of toxic superfund cleanup monies. When the review goes live, I'll post a link, but suffice it to say for now that Alberich's "dwarfism" is handled by him attaching Dorf-like red boots to his knees, whereupon he hobbles around the stage with his little red feet flopping in front of him. No, I'm not joking. And that's actually one of the less ridiculous moments.
Das Rheingold was worse than I could possibly have even imagined. I am going to credit Larry with the "Eurotrash" label in my review, but this I think deserves some sort of toxic superfund cleanup monies. When the review goes live, I'll post a link, but suffice it to say for now that Alberich's "dwarfism" is handled by him attaching Dorf-like red boots to his knees, whereupon he hobbles around the stage with his little red feet flopping in front of him. No, I'm not joking. And that's actually one of the less ridiculous moments.
Eurotrash - the term's not mine, DR JMK; it's been around a long time - productions are the worst, mostly because they're all about the director's ego and sexal hangups, most often having nothing to do with the plot, helping the audience comprehend what's going on in the text the composer set, or too often possessing a semblance of taste.
Richard left the room to do his ironing...
Richard left the room to do his ironing...
Hey, I thought he was supposed to be taking it easy... ;)
Richard left the room to do his ironing...
Hey, I thought he was supposed to be taking it easy... ;)
:-X
Richard left the room to do his ironing...
Hey, I thought he was supposed to be taking it easy... ;)
:-X
DR Ginny, thanks for the obituary! Bob White was a wonderful man and I was fortunate to be a friend of his. I regret that after he moved to the nursing home I never saw him when I was in Oxford. Another road paved in hell with my good intentions.
Something had happened to us on a show, where had the person been upfront with his conflicts, we just would have said "forget about it, let's work together some other time," but the person waited until already in rehearsal to spring "tech period" conflicts on us. It didn't seem logical that he didn't know about these conflicts previously in our situation.
Jose, Ted is checking with a casting gal he knows who loves to do theater. I can probably free up a few hundred bucks for someone, so that's my next plan of attack. In the meantime, no response to my little e-mail missive to KSA out here - maybe the gal I sent it to just nuked it rather than show it to the people I asked her to pass it along to.
KSA looks suspiciously like an anagram of SKA
But, DR Jose, didn't *we* have our ice cream today?
But, DR Jose, didn't *we* have our ice cream today?
Well... I did have a sip of my friend's Ricotta-Pistachio Shake at Stand4. That was close to ice cream.
The guilty parties at KSA are Victoria Morris, who, from all I've heard, is a very, well, uppity lady, and someone named Jicole, who is the one who called to say she didn't think any of their clients were right for the show. I'm sure the clients who ARE right for it would be a little dismayed.
I watched last night's FLASHPOINT while I cooked and ate lunch. As usual with this show, I was in tears by the end of the episode. It was a rerun, but since I was so late joining the FLASHPOINT party, it was a new episode for me.
Was it the one with the psycho wife holding a hostage at knife point? (And the one with the Sam and Jules relationship progressing?
Speaking of closet cases, my one non-operatic BD is VALKYRIE, starring you know who(m).
Aren't you a bit late on a review - it's already on the store shelves.
der Brucer
As Matt H. can probably second, they have a new policy of not releasing review copies until street date.
As for "SYTYCD?" - Ah, yes, Nigel not Simon. Thanks for the correction/clarification.
The hokey-pokey is close but no Ska.
One does get weary of the Irish IRA stuff
I guess I'll write some notes now. I've actively become really annoyed that I have to go to this little work session tomorrow at eleven. REALLY annoyed, and I know it could turn into endless discussions about each and every number, and I am NOT going to be up for that.