Topic: SALLY OF THE TROPICS (Read 39936 times)

Jay · « **Reply #270 on:** November 13, 2003, 04:57:01 PM »

DR Jrand: That is my baby picture you see. I was one of those people born looking forty. If I posted a current pic you'd think Methuselah was on the board.

DR Ron: Did you say"'pooter" or "poofter?"

Ben · « **Reply #271 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:01:48 PM »

Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.

It's from a Headline I saw on line.

New Gay Dating TV Show on in Canada

here's the link to the story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031113/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_fairy_tale

bk · « **Reply #272 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:08:37 PM »

I think that unless something untoward happens we will most certainly break three hundred posts this fine evening.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #273 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:13:04 PM »

Mr BK is that your new GYPSY CD review at Amazon? Sorry my post Tuesday made you think someone was a KopyKat!

Andrea · « **Reply #274 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:24:15 PM »

Quote from: Ben on November 13, 2003, 05:01:48 PM

Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.

No... but it's yet another reason to love canada.

Andrea · « **Reply #275 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:25:49 PM »

Vanity post feature an emily inspired vanity dance:

twirl- spin- curtsey- vanity!- fling- stare at my beautiful self in the mirror(hehe)- prance- jump- spin- spin-pas de bas- salsa!

Andrea · « **Reply #276 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:27:03 PM »

And yet another vanity post....

www.lewindsor.com

This is where McGill is having its arts and science graduation ball this year, unfortunately sans musical theatre

Andrea · « **Reply #277 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:29:38 PM »

And one more for the gold star: damn reward system:

Hillel has been frantically organizing bake sales across campus in order to fund their next several thousand dollar musical: Evita

At this rate of a musical a year, we may see the day when Hillel, in an effort not to repeat itself puts on Jesus Christ, Superstar and Godspell.

tee hee!

Andrea · « **Reply #278 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:29:58 PM »

Yeah!!!!!!

Ben · « **Reply #279 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:33:14 PM »

Well, if we're going to vanity posts again, here is number 290 pour moi.

I will not be doing the video viewing I thought I would this weekend due to the work influx. Oh, well. During my time off before we go away perhaps we can catch up.

François, the library has Relative Values. Never saw it so we will take it out and watch it over Thanksgiving.

Ben · « **Reply #280 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:36:12 PM »

I'm so glad we have the edit function. I saw that François was on, I went up and copied his name and was able to replace it with the correct look. It was Francois but I changed it to François. What fun we have when we are looking about for other things to do.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #281 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:40:54 PM »

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #282 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:51:23 PM »

Please wait to download a beefcake pic of Mr Brent Barrett....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #283 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:53:39 PM »

DR Jay - your Mum dressed you a lot better when you was a baby than mine did.

François · « **Reply #284 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:57:40 PM »

Ben,

I'm glad my "name" can provide so much fun; it usually rarely does that!

Boy, I'm short of "interesting" things to say tonight!

I've listened again to the original London cast recording of SHE LOVES ME: it's NOT the OBC but Anne Rogers, though not as thrilling as Barbara Cook, and a little oarse on the day of the recording, is quite efficient. I did het to see her in My Fair Lady, in Montréal in the early seventies -- yesterday!! --

Rita Moreno, not known for her singing, is quite wonderful here!

I hope I haven't said too many stupid things....

Oh, I'm still grateful for Rhino for issuing such great soundtracks which, usually, are terrifically remastered... i guess they missed with GYPSY!

Has anybody noticed the nasty comments by some reviewer on Amazon.com regarding the talents of Marni Nixon, along with the GYPSY reviews?

François · « **Reply #285 on:** November 13, 2003, 05:59:22 PM »

Grateful to Rhino!!... dumb me!

Craig · « **Reply #286 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:03:18 PM »

Ok.. so here is MY review of Taboo... as disjointed as it is...

The music and lyrics are interesting, but many of the songs sound very similar.

Raul Esparza, Euan (as Boy George) and the woman playing Big Sue all give great performances.

The costumes are fun and the set design - while sparse is very effective and not overbearing.

George O'Dowd (the real Boy George) is NO actor. He leans in to speak his lines to whoever he is addressing as if to say "I'm making eye contact with you.. I'm connecting with you". His stand out number he sells well - but the rest of the show he's rather pedestrial and uninteresting - aside from his costumes and makeup

The book. This is where the show falls apart. One really walks away from this show wondering what the show was really about. It wasn't really Boy George's story.. it really wasn't Leigh Bowery's story. It was more or less just about a group of people in 1980s london.

The book also shuffles history around for it's own amusement.

The most jarring thing is Leigh and Boy George were both born in 1961 - yet in TABOO, Leigh is played by a 40+ year old and Boy George is played by a 20 year old.

The premise/setup - that the show is a flashback works fine up until an extremely contrived ending that clearly is orchestrated to get everyone back on the stage.

More later (still at work)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #287 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:04:20 PM »

Jay: I said 'pooter

Ben: I "could" post 95 more posts between now and 8 p.m. It's only two hours away. Mind you, you'd truly all hate me for it...95 one-word posts wouldn't be the most pleasant thing in the world.

And I don't think anything is really worth that!

I don't care who gets to 500 posts first. But it will be fun trying, so long as the trying is mostly legitimate and not totally stupid. _{(Two or three short posts to get there don't count.)}

JRand53: Not funny. The Brent Barrett tease is NOT funny.

Ben: In case you forgot, or never knew, you can create the "ç" by holding down the Alt key and then keying 0-2-3-1.

I see MattH isn't among us right now. I hope he got to do what he'd hoped he could do this evening...it involved going to a theater, so get your minds out of the gutter!

I'm gonna have Rice-A-Roni Spanish Rice for din-din. Oh, that and something else...a bit of meat loaf or something. I'm really looking forward to whipping up that Rice-A-Roni, though!

Danise · « **Reply #288 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:05:53 PM »

Just came back one last time after my software search.

In the words of ET: Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 --- Ouch.

Methinks my inner child will have to content herself with Photoshop Elements. Such is life.

Can you believe we're going to be in the upper 40's tomorrow morning?! Ugh! I hate the cold. That does it. I'm moving to someplace warm--like Florida!

Have a good evening all. Until the morrow.

Thank you, Karma Fairy!

D

bk · « **Reply #289 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:10:03 PM »

Jrand, who knows who that review is by - if I'd written it today I don't see how it could be up already. But the guy is probably a copycat anyway, and he's wrong to boot. I like your review much better.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #290 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:12:06 PM »

François: Do you have the Ruthie Hentshall "She Loves Me"

I think she's rather very good as Amalia -- I'd never have known she had the range had I not heard it.

François · « **Reply #291 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:18:15 PM »

DR Ron,

No I don't... yet!

I have her -- with Ute Lemper -- in CABARET and that recording is out-of-this-world, imho, MUCH better than the last OBC!

She's also very good in DIVORCE ME, DARLING.

François · « **Reply #292 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:20:00 PM »

OOps, boo-boo AGAIN!

Not CABARET but CHICAGO.
I think they've made a film out of this one! Recently, that is! -- don't you love my humour?

Emily · « **Reply #293 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:25:10 PM »

Argh! It's 9:22 and I still have three BS-full journals and a presentation to write/prepare for tomorrow!

Argh!!! I WILL not post here until I am done. I WILL not post here until I am done. I WILL not post here until I am done.

Now this is going to be hard!

SwishySarah · « **Reply #294 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:26:48 PM »

SUPER GOOD VIBEAGE TO MAYA!

My room is on it's way to looking nice enough. We're having an appraiser (spelling?) come through tomorrow so we can refinance, and my room must "look like it did on the day we bought it, Sarah." I asked if they wanted me too take the furniture out and repaint the walls, just to be sarcastic, and do you know what my mother said? She told me to go play in traffic. Isn't she lovely? She and Minnie Kritzer would get along just swell.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #295 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:28:10 PM »

LOL.....I thought since it was from Studio City it was you....and thanks for the compliment. I need to edit a bit, but that'll do, pig.

SwishySarah · « **Reply #296 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:28:31 PM »

Oh, and Wilson Pickett told me that he really liked my skirt today. Pervert!

bk · « **Reply #297 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:31:10 PM »

I'm beginning to have a feeling that if there were to be an incredibly incredible volley we might just break a new record, oh, yes, we might just break a new record. Now, all this talk of Gypsy has made me want to watch the movie again, so I think I shall.

td · « **Reply #298 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:38:38 PM »

Q: Is it me or is it Martin?

Jennifer · « **Reply #299 on:** November 13, 2003, 06:41:09 PM »

DR Ben, how did you get to 20 posts ahead of me? <sob>

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