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PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:05 pm 
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A musical? Fuck that shit. Way to ruin a perfectly good story that needed no amendment.

It was a cavalcade of over emotive child actors, one more hateable than the last. Ralphie? You suck! Randy? Fuck off, talentless! Finally we got the cherry on top as the detestable little girl whom I hated from the Lexus Christmas commercial appears in the "adorable" children's cast. It looked like a group of kids whose parents reminded them just before opening curtain that this was their big break and the family's future depended on it.

Also, I don't know how Matthew Broderick is pulling off the straight guy in a gay industry myth....good pr or as dl as a person could be.

The musical aspect took all the joy out of the story.

While I'm at it, I guess stereotyping of certain ethnic groups is OK with an overbearing Jewish mom who manipulates with guilt and eats at Chinese restaurants on Christmas but you just couldn't have a Chinese immigrant sing fa ra ra ra ra.

Lot's more to say but this production didn't warrant my effort. The only reason I'm even giving it this many lines is to avoid charges of racism for hating The Whiz...Live!

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Sounds like somebody could use a couple of lines of 'Christmas Cheer'.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:08 pm 
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Did not watch. I'm not a homo.

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Don Tiny wrote:
Sounds like somebody could use a couple of lines of 'Christmas Cheer'.


I was on business in Detroit over the weekend. Smokiest city I have ever experienced. I think I got a contact just by breathing.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:23 pm 
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It was kind of lame, though I'm guessing it was based on the Broadway play which was based on the movie.

The dad was horrible. He spent the whole time acting like he hated his kids, his wife and his life. In the movie, the dad always seems to enjoy his family even though he didn't show a ton of emotion.

I wouldn't see the musical based off of that show. It was a decent way to waste a few hours but it isn't anywhere close to as good as the movie.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:42 pm 
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The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.

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The Wiz was awesomely bad, though.


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Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks.

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A musical? Fuck that shit. Way to ruin a perfectly good story that needed no amendment.

It was a cavalcade of over emotive child actors, one more hateable than the last. Ralphie? You suck! Randy? Fuck off, talentless! Finally we got the cherry on top as the detestable little girl whom I hated from the Lexus Christmas commercial appears in the "adorable" children's cast. It looked like a group of kids whose parents reminded them just before opening curtain that this was their big break and the family's future depended on it.

Also, I don't know how Matthew Broderick is pulling off the straight guy in a gay industry myth....good pr or as dl as a person could be.

The musical aspect took all the joy out of the story.

While I'm at it, I guess stereotyping of certain ethnic groups is OK with an overbearing Jewish mom who manipulates with guilt and eats at Chinese restaurants on Christmas but you just couldn't have a Chinese immigrant sing fa ra ra ra ra.

Lot's more to say but this production didn't warrant my effort. The only reason I'm even giving it this many lines is to avoid charges of racism for hating The Whiz...Live!


I dunno, I thought that "Oh? How did you expect it to sound?" joke at the end was a pretty clever wink and nod to retconning the source in an obvious bid to avoid controversy in today's climate.


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Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.

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I got up to where he unpackaged the light. Really not that entertaining, but I will probably complete the 2hrs that are left.


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why would you watch it if you already knew you were going to hate it.

this is why this shit continues.


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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.
I'm sorry you and DB have poor taste in Christmas movies.

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W_Z wrote:
why would you watch it if you already knew you were going to hate it.

this is why this shit continues.



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W_Z wrote:
why would you watch it if you already knew you were going to hate it.

this is why this shit continues.

Perfect post for the Bernstein & Goff section.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.
I'm sorry you and DB have poor taste in Christmas movies.

Frank follows up his bad taste in baseball teams with a terrible taste in movies.

Shocking...

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Douchebag wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.
I'm sorry you and DB have poor taste in Christmas movies.

Frank follows up his bad taste in baseball teams with a terrible taste in movies.

Shocking...
#notallsoxfans

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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.
I'm sorry you and DB have poor taste in Christmas movies.

Frank follows up his bad taste in baseball teams with a terrible taste in movies.

Shocking...
#notallsoxfans


This

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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
The movie sucks. I'm sure this was somehow worse.


Shut up Frank.
I'm sorry you and DB have poor taste in Christmas movies.

Frank follows up his bad taste in baseball teams with a terrible taste in movies.

Shocking...
#notallsoxfans

Yep.

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W_Z wrote:
why would you watch it if you already knew you were going to hate it.

this is why this shit continues.

I watched it up until Farkus is revealed and I thought, I don't particularly enjoy this, and there's over 2 hours of it left. I think I am just going to cut my losses here. Then I watched football. I'm sure it would be different seeing this at a theater live, but it didn't do it for me on TV.

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