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Janet
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I've just joined this forum , and theres Chris and fluffball or somebody,who keep having an arguement and some girl called Lucy who thinks she's Jonathan Pryces best friend !!!!!!
Why do you all take it so seriously???????????
Its entertainment, all the cast are human - get over it!
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Total Posts: 8 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 10:48 am on Mar. 16, 2002 | IP
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Lucy
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I don't think I'm jon's best friend. I barely know the man! We've only met a few times! Yes the cast are human ( I know most of them!) but so are we and so please don't come on here and start verbally bashing us all. This is to discuss My Fair Lady not to discuss (or insult) the people discussing My Fair Lady so please keep to the subject!
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Total Posts: 74 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 1:48 pm on Mar. 16, 2002 | IP
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Josh
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Janet, I too have just joined this forum. But I have to say, I wonder why you did! Not only was it sour, badly observed and petty, it wasn't even original. Cf the debate further down the page. If you haven't got anything constructive to say, why bother?
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Total Posts: 5 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 5:22 pm on Mar. 16, 2002 | IP
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chrisball
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Hi Janet,
I think Josh summed up your contribution perfectly.
I have made rather a lot of posts to this forum. Some of them have been positive, some of them have been negative. However, I don't take it seriously at all. I enjoy the conversation that has been flying around on this board.
Did anybody say that the cast aren't human? And what do we need to "get over"?
Thanks for the "fluffball" joke too. It was hilarious. Laugh? I almost fell off my chair. Tell me, are you the classroom nerd who thinks that everybody finds you funny when you deliberately get names wrong?
Read Josh's mail again. It might help you if you want to offer any more pearls of wisdom to the board in future.
All the best,
"Fluff"
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 5:29 am on Mar. 17, 2002 | IP
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Janet
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see next post
(Edited by Janet at 10:11 am on Mar. 17, 2002)
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Total Posts: 8 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 7:54 am on Mar. 17, 2002 | IP
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Janet
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Well, this just proves my point dosn't it?
A lot of comments on this forum seem to be going on about Jonathan Pryce's reaction to MM winning the Olivier award - if thats not slagging off,I don't know what is ! Its not constructive, thats for sure.
As for Chrisball, well, its a shame you can't laugh at a bit of humour when you see it - you can call me Ganet,I won't mind !! A rose by any other name and all that,I thought this forum needed a bit of humour.
I'm all for constructive criticism, but I have none for this show at all. It fulfills the very object of the whole thing - it makes people go home feeling good, with the songs running through their brains, and memories of fantastic performances in their heads, isn't that what its all about?
The Martine/Jonathan thing is more personal, and I think has been bloated up far too much. Thats what I mean about them being human - Jonathan P was caught by the camera having a bit of a sulk and probably fed up as well because he introduced Martine to Sir Cam and she let him down - plus he lost out on his award to Philip Quast, who has only been in South Pacific since December. I have sympathy with the guy, but he's over it now,I'm sure. His day will come again, because thats life and I'm sure he knows it.
By the way, I've met the cast too - several times, and I wouldn't say anything bad about any of them - not even Martine because I thought she was fabulous as Eliza and a hard act to follow.
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Total Posts: 8 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 8:17 am on Mar. 17, 2002 | IP
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chrisball
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Janet,
I do laugh at humour when I see it.
Unfortunately, asinine and puerile humour does not strike a chord with me. Why on earth would i want to call you "Ganet"? Is that remotely funny?
Seeing a show is all about feeling good, humming tunes and admiring performances.
Seeing a show is also about being able to formulate an opinion afterwards.
Similarly, if people wish to discuss the merits of certain performers, or indeed awards ceremonies, that is their choice isn't it?
To take this thread back a couple of posts, you were the person who chose to come on here and attack the very essence of what this forum is all about.
All the best,
Chris
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 4:41 am on Mar. 18, 2002 | IP
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Janet
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Oh dear,oh dear, we are getting our knickers in a twist arn't we?
I was told that constructive criticism is OK on this forum - and yet all I've seen is criticism of the performers - nothing constructive at all, with a few exceptions.
I have not criticised the show at all - not even the awards - NOTHING.
I just think that some people take it all too seriously - a bit like those people you see on sports programmes who go on about why so and so passed the ball and so on - who knows why?
I think its nice to talk about the show, favourite parts,favourite songs etc.etc. But look back at some of the subject titles - Jonathan Pryce should be ashamed springs to mind.
Thats nothing to do with My Fair Lady the show,and its slagging someone off - or is that acceptable because the person got his name right?
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Total Posts: 8 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 6:31 am on Mar. 18, 2002 | IP
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chrisball
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But Janet, whilst the "Jonathan Pryce should be ashamed" thread was not my number one priority, it is still relevant to the show. (And indeed to whoever wrote it.)
If people want to analyse, over-analyse, slag-off, praise or blindly ignore any aspects of the show (including the performers) that is their choice.
In the same way that you seem to want to dumb all of the posts down to your level, others want to discuss the things that are pertinent to them.
The best thing to do, if you don't want to join in, is to avoid pressing reply. Alternatively, press reply and write something enlightening. Either way, I am sure that people will be less judgemental of you than you have been of others.
All the best,
Chris
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 2:29 pm on Mar. 18, 2002 | IP
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Janet
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Without wishing to enter into a slanging match - which I DON'T, I just want to say that like it or not, my contribution to this forum is as permissable as anybody elses.
For what its worth, I'm looking at things from the other side of the curtain, as it were.
I am an actress myself, only being fortunate to appear on the West End stage once, but way back, I was Eliza's understudy in a regional theatre production of 'My Fair lady'.
Actors too, can be sensitive about the way people perceive them, for example I would hate to think that my audiences analyise me, why did I do this or that, or talk about me for hours if I am caught off guard.
I just think that too many people take it all too seriously. Its entertainment, and although one has to get inside the character and so on, the basic idea is to entertain, and give value for money and also of course, for self-satisfaction and love of the theatre.
People tend to get very confused and think that soap stars are real and so on, too much analysis can be a dangerous thing.
Enjoy, but don't delve too deeply, criticise the show if you must, but just don't get too SERIOUS.
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Total Posts: 8 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 3:16 pm on Mar. 19, 2002 | IP
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Oy..whats going on 'ere then??