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Post by richey on Jun 15, 2022 20:43:17 GMT
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Post by newda on Jun 15, 2022 20:48:00 GMT
I hope this thread never dies. As a long time reader it's been my evening dose of excitement every day since the show opened.
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Post by inthenose on Jun 15, 2022 21:08:35 GMT
I hope this thread never dies. As a long time reader it's been my evening dose of excitement every day since the show opened. Same, every time I open the thread I keep thinking "oh, what's happened now...?". I should open a book on it as a side hustle... "What will be the next drama associated with this cursed show?" CHF complains about stage door/ridicules a fan on Twitter - 3/1 ALW makes another poorly judged PR blunder - 2/1 Rodney "The Milkybar Kid" Vubya embarrasses self on two or more social media platforms - 1/1000
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Post by ceebee on Jun 15, 2022 21:17:23 GMT
I hope this thread never dies. As a long time reader it's been my evening dose of excitement every day since the show opened. Same, every time I open the thread I keep thinking "oh, what's happened now...?". I should open a book on it as a side hustle... "What will be the next drama associated with this cursed show?" CHF complains about stage door/ridicules a fan on Twitter - 3/1 ALW makes another poorly judged PR blunder - 2/1 Rodney "The Milkybar Kid" Vubya embarrasses self on two or more social media platforms - 1/1000 The odds are on Rods making even more of an arse of himself. Still, it detracts from ALW, so Rodney/Dave should keep his colourful ribbons flying high.
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Post by danb on Jun 15, 2022 21:29:40 GMT
It has certainly been the ‘talk’ for all the wrong reasons hasn’t it. What a shame that the various ‘characters’ couldn’t bring themselves to do the right thing a bit more rather than what transpired. The germ of a good idea…more than enough cracking tunes…a potentially great cast…all smooshed together into something nowhere near the sum of its parts with school play direction.
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Post by d'James on Jun 15, 2022 22:48:33 GMT
Why is he called The Milkybar Kid?
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Post by inthenose on Jun 15, 2022 23:18:59 GMT
Why is he called The Milkybar Kid? See the bottom of page 385. He inexplicably decided to officially name his character "Danté Cadbury" and promises (threatens?) to write a tell-all book about his time in the show. Strangely though, he is actually credited as "Ensemble" in my programme. I can only assume "Ensemble" is a French one-name thing he chose, prior to settling on Danté, similar to "Dalida"? Weirdly he also has other several characters who share the same name. There are also a few characters named "Swing", which is possibly Austrian sounding?
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Post by fiyerorocher on Jun 15, 2022 23:20:22 GMT
Yup. Truly an odd song for the queen to sing about her own son. Not an odd song at all. They're not going for realism here, it's a fantasy world, and it's a humorous caricature in modern terms of a historical attitude towards manhood. I think the lyrics are great. No, it's definitely weird for the queen to be singing those lyrics about her own son. I'm happy to stick with that opinion, thanks.
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Post by Oliver on Jun 15, 2022 23:39:20 GMT
Not an odd song at all. They're not going for realism here, it's a fantasy world, and it's a humorous caricature in modern terms of a historical attitude towards manhood. I think the lyrics are great. No, it's definitely weird for the queen to be singing those lyrics about her own son. I'm happy to stick with that opinion, thanks. It's not weird for the reasons I mentioned in my post. You haven't addressed my argument or even made one of your own.
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Post by d'James on Jun 15, 2022 23:59:28 GMT
Why is he called The Milkybar Kid? See the bottom of page 385. He inexplicably decided to officially name his character "Danté Cadbury" and promises (threatens?) to write a tell-all book about his time in the show. Strangely though, he is actually credited as "Ensemble" in my programme. I can only assume "Ensemble" is a French one-name thing he chose, prior to settling on Danté, similar to "Dalida"? Weirdly he also has other several characters who share the same name. There are also a few characters named "Swing", which is possibly Austrian sounding? OK. Thanks. On the app. I can’t find pages like that but I understand now. I was just a bit worried it was a racist thing, but thanks for explaining.
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 16, 2022 0:44:24 GMT
I’ve gone quite far back and can’t see what Rodney did, can anyway explain it to me?
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jun 16, 2022 1:57:53 GMT
Not as exciting as all these other snippets, but I have only just found out that Georgina Castle is Andrew Castle's daughter! Now I know I can definitely see the resemblance.
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Post by richey on Jun 16, 2022 6:07:54 GMT
See the bottom of page 385. He inexplicably decided to officially name his character "Danté Cadbury" and promises (threatens?) to write a tell-all book about his time in the show. Strangely though, he is actually credited as "Ensemble" in my programme. I can only assume "Ensemble" is a French one-name thing he chose, prior to settling on Danté, similar to "Dalida"? Weirdly he also has other several characters who share the same name. There are also a few characters named "Swing", which is possibly Austrian sounding? OK. Thanks. On the app. I can’t find pages like that but I understand now. I was just a bit worried it was a racist thing, but thanks for explaining.
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Post by The Matthew on Jun 16, 2022 6:33:35 GMT
I have no idea what's going on in some parts of this thread, and I think that's probably for the best.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 16, 2022 7:08:11 GMT
It has been 34 minutes since the last Cinderella post. Come on slackers, up your game.
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Post by partytentdown on Jun 16, 2022 7:13:53 GMT
The guy is incredibly irritating and self involved, but I have to say it's quite common for ensemble members to assign their roles a name and personality (helps bring them to life a bit and get through the repetition), just maybe without the self-promotion to leading role.
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Post by richey on Jun 16, 2022 7:47:14 GMT
Actually it reminds me of an episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme where Tom has a walk on part alongside Tom Cruise and he spends the episode inventing a back story for his character.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2022 9:49:32 GMT
Lady Macbeth next for Carrie? LOL
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Post by cezbear on Jun 16, 2022 9:51:19 GMT
'do a Shakespeare' lol. And why not.
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Post by starlight92 on Jun 16, 2022 10:08:01 GMT
It has been 34 minutes since the last Cinderella post. Come on slackers, up your game. I know right, I can't tell you how much free entertainment this thread has provided, let's keep it alive as long as possible
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Post by ladidah on Jun 16, 2022 10:11:58 GMT
I don't want to see Ophelia wearing doc martens.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 16, 2022 10:22:34 GMT
I don't want to see Ophelia wearing doc martens. been done before. I have spent too long reviewing student drama to be surprised by anything ..
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Post by richey on Jun 16, 2022 10:25:14 GMT
I don't want to see Ophelia wearing doc martens. "This is our beloved bard, you cannot paraphrase. I mean, Ophelia’s mad scene, ‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance’ – it’s no good just bunging a few herbs about and saying, ‘Don’t mind me, I’m a loony’. Yes?"
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 16, 2022 10:28:30 GMT
I don't want to see Ophelia wearing doc martens. "This is our beloved bard, you cannot paraphrase. I mean, Ophelia’s mad scene, ‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance’ – it’s no good just bunging a few herbs about and saying, ‘Don’t mind me, I’m a loony’. Yes?" You could also just throw in a bit of the Ayckbourn
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Post by danb on Jun 16, 2022 10:45:52 GMT
It’s lovely that Vics’ words still touch us every day. I’ve been throwing out stolen one liners since my teens and still do. I hope she knew how totally beloved she was by so many, even if she didn’t seek recognition.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2022 11:16:28 GMT
See the bottom of page 385. He inexplicably decided to officially name his character "Danté Cadbury" and promises (threatens?) to write a tell-all book about his time in the show. Strangely though, he is actually credited as "Ensemble" in my programme. I can only assume "Ensemble" is a French one-name thing he chose, prior to settling on Danté, similar to "Dalida"? Weirdly he also has other several characters who share the same name. There are also a few characters named "Swing", which is possibly Austrian sounding? OK. Thanks. On the app. I can’t find pages like that but I understand now. I was just a bit worried it was a racist thing, but thanks for explaining. It did cross my mind that it could be seen as a racist overtone by some. Dante Cadbury could be the Chocolate Devil also. But Dave is certainly my favourite nickname for Rodney. I would be so tempted to reply to one of his tweets and start it Dave, just to see what reaction if any it got. I was surprised to learn Dave was in his early 30's I'd assumed he was fairly fresh out of training so perhaps he does see his career window closing as there is less demand for older chorus dancers although he does look young for his age. Do older chorus dancers usually move onto Dance Captain, assistant/resident choreographer roles more?
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Post by danb on Jun 16, 2022 11:22:12 GMT
Not now they don’t 😬
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2022 11:32:00 GMT
Perhaps there’s an opening somewhere for someone who’s great at pointing their toes whilst being semi naked.
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Post by Paulw on Jun 16, 2022 12:12:10 GMT
OK. Thanks. On the app. I can’t find pages like that but I understand now. I was just a bit worried it was a racist thing, but thanks for explaining. It did cross my mind that it could be seen as a racist overtone by some. Dante Cadbury could be the Chocolate Devil also. But Dave is certainly my favourite nickname for Rodney. I would be so tempted to reply to one of his tweets and start it Dave, just to see what reaction if any it got. I was surprised to learn Dave was in his early 30's I'd assumed he was fairly fresh out of training so perhaps he does see his career window closing as there is less demand for older chorus dancers although he does look young for his age. Do older chorus dancers usually move onto Dance Captain, assistant/resident choreographer roles more? Thank you for the idea, I have just done exactly that! Disclaimer - All in the name of a bit of fun and to keep this thread going of course
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jun 16, 2022 12:14:07 GMT
In my experience, boarding school boys seem to go one of two ways — either a bit shy, or absolutely convinced they're god's gift to whatever they're doing!
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