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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 6, 2021 0:27:03 GMT
The Tony Award actress being the powerhouse and marvellous Cynthia Erivo, who won the Tony for playing Celie. She is also a Christian and had no such issue playing that role.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 6, 2021 0:23:08 GMT
You’re not required to swear on the bible when you go to court anyway. Haven’t had to for years. You can if you want to, that’s all. When I did jury service and the defendant was a pastor and the members of his church who gave evidence, guess what that all did including a pastor? Naturally being god fearing and believing in the bible, they all affirmed.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 5, 2021 21:43:29 GMT
What is dreadful and thankfully it doesn’t happen now and that is when someone comes out on your behalf, like the terrible conservative tabloid the Sun newspaper, with the atrocious and machiavellian Kelvin Mackenzie who sat in the wheel house and had used the word ‘poof’ in a headline. The Sun used to turn up on celebrities’ doorstep and out famous people. Someone who I used to listen to a lot on LBC in the night, you might know him many years ago from That’s Life with Esther Rantzen and that is Bill Buckley who was outed, this led to both his parents’ telling him they don’t want to ever see him again, this then led to poor mental health sadly for Bill. Bill used to talk freely about his experience on his show. Same happened to Nigel Hawthorne, it caused him problems and distress.
So even there could be some gay footballers, it is absolutely right there privacy is respected and great they won’t be now outed in the trash press. If a footballer did step up to the plate, I wouldn’t think it would be such a problem and the majority of the public will embrace it. Apart from one football club and that club being Millwall, the BLM taking the knee has been well accepted. Iain Dale another LBC presenter and who gay and proud to go and support his football club West Ham.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 4, 2021 20:53:57 GMT
It is hard to fathom out how she could be ignorant and naive of that kiss in the book, film and musical. For no other reason the story centres on this, as it is just more than a same sex kiss. It also marks a big turning point in the story where she is liberated and not subjugated by her physical abusive & rapist husband & paedophile father. That same sex kiss was a master stroke of authorship by Alice Walker as it was always more than just a kiss, it was a kind of metaphor. That is why Ms Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, because she wrote one of the best ever books and a literature classic.
It is like saying you didn’t realise the reason why the Phantom wore a mask, because of his disfigured face.
She is either completely naive or a liar and she didn’t come across as being naive in her tweets.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 3, 2021 23:22:24 GMT
It is no coincidence that he travelled 18 - 20 hours at 100 years old and dropped dead. So going on holiday has put an extra burden on the organisation he purported to support.
Maybe he should’ve walked up and down his balcony 100 times.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 3, 2021 19:25:51 GMT
It is very British to like their spirits lifted with a good news story in times of desperation and Captain Sir Tom Moore was the perfect conduit for this.
I thought it was dreadful he got a knighthood when there were a lot more people more deserving. I mean for walking up and down the garden a hundred times.
I also agree it is very selfish he went to Barbados, in the current circumstances. No different to that hideous Rita Ora.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 3, 2021 14:52:27 GMT
I had no idea that they altered the songs for Wicked and to be more inclusive, they BAME casted it that early. lol. Oh dear, my autocorrect! I know it was autocorrect, Apple autocorrect can be ridiculous sometimes - but it still gave me a big smile.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 3, 2021 12:43:43 GMT
Wasn't 'Dancing Through Life' added to Wicked after San Francisco? It replaced one called 'Life Of The Party' I think. And one called 'Making Good' was dropped and replaced with 'The Wizard & I' 😁 That’s right! Dancing Through Life replaced Which Way’s the Party. Wizard and I was written especially for Indian Mendel when she was cast for Broadway. I had no idea that they altered the songs for Wicked and to be more inclusive, they BAME casted it that early. lol.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 3, 2021 1:18:40 GMT
Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 2, 2021 21:02:33 GMT
Yes the vaccine roll out is nothing short of remarkable and it has been a tremendous success story, it has been such a success for no other reason than it has been organised and delivered by our NHS. I was one of the number at the weekend to receive the vaccine. It was a totally efficient, friendly and easy experience. So if anyone on the Board is hesitating, I would urge you to go when you are invited. Believe me I’ve had plenty jabbed into me in my time and the only long term effect is probably a dislike of Sondheim. Hate me. I had my vaccine on Friday. My side affect is to want to eat chocolate, well not really a side affect, but that is my excuse anyway!!! So are you saying with those dreadful side affects that Someone in a Tree shouldn’t have the jab?
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 2, 2021 21:00:54 GMT
I had my vaccine on Friday. My side affect is to want to eat chocolate, well not really a side affect, but that is my excuse anyway!!!
So are you saying with those dreadful side affects that Someone in a Tree shouldn’t have the jab?
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 2, 2021 2:14:03 GMT
More than 900,000 people received their first vaccination dose over the weekend across the UK. Brilliant progress! Yes there is so much bad news , it is great to see the vaccination programme going so well and ahead of most other countries. This is one thing the government do seem to have got right. Yes the vaccine roll out is nothing short of remarkable and it has been a tremendous success story, it has been such a success for no other reason than it has been organised and delivered by our NHS.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 1, 2021 22:58:55 GMT
I trust she has a back up career, because she isn’t working in a theatre ever again. There is a market for church music andvI suspect her views would go down well in parts of the US But she has no future in musicals/theatre in the UK Oh those American churches that are anti-gay and anti abortion, but pro gun and anti universal healthcare. Praise the lo........
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 1, 2021 22:56:35 GMT
I guess she can mount a decent legal challenge, as her costs will be met by others.
I have to say though that she comes across as being totally naive, working in the arts where sexuality isn’t an issue and applying to work in a musical that has homosexual themes, well I’m just saying it is a bit like someone who follows the Jewish faith or even myself being a non-meat eater applying to work in a bacon factory or a Jehovah Witness applying to be a phlebotomist.
Did she really want to work in that musical or was there something a bit more all along?
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 1, 2021 0:57:52 GMT
There is no good way of doing a survey for the ‘best’, this came across as a lot of young voters voting when I see Rent, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen in the mix then a massive curveball was thrown at me with Porgy and Bess, I wasn’t expected that.
Defying Gravity I wouldn’t even say is the best song from Wicked, I would say more For Good is better.
Interesting 1&2 are from Les Miserables the greatest musical ever composed. I would have Bring Him Home as number one, it was the one I voted for. However One Day More is a brilliant song and brings in the whole company and is the best act 1 closer in any musical. If we believed the critics who done their best to tell us how awful Les Miserable was ‘The Glums’ & ‘Turning a Mountain of a Book into a Molehill of a Musical’ if we took the critics on face value the top 1 & 2 would be completely different, maybe Defying Gravity would be number 1, alas the barricades won beat the broomstick.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 31, 2021 13:33:24 GMT
What has/is going into the new ATG theatre?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 31, 2021 2:51:06 GMT
That you are a Christian, who is also gay.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 30, 2021 19:10:07 GMT
I noticed that Rita Ora is/was on this, that had me reaching for the off button. Last year I had no clue who she was, but unfortunately I do now.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 29, 2021 19:28:52 GMT
Yeap looks like The One Show has got the Razzle Dazzle.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 29, 2021 17:21:49 GMT
I didn’t know you could sue for spreading homophobia.
Not that in these heightened times, should the judiciary be concerning themselves with a trivial case.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 28, 2021 17:32:54 GMT
Where is Velma?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 27, 2021 18:42:56 GMT
He more than likely do a prompt U Turn on his apology.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 25, 2021 16:13:38 GMT
The Station of the Nation is going on Vacation and doing a whole Musical Theatre Weekend. Culminating in Elaine Paige’s countdown to the greatest musical theatre song.
However as this is huge content, we cannot possible listen to it all, so awesome we have BBC Sounds App to catch up. So if anyone is listening and catch something worth posting, post it, include the show and the time would be useful, so I can catch up.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 24, 2021 16:29:04 GMT
Okay the Government need to do whatever it takes to stop this virus no matter how controversial and enforcing the laws are controversial for some. Posters have said how tough the police are in France and Spain, shame we don’t have that here. I have said on here about my neighbour who is Moroccan and says “if you haven’t got a mask in Morocco and that included outside, they don’t muck about you going inside for 3 months.” Which might suggest why they have a manageable health crisis, as opposed to here.
As I say we need to stop this virus and some might think this is controversial, but at some point we should have neutral vaccine centres, maybe run by someone like the Red Cross, so undocumented people can go and have the vaccine, without the fear of arrest and reprisal, as I said we need to do whatever to stop this virus, including what some people will be uncomfortable with.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 23, 2021 23:44:15 GMT
But what we are doing now is clearly not working, but it is great the daily figure for infection is going South.For the record I thought it was wrong that Marcus Rashford should be bestowed an MBE, he should have got a knighthood instead. I have no issue with universal basic income. There is a compelling argument for it now.
We as a country have failed, so if you are failing then you have to look at countries that are not failing, countries like Germany, Morocco and South Korea.
What is unforgivable was the circumstances between ending of lockdown 2 and lockdown 3, this was being fuelled by the Daily Mail, as their circulation has plummeted due to this virus and the insidious Richard Little John, who has worked from home for the last 30 years, but still fit to pass opinion.I know a person between lockdown 2 and lockdown 3, who is extremely vulnerable and was being forced back to work on those moving Petri Dishes (public transport) due to that awful publication.
That person was me
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