Les Miserables... just for something different :)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001, 07:26 pmWalter Plinge35 posts in thread
Les Miserables... just for something different :)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001, 07:26 pmJust a quick reminder that Les Miserables previews at the Regal Theatre on Wednesday October 10th then opens officially on Thursday.
Come to enjoy, come to review, come to have a bitch, just come!
For more info. check out the new website: >http://imagine.unlimited.com.au/lesmis<
Come to enjoy, come to review, come to have a bitch, just come!
For more info. check out the new website: >http://imagine.unlimited.com.au/lesmis<
RE: Incorporation .....why?
Thu, 18 Oct 2001, 01:54 amWalter Plinge
A few comments in this chain.
a) There was never any complaining done to what I imagine is the majority of the cast by the production team. I am sure they have experienced countless sleepless nights getting things done and put together. This is their job! Why is it so that you feel it your right...no, you seem to feel it your moral obligation to crush them! Why? Because they aren't putting money into your pockets? Because they have the good sense to put on a show, make a few dollars and let a whole lot of actors get some experience and have a lot of fun. I've read many of the posts on here and you have achieved some of what you intended to achieve, but in all honesty, the feeling I get back from people in the cast is that you guys are just bitter about something and looking for something to complain about. No offence is intended in that, that's just a fact about the feeling I get back from people in the cast.
b) If you haven't "heard the people sing" by now, I'm starting to get the feeling you've lost the ability to hear. I have seen your points written, rewritten, rephrased, semi-retracted and then posted again. And they still don't make sense to me. Maybe that's because I'm young and naive...... I've yet to see anything that has convinced me that MS could be damaging the industry in any real way. I've considered the possibility of how that might be so....but when I think about it...it just gives me the feeling that certain people are bitter because folk who aren't performers are earning some money from the theatre industry....
c) I think everyone's priorities are very different and several different issues have been identified. But no-one questions that it has been a great show. I really have difficulty in finding how it can truly be a bad thing. Bring life and recognition to the industry (granted, through a high profile show rather than something smaller and original) but isn't that what healthy competition is about? You can't just sit idle and point and say "Well that's not fair because they didn't let me win!" and that seems to be a lot of what this is about.....or so the feeling takes me.
d) I resent the fact that it has been said we (as a cast) are being or were taken advantage of. That implies we are foolish for not seeing "the truth" as some people call it. That's not fair. I know there has not been any direct criticism of the cast, but it resounds. It's never a nice feeling to have someone slagging off about something that you're very proud of, regardless of the fashion in which they do it.
e) I see no resolution on the issue really. Grant and Craig both hold steady to their viewpoint, as do many other people. I guess that is what makes the world go around eh? How boring would this discussion have been if it started
- "Hey, Les Mis was great"
- "Yup, sure was."
- "So.....how bout this weather we're having?"
Variety is the spice of life. But I still reckon you guys are wrong. ;) hehehehehe.
*will try and refrain from posting on this issue in future - but makes no promises*
a) There was never any complaining done to what I imagine is the majority of the cast by the production team. I am sure they have experienced countless sleepless nights getting things done and put together. This is their job! Why is it so that you feel it your right...no, you seem to feel it your moral obligation to crush them! Why? Because they aren't putting money into your pockets? Because they have the good sense to put on a show, make a few dollars and let a whole lot of actors get some experience and have a lot of fun. I've read many of the posts on here and you have achieved some of what you intended to achieve, but in all honesty, the feeling I get back from people in the cast is that you guys are just bitter about something and looking for something to complain about. No offence is intended in that, that's just a fact about the feeling I get back from people in the cast.
b) If you haven't "heard the people sing" by now, I'm starting to get the feeling you've lost the ability to hear. I have seen your points written, rewritten, rephrased, semi-retracted and then posted again. And they still don't make sense to me. Maybe that's because I'm young and naive...... I've yet to see anything that has convinced me that MS could be damaging the industry in any real way. I've considered the possibility of how that might be so....but when I think about it...it just gives me the feeling that certain people are bitter because folk who aren't performers are earning some money from the theatre industry....
c) I think everyone's priorities are very different and several different issues have been identified. But no-one questions that it has been a great show. I really have difficulty in finding how it can truly be a bad thing. Bring life and recognition to the industry (granted, through a high profile show rather than something smaller and original) but isn't that what healthy competition is about? You can't just sit idle and point and say "Well that's not fair because they didn't let me win!" and that seems to be a lot of what this is about.....or so the feeling takes me.
d) I resent the fact that it has been said we (as a cast) are being or were taken advantage of. That implies we are foolish for not seeing "the truth" as some people call it. That's not fair. I know there has not been any direct criticism of the cast, but it resounds. It's never a nice feeling to have someone slagging off about something that you're very proud of, regardless of the fashion in which they do it.
e) I see no resolution on the issue really. Grant and Craig both hold steady to their viewpoint, as do many other people. I guess that is what makes the world go around eh? How boring would this discussion have been if it started
- "Hey, Les Mis was great"
- "Yup, sure was."
- "So.....how bout this weather we're having?"
Variety is the spice of life. But I still reckon you guys are wrong. ;) hehehehehe.
*will try and refrain from posting on this issue in future - but makes no promises*
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