Comments on: TheatreHop: XMAS 2 The Secular Spectacular

By: So much nastiness

So much nastiness — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:11:19 +0000

I’m not saying that you can’t be critical and disappointed in these shows (I think VShow has been in decline since 2005), but so many of these comments are really nasty and personal.

I think it’s awesome that people put themselves out there and try to create something for their peers. I wish more of that went on at Columbia. That said, I think it’s hard to do something like this that isn’t at least a little tedious or tired, etc. But they’re trying.

I thought Kleinbaum was terrific in the first XMas and is an incredibly nice girl.

By: too bad

too bad — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:21:21 +0000

Xmas was just about DICKS.

By: rgg

rgg — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:06:22 +0000

Yes, not all the songs were great or even in the best vocal ranges for the singers (“Nutcrackinest Broad of All”). But “Cookie Cut Me Free” absolutely killed. And it’s not because everyone in the audience is Benjamin Velez’s friend and/or fangirl. He completely owned it. His movements got more and more hilarious as the song progressed and the music and lyrics were perfect. I thought his singing was supposed to be boy band (tasteFULly) inspired to highlight the fact that his character doesn’t realize he’s gay, just like a certain ‘Nsync member of old. Come now, Velez-hating is just plain silly.

On Michael Seaman: correct!

On Caley Bulinski: no. Clara was definitely written to be an empty character, but her performance was full of wonderment and self-possession in her character’s utter vacancy. It was wonderful to watch.

Also, Michael Snyder deserved a mention for a noteworthy performance.

By: Wow, you're right,

Wow, you're right, — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:10:11 +0000

I really hope you’re editing the V Show this year!

By: Hint

Hint — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:55:54 +0000

“[Everything] the VShow team does is so masturbatory it hits the audience like a bukkake tidal wave.”

Note: Change “bukkake tidal wave” to “bukkake tsunami,” and it’d be slightly funnier, more concise, and have better rhythm. It’d also make it seem less the case that you’re trying to get a rise out of the word bukkake, because you bump it into another Japanese word with similar syllabic structure.

V Show is funnier than you, at least.

By: really

really — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:25:40 +0000

Quality of some of this exchange makes one wonder about how these folks fit into Columbia. Where is the maturity – smells of unhealthy rivalry and spending lots of time making empty remarks. The team of Xmas2 should write a piece on what inspired the show,and what it takes – as someone said, try putting something like this before making ugly personal statements. Grow up!

By: ugh

ugh — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:15:49 +0000

as a vshow alum, it’s so frustrating to hear things like that because what exactly do you think we have to gain? how does it make logical sense to anyone that we’d be like, let’s devote our whole semester to something people won’t like? and besides, we’re usually too busy getting blasted when we’re not in rehearsal to think about anything else anyway.

By: Everything

Everything — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:56:08 +0000

the VShow team does is so masturbatory it hits the audience like a bukkake tidal wave.

By: alexw

alexw — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:28:53 +0000

Yo, I’ll admit that I haven’t seen a Fruit Paunch show since the end of last year, but I’m pretty certain that isn’t true. Improvised farting is notoriously difficult.

Also, I repeat. This thread:

http://www.bradblog.com/wp-content/uploads/firefire.jpg

By: falan

falan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:40 +0000

Sweeps = Fruit Paunch for people who have seen that there is humor beyond fart jokes

By: David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:24:56 +0000

Before leaving the band, I did, indeed, enjoy the green m&ms. They’re aesthetically appealing and tasty and talented, just like all those California girls.

By: eddie van halen

eddie van halen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:48:00 +0000

um, our band’s rider stated that the brown m&m’s should be REMOVED, duh. we loved the green ones. speaking of which, Laura Kleinbaum is great, period. i would marry her, were i not an aging rockstar with persistent knee problems.

By: you see the show?

you see the show? — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:40 +0000

i understand the reservations but theyve gotten a lot better. certainly more enjoyable than this trash.

then again, i will side with any group of “talent” that doesnt involve laura kleinbaum. you know how van halen used to ask in their contracts for entire bowls of just the brown m&m’s, the thinking being that if an arena didn’t follow that then they must have made other mistakes that would endanger the band? putting laura kleinbaum in anything that purports to be based on talent is essentially introducing a green m&m.

By: here here

here here — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:00:35 +0000

maybe there were flaws in xmas, but anyone who has ever sat through any of sweeps knows that watching them makes you want to claw your eyes out.
People always complain about how the same people do fruit pauch/xmas/vshow, but if you had to sit through some of the other “talent” out there, I think you’d understand why.

By: yeah ok

yeah ok — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:43:39 +0000

bwog had this innocuous post on the sweeps/chowdah show recently, and i’m sorry but THAT’S the kind of performance i want to see get torn a new one. at least xmas displayed some modicum of intelligence and had a genuinely talented cast, even if it was smothered by its camp. sweeps and chowdah eat serious balls on all fronts.