Comments on: Broadway’s ‘Avenue Q’ Follows Obama’s Marching Orders

By: maatkare

maatkare — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:59:13 +0000

Broadway. Does. Not. Suck. TThhbbbt!

By: DontTreadOnMe

DontTreadOnMe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:18:22 +0000

Thank you for the correction! I'll take "Czarface for $100!"

By: BroadwaySucks

BroadwaySucks — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:18 +0000

Must be another stupid NYC thing that only appeals to loser liberals. Tsk, tsk.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:38:17 +0000

As one involved behind the scenes on the last couple of years of the show, I have to say: we're falling into the same trap that liberals do: having no sense of humor about ourselves. I never minded the Bush line, myself, because they also poked fun at gay stereotypes, racial sensitivities, etc.

But it was interesting watching them scramble for a suitable replacement for a line that had been there since 2003. (The show opened actually the night that we began bombing Iraq, BTW.) I actually was able to listen to replacement lines "swine flu" and "your mother in law" and they tried dozens more, and none got the laugh that Fox News did when they finally tried it. And the audience is tourist based now, so I can't chalk it up to NYC liberal sensitivities.

And I think if they'd tried "Air America" the audience would have just said, "What's that?!"

By: IndyAJA

IndyAJA — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:26:52 +0000

I just saw this this past weekend. I thought, in most cases, it was fairly funny. However, I was watching it in the context of my Christian and conservative world view. There were definitely things I found to be not funny and actually offensive. But, there's two interesting things I came across today that prove Aveune Q wrong: 1) Mark Steyn has a piece on 'Edelweiss' (Sound of Music celebrated 50 years this year). He point out the final word of that song are "forever" and certainly it will outlast Aveune Q. 2) Breitbart has a link to a CNN video regarding the porn industry feeling the recession. What do you think of that, Trekkie Monster??!!

By: Arie

Arie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:38 +0000

WAIT doesn't the entertainment industry get large tax breaks ?

By: cjenk

cjenk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:32:09 +0000

Their play, their script, their humour, their political leaning. You don't like it, then don't watch it. Or better yet – write your own play to counter it.

Until then, shudddupabowdit

By: maatkare

maatkare — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:27:19 +0000

I think you're nitpicking a little. To crow that Avenue Q is on its last legs after a record run seems a little misplaced. All shows peter out eventually, and 2500 Broadway perfs is pretty good tally for a puppet show. (longer than "Annie," "Oklahoma" and "Evita.") Considering that Sesame Street is probably crewed up through the 22nd century, the puppeteer performers were probably glad to keep their jobs, even with a pay cut, as many workers in the current economy would be. If I recall, this is also the show that asserts that the internet is for porn, and we're all a little racist, so it seems to me they spread the 'dings' around a bit.

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:16:55 +0000

"No, it seems that the real purpose is to find the worst possible, evil, racist, homo-phobic, war-mongering, lying, right-wing boogie man and insert their name into the lyric to ridicule and diminish them. Circa 2004 that person was President Bush."

I was speaking in generalities not necessarily curent events. There now don't you feel like a moron for calling me an idiot.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:40:22 +0000

Maybe your right, but in this case they took Bush OUT, not put him in, you idiot.