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Girard442

(6,081 posts) Sun Apr 29, 2018, 10:08 PM Apr 2018

Just saw the musical "Come From Away". My friends couldn't understand why I hated it.

I'm sorry. The central reality was the murders of nearly three thousand people. I get it that there were amazing acts of compassion and generosity at that time, but that doesn't make it anywise anything but a vicious crime and a horrible tragedy.

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Just saw the musical "Come From Away". My friends couldn't understand why I hated it. (Original Post) Girard442 Apr 2018 OP

Have only read about it, elleng Apr 2018 #1

Much of my business is in Broadway musicals PJMcK Apr 2018 #2

elleng

(130,978 posts)

1. Have only read about it,

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2018, 10:15 PM

Apr 2018

but wasn't the central reality of the story the response of the Gander residents to travelers they housed and fed? Sorry you hated it.

P.S., not directly related, but I 'hated' the musical Book of Mormon.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)

2. Much of my business is in Broadway musicals

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2018, 10:19 PM

Apr 2018

I hated the show.

The story was lame and predictable.

The music was uninspired.

The performances were self-serving.

The musical "sound" was terrible. (This is a reference to the audio mix that one hears in the theater.)

Go see "Sweeney Todd" at the Barrow Street Theatre, instead.

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