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If you are one who likes musicals, which of the following is your favorite?

sk8ergrl's picture

Wicked!!

Wicked is an AMAZING musical. I also thought that the Legally Blonde musical was pretty good. (They show it on MTV sometimes.)

NonSequitur's picture

I know, isn't Wicked

I know, isn't Wicked AWESOME?? (I submitted this poll.) I saw it at the Boston Opera House last October. It was BRILLIANT.
and my friends are getting impatient with me but it's worth it :)
What's your favorite song from it? Mine is No One Mourns the Wicked
I'm bummed that they cut Wicked Witch of the East from the cast album

Have you read the book? The book is brilliant, too.

SnowStars's picture

Wicked.

Actually, I've never seen it.
But I've done everything else it is possible to do to get to know the musical!
(Thank you, NonSequitur!)

NonSequitur's picture

Very good. That was the

Very good. That was the correct answer. lol

emotive.eleven's picture

Wicked

I actually think my favorite is Guys and Dolls, but I voted for Wicked cause that's the only one I've seen except for Hairspray, which we saw at a drive in but we were in like the last row of cars, so it didn't really have great effect or anything. And actually I saw Wicked when I was like ten, but it was on Broadway so it was much more exciting than Hairspray was.

NonSequitur's picture

wow I've never heard of a

wow
I've never heard of a live drive-in theater
only movies

emotive.eleven's picture

no.... but that would be cool

well it was the movie, which some people think doesn't count, but i do.

Professor_Zoom's picture

I'd need to see Wicked first

I'd need to see Wicked first before I really make up my mind, and that's simply because that book was probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life, which is saying something considering the amount of books I've read.

NonSequitur's picture

Yes!! A fellow Wicked

Yes!! A fellow Wicked fan!
That is my favorite book of all time. I've read it seven times.
We should start a sub-blog on YWP just for Wicked fans
Because we're just cool like that...
(no offense, greenie)
What was your favorite of the five sections?

greenie's picture

Woah, no way! The book was a

Woah, no way! The book was a horrendous slight to literary genius everywhere. I refuse to allow you say you loved it without providing generous backup. The play, on the other hand, was pure concentrated brilliance.

Professor_Zoom's picture

...I disagree.

...I disagree.

Usagi's picture

I must say I liked the play

I must say I liked the play more than the book, but to be honest there are a lot of things worse than that play and very few better.

greenie's picture

Your judgement is obviously

Your judgement is obviously flawed by too many hours reading muddy waters of words created by a writer who doesn't understand the difference between "its" and "it's".

(Okay, that might have been a bit harsh, but I still stand by my opinion.)

Professor_Zoom's picture

Meh. I thought it was more

Meh. I thought it was more funny than "harsh".

Nevertheless, I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's certain, one-hundred percent!

Wait...I'm not an elephant...
crap.

greenie's picture

It could be arranged. And

It could be arranged. And how's that Horton Hears a Who working for you?

(Did you know that I had an 8th grade teacher who made us write a BLOODY BOOK REPORT on that book?!)

Usagi's picture

Wex

Wexelblat? (Wexelblatt? Wixelblat?)

greenie's picture

Wexelblatt?

Wexelblatt?

Usagi's picture

I don't know. I only had her

I
don't
know.

I only had her for six weeks. And, 'sides, we referred to her as Mrs. Wex or the Queen of Something-or-other.

greenie's picture

Ah yes, Queen of All That Is

Ah yes, Queen of All That Is Bad and Evil.

Professor_Zoom's picture

Honestly? That's...wow. At

Honestly? That's...wow.
At least it'd be better than writing one on "Catcher in the Rye".
Actually, I had fun doing that. It was at the time when I disliked the book immensely, and thus went on this huge rant about what an idiot Holden Caulfield was.

It was severely entertaining.

SnowStars's picture

It's quite enjoyable to find loopholes in assignments...

:)

Usagi's picture

A bit harsh, Greenie? Be

A bit harsh, Greenie? Be nice! And please, that's why we have editors.

greenie's picture

Hmmm... at least I haven't

Hmmm... at least I haven't attacked Zoom's writing yet. Ah well, best be off before I insult everyone on here. (I do recommend that you try going on an insult trip sometime. Very refreshing to just reel them off. I offer myself as a scapegoat.)

Before I go, I must put in a good word for Phantom of the Opera. Brilliant play, starts off by scaring the crap out of you. Nearly got hit in the head with a flying chandelier.

Professor_Zoom's picture

I do go on insult trips on

I do go on insult trips on internet forums (not here, though), mainly whilst debating. It's extremely entertaining.

Usagi's picture

Tee hee. I once lost a

Tee hee. I once lost a debate round for calling the other team's intelligence into question every chance I got ("Last time I looked, Isreal was still on the map").

greenie's picture

Funny, I can picture that

Funny, I can picture that quite clearly.

SnowStars's picture

Ha Ha!!! (maniacal laughter!)

I am applying my newly learned reply skills.

Professor_Zoom's picture

That's kind of the reason I

That's kind of the reason I prefer debating online, because it's got an unlimited amount of time and there are essentially no rules.

There was this one guy who started a thread saying that "cigarettes should be banned" and one of his chief arguments was that they're advertising to children through Disney movies. He cited "101 Dalmatians" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" as examples, as they have characters who smoke. He believes it's some sort of huge conspiracy. I replied with this:

"There's no conspiracy here, only paranoid or stupid people believing that there is due to coincidences that they haven't researched fully to actually provide an accurate picture of anything."

it was fun.

Usagi's picture

I applaud you. I really

I applaud you. I really do.

And now I go off to clean the bunnies' cage. Bye, all.

SnowStars's picture

Debates are great

but instead of lots of rules, why don't people just get bucketfulls of muffins to throw and megaphones and go for it?
That would be a REAL debate!

Usagi's picture

That would be awesome, and

That would be awesome, and so much better than real debate. Actual debating is not really that fun. You have to be respectful to your opponents.

SnowStars's picture

RESPECT?!?!?!

yeah, ok.
But muffins are better.

Usagi's picture

Are you entirely sure you

Are you entirely sure you want to offer that, Greenie? You've just given me an excuse to stockpile every Shakespearean insult I know and hurl them at you all at once on Monday morning.

SnowStars's picture

SHAKESPEARE IS AWESOME!!!

Shakespearian insults are great!

greenie's picture

Take me at thy will, thou

Take me at thy will, thou murbled pile of castrated pig guts.

greenie's picture

And Monday is DoS. You'll

And Monday is DoS. You'll have to write them at me.

Usagi's picture

Darnit! You're right. I

Darnit! You're right. I shake my metaphoric fist at you.

greenie's picture

And with a metaphoric

And with a metaphoric flourish, I'm off!

Actually, can I call you for a moment?

Usagi's picture

Aye. Call away, flourishing

Aye. Call away, flourishing one.

SnowStars's picture

Wexelblatt????

?????

Usagi's picture

BRMS Eighth-grade LA

BRMS Eighth-grade LA teacher. Horrible, horrible woman.

SnowStars's picture

Oh, I had no idea who or what Wexelblatt was...

And i still have no idea how to post comments indented...

SnowStars's picture

By the way, do you know who i am?

?

greenie's picture

Hit reply on the post you

Hit reply on the post you want to reply to.

SnowStars's picture

thx

Thanks, greenie!

karlie's picture

wiiicked

yeah wicked!
I saw it on broadway,
SUPERB.
i cried through the entire thing.
I am odd like that.
but, so,so brilliant.

lol

i like the phantom of the opera
it pwns n00bs(and galen lol)

wicked

i wanted to see wicked soo bad!!

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