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[sondheimmcgeek]

My sunburn still hurst like hell. The doctor said to onl use the face scrub once a day, and only use the other thing every third day.

God, I want this to go away.

The Johnny Depp teenyboppers on IMDb are pissing me off. I get that they think he can do no wrong and is perfect, but he is not (nor has he ever been) a good choice for Sweeney Todd. What pisses me off the most is that none of his fans are familiar with the show, but are blindly supporting him anyway saying things like "His singing ability isn't important! The important thing is he can act!"

Yeah. Only this is a friggin musical written by Stephen fucking Sondheim, and is, therefore, incredibly hard to sing for someone who has had no vocal training.

They don't seem to get that you don't go into a few voice sessions and come out sounding like geaorge Hearn. It does take a while.

I love Depp as much as the next person. I think he's an amazing actor.

But it doesn't make him right for this part.

Comments

[bdrisch.livejournal.com]

OMGZ! He can totally just ACT hia way thru teh songs! Don't be a jerk!!!!!!!!1!

Seriously, IMDb is causing me so much annoyance. Every time I go on, I wind up asking myself why I do it.

Then I remember, because I love bitching.

[schizophrenic0.livejournal.com]

That's right, we're total masochist. Plus, it's fun t laugh at others.

By the by, what do you think is the deeper meaning behind almost all of the songs in Rent having 3 or less words in the title? I'll bet Jonathan was trying to tell us something!

[bdrisch.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm saying! The Jonathan Larson Code! I'll bet it's a secret message to find where he buried Pucinni's gold or where the final resting place of the love child of Mark and Maureen!

[schizophrenic0.livejournal.com]

No, not the love child of Mark and Maureen; the love child of Mark and Roger! Jonathan Larson discovered a way for two men to bear a child, but before he could let the world know, he was silenced. It totally makes sense!

(am I crossing the line?)

[bdrisch.livejournal.com]

No! Why, we are merely at the line's threshold!

Seriously, we should make this a post on IMDb and just make up the randomest clues from Rent-related crap. It'd be genius.

[schizophrenic0.livejournal.com]

Haha! The Jonathan Larson Code: What Your Government Doesn't Want You To Know.

Not only do the titles of almost all the songs have three words ot less, almost all the characters names consist of 5 or less letters!

4-Mark, Mimi
5-Angel, Benny, Roger
6-Joanne
7-Maureen, Collins

Obviously, Mark and Mimi were secretly seeing each other while Angel, Benny and Roger were having a three-way! This is absolute gold!

[vicam.livejournal.com]

I just stay off of IMDB for the most part - I started trying to post there on the RENT boards and it just drove me nuts!

Sorry to hear about your sunburn...I used to get terrible burns...hope it feels better soon. Maybe use some aloe and wear loose fitting clothing (unless it's just your face).

[schizophrenic0.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just my face. My mom got some aloe and it feels wonderful, but it wears off quickly. hopefully it'll go away in a couple of days.

[catthewonderdog.livejournal.com]

Why you be dissin the big D man? Don't hate on him. I mean, considering that Sondheim hates vocalists, I'm sure that a completely untrained singer would be able to perform the role.

-eye roll- I completely loathe people who say stuff when they have no idea what they're talking about.

Thankfully there are people on there (ie you) who are intelligent. If they don't listen to you, that just shows their stupidity.

[gosalynmallard.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I'm sure you will love the amount of audotune they'll probably use on his voice...:-D Actors (ones that say they have never sang before) often tend not to mention that the only reason they sound on key is because of studio engineering... Heh...