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When Hillary Clinton Met Norma Desmond: Review of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway
Daily Beast ^ | 2/18/2017 | Tim Teeman

Posted on 02/21/2017 12:52:45 PM PST by simpson96

The whooping started just as we were all seated, with moments to go before the curtain rose on Wednesday evening’s performance of Sunset Boulevard.

The applause and cheering were not yet for Glenn Close, back on Broadway 22 years after winning the Tony for playing Norma Desmond. She was reprising the role, having played Norma in London last year.

The audience’s cheers—raucous, keenly felt, and loud—were for Hillary Clinton, who was taking her aisle seat in the Palace Theatre’s orchestra section, close to the stage. She had just come from dinner with actress Kate McKinnon, who is perhaps most famous for portraying the former secretary of state on SNL.

The audience’s rousingly warm welcome went on for so long that one wondered if Close would ever get the opportunity to take to the stage

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Still - as always - insulating herself form mainstream America.

1 posted on 02/21/2017 12:52:45 PM PST by simpson96
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One would expect Hillary to embrace a demented,older, narcissistic woman who is delusional and shot a man.


2 posted on 02/21/2017 12:56:25 PM PST by allendale
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To: simpson96

How appropriate for her to watch a show about a washed up has been who refuses to see that the world has passed her by.


3 posted on 02/21/2017 1:04:43 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: simpson96

Norma Desmond is a washed up, has-been silent film star who lives in a fantasy world where she makes a triumphant return to the screen. No wonder Hillary is going to see it.


4 posted on 02/21/2017 1:08:34 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: All

5 posted on 02/21/2017 1:12:11 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: simpson96

Rudy Giuliani as Norma Desmond?


6 posted on 02/21/2017 1:12:32 PM PST by dangus
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To: Kid Shelleen

the creepiest scene ever in a movie, I get chills just looking at this pic.


7 posted on 02/21/2017 1:27:04 PM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: dangus

And John Kerry as Joe Gillis.


8 posted on 02/21/2017 1:34:58 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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9 posted on 02/21/2017 1:52:30 PM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Smittie

She knows she has a captive audience at these Broadway shows. These are her people. You’ll be seeing her show up at these productions on a regular basis to get her dose of adoration. Hey, Hil, how about visiting the local deli?


10 posted on 02/21/2017 2:22:52 PM PST by surrey
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11 posted on 02/21/2017 6:05:32 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.")
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WTF is that?!?! Oh, and that red head on the right too?


12 posted on 02/21/2017 6:09:21 PM PST by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: raybbr

Creep-ier! LOL!


13 posted on 02/22/2017 5:48:10 AM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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