'Miss Saigon’ Ages Horribly In Era Of #MeToo And Authentic Representation; [tr]

Deadline Hollywood ^ | July 29, 2019 | Dino-Ray Ramos

[C19fan]

Miss Saigon in 2019 is not the Miss Saigon I remember from 1997.

With music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil, Miss Saigon is inspired by the opera Madame Butterfly and revered as a theater classic since it made its London debut in 1989. It later premiered on Broadway in 1991 to wild success, with Lea Salonga winning a Tony and Olivier Award and putting her on the map as one of the most talented stage actresses. It was a big score for Asian representation as Salonga, of Filipino descent, went on to become the singing voices of Jasmine in 1992’s Aladdin and the titular heroine in Mulan.

[C19fan]

'Miss Saigon' ages horribly because it sucks. I had to sit through that crap fest.

[trisham]

Thankfully, I’ve not seen it.

[left that other site]

Puccini is better.

[Sans-Culotte]

The author of this screed is an idiot who apparently did not “get” the story.

[trisham]

:) I hear you.

[Biggirl]

Webber is better.

[Biggirl]

Webber is better.

[teeman8r]

it is pronounce webber.

[Vendome]

Lea Salonga is beautiful and timeless

[left that other site]

Webber’s better than Miss Saigon’s team, definitely, but is known to borrow heavily from Puccini, so I guess he would be in the middle. :-)

And Verdi is better than ALL of them! :-) JMHO

[Rurudyne]

What doesn’t age well is the Left’s infantile obsession with inclusion and box checking “authenticity”. Sometimes a black man is a black MAN, a white man is a white MAN and Gengis Khan is John Wayne ... and that’s okay too, get over it.

[Yo-Yo]

You can guess how well Disney’s Pocahontas will age when they start work on the live action remake.

[Red Badger]

Well, it should be updated:

Miss Transgender Saigon.............

[nwrep]

And Verdi is better than ALL of them! :-) JMHO

And Mozart is better than Verdi.

Mike drop.

[left that other site]

What’s your favorite Webber musical? Mine is Phantom of the Opera.

Since I am a Vocal Coach, I have seen many of my students in his musicals.

[left that other site]

Miss Transgender Saigon.............

That was the movie “M” which combined Madame Butterfly with...you know.

[left that other site]

What is your favorite Mozart Opera?

I’ll bet CAIR would have issues with “Abduction From The Seraglio” LOL! :-)

[Chengdu54]

I have an Andrew Lloyd Webber Grill.

[\/\/ayne]

I like the restaurant, they've got some great food!

[paterfamilias]

“’Miss Saigon’ ages horribly because it sucks. I had to sit through that crap fest.”

I agree 100%.

I saw Miss Saigon on Broadway back in the day:

Q. What can you say about a show with totally forgettable music and the main character which happens to be a Huey?

A. I like Hueys, especially since my son flies one.