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Post by danb on Sept 22, 2020 8:55:08 GMT
That lead is NOT my idea of Aladdin at all. Aladadin |
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 22, 2020 19:33:47 GMT
I’m looking forward to this, but does anyone else think it’s odd that they are selling it as the Broadway musical? Filmed in the UK, cast from the US, UK and Oz AFAICT. Why not badge it as “the global phenomenon”? Just feels a bit like they are taking a very US-centric view. They also took all the UK references out of the script for the filming and used the American version |
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Post by Sam on Sept 23, 2020 9:01:43 GMT
To be fair I think "Dancing with Scimitars" worked better than whatever the Strictly reference they tried to shoehorn in was.
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Post by jess173 on Sept 23, 2020 18:27:32 GMT
That lead is NOT my idea of Aladdin at all. Aladadin Haha, that response is gold! I saw the OC on Broadway and remember looking at the pictures in front of the theatre and wondering how the could hire such an old (looking?) guy to play Aladdin. Fortunately we had cheap seats and were so far in the back of the theatre that we hardly noticed during the show. ^^ With closeups and 4K picture this is going to look very strange though... |
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Post by danb on Sept 23, 2020 18:37:26 GMT
Our Aladdins were practically foetuses compared to him....DJW and Matthew Croke at least both had a youthfulness that belied their actual ages but that guy looks like he should be running a pizza stand for Tony Soprano.
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Post by ceebee on Sept 24, 2020 13:28:20 GMT
Will Smith has put on a bit of lockdown weight. What's going on?
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Post by danb on Sept 24, 2020 13:44:52 GMT
Our Aladdins were practically foetuses compared to him....DJW and Matthew Croke at least both had a youthfulness that belied their actual ages but that guy looks like he should be running a pizza stand for Tony Soprano.   Weirdly enough, this is the cast that was filmed. The Aladdin here looks more young than the advertised poster?? He does. Perhaps we’ve mistaken a different mid 40’s character for the actual Aladdin. I repent. |
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Post by Theatre Fan on Sept 24, 2020 15:38:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 18:01:19 GMT
The majority of the leads seem be from the Broadway production hence the 'Broadway Musical' in the title. Ainsley was the Australian Aladdin and then transferred to Broadway. Rob Tripolino (Omar) was Oz too. |
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Post by danb on Sept 24, 2020 19:06:56 GMT
He could pass for 30 I guess 😂
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Sept 24, 2020 21:53:28 GMT
Weirdly enough, this is the cast that was filmed. The Aladdin here looks more young than the advertised poster?? He does. Perhaps we’ve mistaken a different mid 40’s character for the actual Aladdin. I repent. Or Disney did a really bad job at touching up the promo images and made Aladdin look like his dad. |
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Sept 24, 2020 21:53:59 GMT
Weirdly enough, this is the cast that was filmed. The Aladdin here looks more young than the advertised poster?? He does. Perhaps we’ve mistaken a different mid 40’s character for the actual Aladdin. I repent. Or Disney did a really bad job at touching up the promo images and made Aladdin look like his dad. |
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 27, 2020 9:38:26 GMT
so when is this actually out? I thought it was September, but we're running out of September...
Also did anyone else inadvertently cringe when they saw that cast squashed together and hugging each other? My brain has been rewired!
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Post by Peter on Sept 27, 2020 14:13:11 GMT
so when is this actually out? I thought it was September, but we're running out of September... I’ve just had a ‘coming to Disney+’ email which covers October and it’s not listed... Not to say that it won’t be on a separate announcement though! |
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Post by musicalmarge on Sept 29, 2020 7:04:24 GMT
He does. Perhaps we’ve mistaken a different mid 40’s character for the actual Aladdin. I repent. Or Disney did a really bad job at touching up the promo images and made Aladdin look like his dad. How can 2020 be a time of embracing inclusivity and black lives matter and ageist comments like this are not acknowledged? I’d say that Disney and the entire creative team have NO issue with the casting. They had hundreds of guys they could have used. In a week when a cast member I know from a show I did killed himself.... BE KIND. |
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Post by danb on Sept 29, 2020 8:17:18 GMT
“OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THEY WEARING?!!!
They LOOK AWFUL!”
Kind like this?
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Post by danb on Sept 29, 2020 8:20:55 GMT
Or Disney did a really bad job at touching up the promo images and made Aladdin look like his dad. How can 2020 be a time of embracing inclusivity and black lives matter and ageist comments like this are not acknowledged? I’d say that Disney and the entire creative team have NO issue with the casting. They had hundreds of guys they could have used. In a week when a cast member I know from a show I did killed himself.... BE KIND. [b Or this? ”The pink and dark gray design for Cinderella is dreadful and the new photos I saw today look amateur.” |
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Post by danb on Sept 29, 2020 8:29:56 GMT
“This show has the worst wigs I’ve ever seen on stage in my life, the WORST set, and is the cheapest looking thing I think I’ve ever seen. Miscast, badly directed and DREADFUL”
...or maybe the overwhelming kindness of this? Pot, Kettle, Black Marjorie! There’s no sliding scale for what causes most offence...ageism, racism, sexism, slagging off someones hard work, accusations of miscasting. They are all damaging and I apologise if it caused anyone, including the actors involved, offence and I will perhaps choose my words more carefully in future. What will you do?
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Post by iamamazing on Dec 4, 2020 2:15:33 GMT
I wonder when this will appear on Disney plus wasn’t it ment to be on this month???
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2020 15:03:36 GMT
I wonder when this will appear on Disney plus wasn’t it ment to be on this month??? Was it the London production that was filmed? With Dean Pecs John Wilson? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 4, 2020 18:43:43 GMT
“This show has the worst wigs I’ve ever seen on stage in my life, the WORST set, and is the cheapest looking thing I think I’ve ever seen. Miscast, badly directed and DREADFUL” ...or maybe the overwhelming kindness of this? Pot, Kettle, Black Marjorie! There’s no sliding scale for what causes most offence...ageism, racism, sexism, slagging off someones hard work, accusations of miscasting. They are all damaging and I apologise if it caused anyone, including the actors involved, offence and I will perhaps choose my words more carefully in future. What will you do? I am so here for these receipts... |
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Post by iamamazing on Dec 4, 2020 21:18:54 GMT
I wonder when this will appear on Disney plus wasn’t it ment to be on this month??? Was it the London production that was filmed? With Dean Pecs John Wilson? Yes it’s the west end production they filmed it last summer. :-) |
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Dec 4, 2020 22:50:47 GMT
It was filmed at the Prince Edward with the London ensemble but with leads from various productions across the world. Off the top of my head they used the US tour Jasmine, Aussie Aladdin and London Genie.
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