Any Les Mis reviews?

I apologise for posting this here but 'tommy' has refrained from leaving his email, for a misguided fear of receiving a tirade of hate mail from me.

tommy wrote:
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> What the hell is :-} ?

Embarassed smile for having shot my mouth off (again).

> Amanda, for the love of god, shut up. You are only embarrasing yourself.

Dang right - hence the embarrassed smile.

> We got so much out of Les Mis and idiots like yourself who think that they deserve
> better are trully disillusioned.

I think an awful lot of people in the cast deserved an awful lot better - I think I got a pretty good deal on the whole. A lot of very talented people in the chorus did not, however, including your buddy Anthony who feels even more pissed off about the show than I do. I'm just a lot noisier than he is about it (as I am in most things).

> Exception: those leads who trully were brilliant - Dockers, Justin, Paul (not a closed
>list) Was it only me to notice that those who stole the show (undeniable talent and
>secure) didn't complain?

I admire them and their stoicism. I wish I could be that decent as a person, but I simply can't be, especially when I see a lot of good friends getting a raw deal.

>I find that interesting but that sort of thing, um.. humilty, is lost on you.

I have oodles of humility. Just no tact and a complete lack of rein on my mouth (fingers?).

> When you direct, produce and actually perform well (oh, and keep the cast, crew,
> audience, reviewers and this site happy without any bitching) in a show let us all know
> and yep, we'll all be there for you. God knows you haven't achieved this yet.

I have absolutely no interest in directing or producing, so I'll probably disappoint you in that regard. Performing well? That's entirely subjective but I have Jarrod's comment 'her talent matched only by her cleavage' to keep me in blissful ignorance of my lack of skill as a performer. And if you'll just cast your eye over my postings over the last year or so on this site, I have been in many shows, not one of which I have ever bitched about. Les Mis has been the only one I have ever criticised here, or anywhere for that matter. If you're talking about reviews I've written - who the hell wants to read an arse-kissing review?? And I don't recall ever being bitchy - I've always tried to keep criticisms constructive and outweighed by positives.

> Of course this is just my oppinion - feel free to completely ignore it.

Me? Never...

> It may, however, do you good to listen once in a while to those around you.

I do - all the time. What the hell's that supposed to mean? You're leaping to very unfair conclusions.

> Maybe, just maybe, you're not as good as you think you are. Get over yourself and just > have fun.

Show me one post where I have blown my own trumpet and I will crawl off under my well-worn rock. I have absolutely no opinions about myself as a performer, and I do, as you say, just try to have as much fun as possible. Having fun is rather difficult, however, if you're unhappy in a show, constantly worrying about whether performances are going to be taken away from you, and seeing experienced, talented people get shafted (myself NOT included). I wax lyrical about my lack of skill/talent/ability confirmed entirely by my repeated rejections from drama schools, but you'd probably just think I wasn't listening to people and not getting over myself.

> Looking forward to Britannicus, I can't wait to see Anthony.

He's unreal and well worth the price of admission, as are everyone else in the cast. Me, I'm probably as crap as usual so you can just close your eyes in those bits.

> PS. Feel free also to interpret my not putting my real name here as complete
> cowardess on my part - I am scared of you.

I'm not a pussy cat, I'll grant you that but I have a sense of humour and am the first person to take the piss out of myself. Please - come to Britannicus and identify yourself. I might even buy you a drink and not grind the glass into your eyes afterwards.

Amanda Chesterton