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Not gonna lie, I’m not sure about how Jack Wolfe does at playing dark and mysterious men, but… he looks like Dorian Gray here? He has the right look for it!
He very much does just look like Dorian Gray😭 When I saw the first picture it took me way too long to figure out if that wasn't just a picture of Reeve Carney lmao
Harrison has battery charges? Ugh, god. Such a shame to learn this. I was excited for their Hermes at first.
Is it alright if you can explain what happened for me, please?
IT WAS GARY DOURDAN WHO HAD THE BATTERY CHARGES NOT J HARRISON. I GOT THAT WRONG. GARY IS PLAYING HADES, J HARRSION IS PLAYING HERMES. I GOT THEM MIXED UP
Let the record show that I am not spreading misinformation, J Harrison has done nothing wrong.
From a quick google, GARY DOURDAN was charged for punching his girlfriend and breaking her nose. He took a plea deal to go to counseling for 18 months to avoid jail time. He also pleaded no contest rather than guilty, so he could take the plea deal without admitting guilt. I think maybe he struggled with drugs and that's tied to the assault??? But I can't find a clear answer on whether he's clean now or not???? The charges were also 14 years ago, and he doesn't seem to have done anything since. So maybe he's fine now. But still a bit worrying.
Man, it really is confusing to why they cast that Gary man as Hades, because I checked out reviews of him - and most people who are familiar to the actor and his previous work have said that they’re really confused to why he was cast. They say that compared to his other four castmates, he seems like just some random dude who looks very weak. According to some people, he also spoke in some songs rather than sung. It’s crazy. I think Hades is the one that should easily be the strongest, most powerful, most intimidating and commanding of the whole cast.
It’s a shame, because the other four members of the cast are really good in my opinion. J., Joshua, Jordan, and Gaby all deserve a better Hades.
I'VE LITERALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. Besides the fact that he's an abuser, I haven't seen a single actually good review of him??? He also doesn't make sense as a stunt cast because he's not evem that well known. His claim to fame was being in Law and Order, a show that isn't really popular with theater fans/the general audience of Hadestown. (mostly young adults and teens, but the show is for everyone, I've seen plenty of older adult Hadestown fans.) I don't think he's even done that much theater stuff before this. I really think he should be recast. He's apparently not even good in the role, and he's definitely not pulling tickets on the stunt cast front either. I doubt anyone would be upset about him being recast, but there definitely is people upset that he HASN'T been recast. No one is going to see Hadestown right now FOR Gary, but some people probably aren't going to see the show BECAUSE OF Gary. There's literally no benefit to them keeping him in the show.
Edit: He was in CSI not Law and Order!
I've seen people defend what Timothee said by saying "the only people who care about ballet and opera are rich, white, cishet snobs" as some kind of progressive statement, and I'm sorry but this is literally just "America has no culture" all over again.
There are people of color and queer people, both then and now, who have been composers, choreographers, and directors for ballet and opera shows, as well as performers, and there are troupes that uplift and highlight them or sometimes entirely consist of them. I partook in a choir, which was part of my local opera company, where we got to learn cultural songs of varying backgrounds. Many songs were gospel, others were Latin music, etc. It was beautiful. The people at the opera company were talented, unique, and diverse in their own ways, They also had plus-size and openly trans singers.
If you're gonna dismiss two entire art forms as just "all just white people, ugh" while conveniently ignoring people of color and LGBT+ folks who have been using those mediums to express their emotions, cultures, and stories, you're the problem. (Obviously not referring to you Nelly.)
NO LITERALLY.
Opera and ballet definitely have some elitist and racist roots, just like almost all performing arts. But in modern times, the industries have definitely taken steps to rectify this. Hell, Porgy and Bess is an opera that had an all black cast IN 1934. And Porgy and Bess is a staple of opera. I barely know anything about opera and I know that one. And according to this article, the first openly queer character in an opera appeared back in 1935! And we've gotten more representation since then. Drag is considered a critical element of the history of ballet! Queer people and people of color have always been a part of ballet and opera. And even if people aren't familiar with the history of the art forms, have these people never heard of Misty Copland??? Famous black ballet dancer??? I don't know a lot about ballet, and even I know Misty Copeland exists. It's so weird to argue that ballet is *only* white when Misty is so famous, idk. You could argue that ballet is *overwhelmingly* white, and it needs to get more diverse, but that is a different conversation.
While I'm here, I'd also like to bring up people defending Timothee by saying he was talking about accessibility??? I've seen a lot of people arguing that he was trying to make the point that movies are more accessible to people than opera and ballet. It's true that not everyone can afford to go see an opera or a ballet live. But a lot of local and community theaters offer free or reduced price tickets to people. Even in New York City, they have the 30 under 30 program so younger people can see the ballet for only 30 dollars. The metropolitan opera and many other opera companies have streaming programs so you can watch operas from the comfort of home. PBS Great Performances exists and they do opera and ballet performances!!! Like literally all the time!!! Opera and ballet are not nearly as inaccessible anymore. They're not only limited to rich people. And if Tim WAS trying to make that point, why did he specifically say that no one cares about opera or ballet anymore??? The direct quote out of his mouth is "I don't wanna be working in ballet, or opera... things where it's like, "hey, keep this thing alive even though nobody cares about it anymore"". He literally says that he thinks no one cares about opera or ballet. And within context, he said that in a conversation about keeping movie theaters/cinema alive. WHAT does ANY of that have to do with accessibility to the arts???? "No one cares about ballet or opera" ≠ "ballet and opera are more inaccessible to people than movies". Those are different and unrelated statements. If no one cares about going to see the opera or the ballet, then why does it matter that tickets are expensive. And why, after he says that no one cares about opera and ballet, did he say "I just lost 14 cents in viewership"(that's also a direct quote!) if he was talking about accessibility. Think people. I don't understand why people wanna go to bat for this man so bad istg.
We need to stop giving bro a mic. Just a few months ago, he said that childless women have "bleak" lives and that we're only here to procreate. Let's just all stop letting him talk. PLEASE.
☕opinion on morgan eurydice ???
I LOVE HER SO SO MUCH
I haven't seen the slime tutorial yet but from all the clips I've seen she seems absolutely fabulous in the role
I'm also happy for her because Hadestown is a major career glow-up from being well-known for Descendants 4 of all movies 😭
Side note, the styling for Morgan in that movie was oddly on point compared to everyone else??? (for reference, the styling was so low budget that one character's wig was fully changing LENGTHS and COLORS between scenes) Because I was FULLY convinced that she was like, 14 years old 💀 She's actually in her 20s and I was so shook when I found that out
Anyways, I love Morgan so so much, she's SUCH a good Eurydice, she has really good chemistry with Jack, she seems really funny in interviews, she's a beautiful singer, and as a bonus I think she's really really pretty <3
Thanks for the ask! <3
Woahhhhh beloved mutual also hates acotar yayyyy!!! Never kill yourself!!!
YES YES OMG I DEPISE ACOTAR
I am currently (hate) reading the second book, partially to see if it gets better (doubtful) and partially to see how the book tries to convince the audience that Feyre should actually end up with Rhysand after what he did under the mountain
Acotar was actually the first book I read this year bc I wanted to see what the hype was about. (And bc I wanted to hate on it with @ur-older-brother lol) And I honestly don't regret it because it reminded me of almost every single trope in fiction that I hate 😭
Please hate on acotar with me I will always welcome acotar hate in my inbox
In light of the whole discourse regarding Seymour constantly being cast with Hollywood-handsome actors, what are your thoughts on that conversation in regards to Orpheus? I checked the casting call, and I remembered that it says “not your most conventionally attractive leading man”, which is kind of odd given that Jordan Fisher (who’s gonna play Seymour soon), Dónal Finn, Jack Wolfe, and Joshua Colley are all conventionally handsome if you ask me. That said, the musical itself IS very neutral on Orpheus’ looks, so I guess as long as someone has that starry-eyed yearner energy and is a good guitarist it doesn’t matter.
I think it's really weird that the casting call said that when they cast DAMON DAUNNO in the workshop???? You can easily make the argument that Reeve Carney isn't conventionally attractive but like. Damon Daunno??? And Jordan Fisher??? Not conventionally attractive???? I guess I dont know when that casting call is from?? But like. Clearly they haven't been adhering to it at all lmao 😭
Orpheus is a non-conventional leading man, not because he's not conventionally attractive, but more because of his role in the musical and his range. Most leading man roles in musicals are tenors. But Orpheus specifically is constantly singing falsetto the majority of the show, which deviates a lot from modern* Broadway (*tbh they've been doing this for a while) leading man tenors who are constantly belting. This was actually why a lot of people don't/didn't like Jordan Fisher as Orpheus, because he fits the "traditional" belting tenor more.
Additionally ☝️ Orpheus fits the ingenue trope, which is more often applied to women characters than men.
Basically tldr: Orpheus ISN'T a conventional leading man but it has nothing to do with how attractive he is. Because that's not relevant to the show at all 😭 I just don't even know why they bothered to include that in the casting call when that's just not even relevant to the character lmao
Seymour, in contrast, I think IS meant to be an unconventional protagonist/leading man because he's not conventionally attractive. I think it's like... I don't know how to describe it, but it's definitely a purposeful thing that Audrey IS conventionally attractive, but she spends most of the musical pining hard for Seymour. Who isn't supposed to be conventionally attractive. This is not a thing in the Orpheus x Eurydice dynamic.
Hey do you like Hadestown at all
Nope not at all
