Hairspray Live! : Harvey Fierstein is horrifying as a man….
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If you loved the musical, which one did you prefer? Harvey Fierstein was the original Broadway Edna. John Travolta was Edna in the 2007 musical film. It's up to you if you are going to watch this when it airs, but it seems a shame to avoid it because of a single casting decision.
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And Calling LaVerne Cox a freak makes you a horrifyingly bigoted person.
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Absolutely! But Fierstein is a good replacement.
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I love Harvey. I love John Waters version of Hairspray. Why did Adam Shankman change the whole story Velma as the show producer is awful.This show was base on the 2007 movie sorta . Harvey will always be Arnold Beckoff from Torch Song Trilogy.
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Yes, his Tony for Torch Song Trilogy was very well-deserved. He is larger than life and exactly perfect for the theater.
The John Waters version of Hairspray is still the best by far.
The John Waters version of Hairspray is still the best by far.
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Im having a hard time getting past Harvey's voice
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His voice is the best and has been his signature forever. Nobody sounds like him and he sounds like nobody else.
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So long as I don't have to pay a single cent to hear that hoary voice!! WHich is why I didn't watch much of the show last night. Fierstein is just too muchto use a pun . . . a drag.
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i can handle his voice for only a short amount of time before it really starts to grate
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He is a whole lot better than John Travolta with his pasty puffy makeup/fat suit and irritating "Baltimore" accent
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He is a whole lot better than John Travolta with his pasty puffy makeup/fat suit and irritating "Baltimore" accent
Ohmygosh, yes. Travolta was truly horrifying in this role, ruined the movie for me. But I thought Harvey was great.
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i can handle fierstein's voice for only a short amount of time before it really starts to grate but i agree that travolta's voice was so irritating and i thought he was less successful as edna
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No one can beat Divine, but even though Harvey voice was terrible it's still better then Travolta
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Man, *beep* off. Laverne Cox was the only good part of the Rocky Horror Remake. She slayed Sweet Transvestite.
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Unfortunately as wonderful as she is, and as talented as everyone in the cast is, that TV remake was a total dud. Laverne Cox was trying so hard to make it work, but the direction was off, the pacing was off. Lots of good ideas, but somehow it just didn't gel. It wasn't her fault, though. She was doing everything she could to keep it afloat.
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Nawww, I love Harvey and his unique raspy croak. :) Which I associate with Mrs. Doubtfire, Mulan, his version of Heat Miser from that live-action Year Without a Santa Clausand now Edna Turnblad. :D
Harvey Fierstein is horrifying as a man….
I love the musical but will avoid this because of him, just as I avoided Rocky Horror because of the freak playing the lead.
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