Word: miscasts
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...bisexuals are cheating," Ochs said. But when bisexuals are in monogamous relationships, they are often miscast as either homosexual or heterosexual, Ochs said at the meeting in theAdams House Lower Common Room...
Even so, Lloyd Webber's creation is probably better than the ponderous London performance. Director Trevor Nunn excels at narrative clarity, which is present in the original, but not at nuancing characters, which is sorely needed with such miscast stars. As Norma, renowned for delicate beauty, Patti LuPone is too tempestuous, too earthy and too coarse of feature, especially her aardvark nose. As her lover, Kevin Anderson looks pudding-faced and pudgy, so long gone to seed that the supposedly vast age difference disappears -- until the finale, when LuPone inexplicably appears 20 years older than she was moments before. While...
...most energetic and convincing of the entire cast. Although his part is small, his pathetic state is far more terrible and human than than those of the others. The Commandante Rosas and his sister are amusing as would-be usurpers, but Candy Bucklcy as the sister is woefully miscast as a sniveling toadie. Her usually winning brashness is out of place here, one of the many incongruities signaling a lopsided and strangely careless production...
...usually fiery Andy Garcia is totally miscast. He looks the part of the fraudulent "perfect hero" John Bubber and does an adequate job of rendering Bubber's muted, too-too sincere personality, but you wish Garcia didn't have to have such a subdued role...
...have already discovered. THE MALE CROSS-DRESSER SUPPORT GROUP (Crown; $20) continues the author's carom through the Big Apple. This time it's a send-up of bizarre life-styles as seen through the hungry eye of Pamela Trowel, advertising director of Hunter's World magazine. Pam is miscast not only in her career but also as a sex object and surrogate mom of Abdhul, a stray who looks like a child but talks like a grownup. The plot? Forget about it. The characters? Instantly forgettable. It's Janowitz's hyper-real prose servicing a cartoon vision that still...