Trrue, otherwise we would not have the different types of music we hear as well as theater we watch or for that matter Tv. Hate? Love? the sopranos?

We didn't "appreciate" Rent for the script (which won a Pulitzer), though found the music, production, etc. phenomenal (and we thoroughly enjoyed the performance of Carrie Hamilton in Boston); we thought Les Miz a huge snooze and left after intermission; we found Lion King whoppingly overrated (saw all the best parts on TV, soundtrack fabulous) and dark and dreary, and left after intermission; the most recent production of Cabaret made us even more uncomfortable than the movie and the Broadway show decades ago.

We LOVED The Producers.

I would guess that your level of enjoyment of some shows is directly proportionate to your open-mindedness.

Sort of like Oprah's "book club". The selections were dark and disturbing, but also uplifting and redeeming.

Wow djk......how nice to come home from a long day and see my darling Carrie in your post. Damn, I will always miss that girl. Funny, she was in my dinner conversation this evening....talkining about our final trip to Gunnison Colorado.........sending her off..........hmmmmm!? Angel!

Thank you all for your comments; I will definitely see it myself after the holidays.

I think there has to be some advance knowledge before seeing certain shows ; possibly they were both not in the right frame of mind that night.

I don't care that I've spent the money, I was just perplexed since everyone I know loved it . Reading through the posts above, I understand better.
Your comments are very much appreciated.

mitchdesj, I must commend you for your reaction to the comments on this thread. Oh, that your open mind were more contageous in the world!

HpwardR, thank you for posting my thoughts as well.

Mitchdesj
First, relax. Since when everyone has to like the same things. I didn't care for "42 nd Street"and many people love this musical. So what?

Most posters on this board like NO and I did not care for it. Most posters on this board do not care for Oklahoma City and we loved it.
Many years ago all students hated our math teacher and I adored her. I could go on and on.

See, it just goes to show that everything is subjective. Isn't that what makes life so interesting? Me, I absolutely loved the Producers, but I love anything by Mel Brooks. You have to appreciate his sense of humor, if you don't, you won't get it and will most likely think it is in porr taste. And that's OK. To each his own.

We are going to see it in Dec and I can't wait. In fact, I kept on singing the" springtime for Hitler and Germany" song, while I was power walking.....what a classic! My fave Mel Brooks is "Young Frankenstein"....one of the best comedies ever :-D!

I recently watched Mel's "Blazing Saddles" which I had never seen all the way through....wow , you couldn't make that movie today ! Bold comedy...

Loved Les Miz so much we saw it twice and while in London saw Phantom among other plays....Let me just say I probably slept through Phantom..I am among those people who think Webber is a fraud.....Give me Sondheim...any day..Have not seen Rent or Tommy...in Contact I was floored by the strong sexual dancing in the first set...wow.. One of the things that we in the Boston area and for thoe people where there are "road companies" must watch out for now is musicals coming through with non-Equity actors, but with Broadway prices. My husband and I support off-Broadway theatre here like the Lyric, Merrimac, Foothills and the new theatre in the South End. Paying $100.00 a seat to see non-Equity at outrageous prices is not in our budget. We would rather go to NYC and buy discount seats for what we would like to see. We've even had the opportunity of flying to London Thanksgiving evening several times for a week of theatre. If you keep in mind that musical theatre is an purely American art form.

I wouldnt say I hated it....I just fell asleep during it.Perhaps that was due to too much wine with dinner,though.

MIL and I loved it, hubby and FIL weren't as wowwed. I love Mel Brooks humor. Just wished we had seen it with Nathan Lane;;)

Capri767 that reminds of a time six of us went for a wonderful dinner that included wine and then we went to see a local production of something or other...All six of us fell asleep....during the play...The other playgoers were giggling as we woke each other up before we started snoring...

One of the funniest movies I've ever seen was a Mel Brooks movie that had a "Psycho" spoof in it. I don't remember the name but I still remember the shower scene with Gene Wilder (I think) getting flailed with a newspaper and I think Mel Brooks shouting "Here's your paper, here's your paper, here's your paper."

antlori, that movie was "High Anxiety" and it spoofed several Hitchcock movies including "Psycho", "The Birds", "Vertigo", and others. Great Mel Brooks work with Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, and others, many of whom appeared in "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein". BTW, saw "The Producers" twice in NY and loved it both times.

Thanks, doxungirl, I was trying to remember the name of that movie all night! It's still one of my favorites.

My girlfriend and I went to see "The Producers" in Boston, and, although Nathan and Matthew weren't in it, we thought it was hilarious. On the other hand my husband and I saw "Lost in Translation" and thought it was one of the worst movies ever. To each his own!:)