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Friday, February 10, 2023
George Santos lied about 'Spider-Man.' Here are other Broadway failures he can claim
Datebook: I don’t think George Santos quite understands lying. He gets caught lying a lot, but the lies are not the usual strategic lies you’d expect from someone elected to Congress. The lies are just absurd now.
If you could lie about being a part of any Broadway show, why would you choose Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark? It’s one of the worst performing Broadway shows ever, which has put it in an eternal spotlight. IF you wanted to get away with a lie, don’t choose a show that is that well known. This article is pretty humorous, I do have to say. At this point, it’s so easy to make fun of George Santos, and once you lie this much, you deserve to be made fun of. My favorite part of the article was when they say in his bio that he saw The Music Man in 1957 and was drawn to the story of a con man. How fitting! As the article goes on, it just gets more absurd, like him winning a Grammy for a performance in Cats the Musical. Got a good laugh from this article.
I have been very loosely following the entire debacle with George Santos and on top of being some of the funniest politics to watch, I honestly can’t tell which stories about him are real and which are fake. I don’t mean which of his stories are real and which he’s lying about, I literally mean I can’t tell which news stories about him are satire. This man’s “career” is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen with each “credit” being somehow funnier and more ridiculous than the last. When I first heard about the claim that he produced Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, I genuinely thought it was a satirical story about his lying. I had no idea that he actually claimed that. When I found out that he did, my first thought was just why? This article put perfectly into words the absurdity of his claim and even more so, the resume they provided at the end is not just absurdly hilarious but also something I could totally see him claiming.
Okay I think most hard core theatre fans have heard of this show. But as far as I’m aware the biggest piece of knowledge shared is that it was a terrible flop and caused a bunch of injuries. So…. why on earth would a Representative want to ever be involved in such a show? Anyone sensible who actually had been involved would probably avoid bringing up the topic. So why would someone falsely insert themselves into that situation? Though admittedly it did make me chuckle to find out his latest claim. Makes me wonder how much of a fan of theater he might be. I hope I never run into him if I'm ever in New York seeing a show. The author of this article has a fantastic sense of humor compiling some other fails Santos can claim. My particular favorite is his claim to fame, starring in Cats (2019).
This is an interesting article, to say the least. I have to say, I understand that some people are simply pathological liars, which probably counts as mental illness or disorder or something. But it’s not just his lying, it’s that he’s made it this far in his political career while (presumably) lying the entire time. It’s entertaining in a way, though, particularly because his lies are mostly harmless and entirely and obviously untrue. As for the part of this article that’s actually related to theater: I had never even heard of a Spider Man musical until now. I can’t imagine being on a production that failed as hard as the article says Turn Off the Dark did – like being on a sinking ship (that was, in this case, destined to fail from the start). Even if there weren’t as many production problems as there were, would the initial idea even have flown under any circumstances?
My high school theatre teacher always used to threaten that if we were bad, we would have to perform "Annie 2: Old Orphan Annie the Musical," A story about Annie in a nursing home dying from cancer, where the only scene of the show was her last red curl falling from her head. I think I should pass the idea along to George Santos because I think it would be just as good as his other "credits." Seriously though, Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark? The Broadway flop that resulted in too many injuries to count? Not even worth lying about to get it on your resume. You may LOSE future jobs for that one. Given the other things he has lied about, I doubt he cares much about reputation. Some of these other flops are hilarious, though. Many of my friends saw King Kong, and let's just say I didn't hear many good things.
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If you could lie about being a part of any Broadway show, why would you choose Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark? It’s one of the worst performing Broadway shows ever, which has put it in an eternal spotlight. IF you wanted to get away with a lie, don’t choose a show that is that well known. This article is pretty humorous, I do have to say. At this point, it’s so easy to make fun of George Santos, and once you lie this much, you deserve to be made fun of. My favorite part of the article was when they say in his bio that he saw The Music Man in 1957 and was drawn to the story of a con man. How fitting! As the article goes on, it just gets more absurd, like him winning a Grammy for a performance in Cats the Musical. Got a good laugh from this article.
I have been very loosely following the entire debacle with George Santos and on top of being some of the funniest politics to watch, I honestly can’t tell which stories about him are real and which are fake. I don’t mean which of his stories are real and which he’s lying about, I literally mean I can’t tell which news stories about him are satire. This man’s “career” is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen with each “credit” being somehow funnier and more ridiculous than the last. When I first heard about the claim that he produced Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, I genuinely thought it was a satirical story about his lying. I had no idea that he actually claimed that. When I found out that he did, my first thought was just why? This article put perfectly into words the absurdity of his claim and even more so, the resume they provided at the end is not just absurdly hilarious but also something I could totally see him claiming.
Okay I think most hard core theatre fans have heard of this show. But as far as I’m aware the biggest piece of knowledge shared is that it was a terrible flop and caused a bunch of injuries. So…. why on earth would a Representative want to ever be involved in such a show? Anyone sensible who actually had been involved would probably avoid bringing up the topic. So why would someone falsely insert themselves into that situation? Though admittedly it did make me chuckle to find out his latest claim. Makes me wonder how much of a fan of theater he might be. I hope I never run into him if I'm ever in New York seeing a show. The author of this article has a fantastic sense of humor compiling some other fails Santos can claim. My particular favorite is his claim to fame, starring in Cats (2019).
This is an interesting article, to say the least. I have to say, I understand that some people are simply pathological liars, which probably counts as mental illness or disorder or something. But it’s not just his lying, it’s that he’s made it this far in his political career while (presumably) lying the entire time. It’s entertaining in a way, though, particularly because his lies are mostly harmless and entirely and obviously untrue. As for the part of this article that’s actually related to theater: I had never even heard of a Spider Man musical until now. I can’t imagine being on a production that failed as hard as the article says Turn Off the Dark did – like being on a sinking ship (that was, in this case, destined to fail from the start). Even if there weren’t as many production problems as there were, would the initial idea even have flown under any circumstances?
My high school theatre teacher always used to threaten that if we were bad, we would have to perform "Annie 2: Old Orphan Annie the Musical," A story about Annie in a nursing home dying from cancer, where the only scene of the show was her last red curl falling from her head. I think I should pass the idea along to George Santos because I think it would be just as good as his other "credits." Seriously though, Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark? The Broadway flop that resulted in too many injuries to count? Not even worth lying about to get it on your resume. You may LOSE future jobs for that one. Given the other things he has lied about, I doubt he cares much about reputation. Some of these other flops are hilarious, though. Many of my friends saw King Kong, and let's just say I didn't hear many good things.
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