Thoughtful Max :)

LauraFan1 · Senior Member

Thoughtful Max :)

Nad · Senior Member

I am not surprise all. From all the male contestant he is the only one who seems sincere and wanted the role... and when his mom talked at the finale she seems to be a woman with good values and thought it to Max,

Hello799 · Senior Member

Unfortunately, Rachel has not visited the forum since her last "BLOW UP". It was in late March. If anyone knows how to contact her other than this message board. Would you please invite her back and tell her that she is dearly missed. THANK YOU!!!!

reniefran · Senior Member

If you check out the Suprise post you'll see that I too was the recepient of an autographed picture of Max and a thank you note. I am impressed that he could even keep track of everything let alone respond. My friend Jo tells me Max is on vacation right now a well deserved one no doubt. And he is taking the time to respond to us! Wow! That really says a lot about his character.

reniefran · Senior Member

Hello,
Rachael still chats on Max's personal website forum. I shall make it a point to post a personal message to her there and tell her that you all miss her and would love it if she would come back.

stlgreaser · Veteran Member

Does anyone know the address we can send them stuff to? I have made stuff for both Max and Laura that I would like to mail asap

reniefran · Senior Member

You can send them mail care of:
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
256 W. 47th St.
New York,NY 10036

greatwhiteway · Senior Member

Hello799 wrote:
Unfortunately, Rachel has not visited the forum since her last "BLOW UP". It was in late March. If anyone knows how to contact her other than this message board. Would you please invite her back and tell her that she is dearly missed. THANK YOU!!!!

Her BLOW UP?. Give me a break Hello. Mr. E constantly gets a pass with his underhanded put downs of all things Grease . It was about time some one had the guts to speak up. I applaud her "BLOW UP"

Eris · Guru

I'd let her alone right now. If she wants to come back later on she can do it on her own. But I don't think we should be messaging her and asking her to come back.

Hello799 · Senior Member

greatwhiteway wrote:
Hello799 wrote:
Unfortunately, Rachel has not visited the forum since her last "BLOW UP". It was in late March. If anyone knows how to contact her other than this message board. Would you please invite her back and tell her that she is dearly missed. THANK YOU!!!!

Her BLOW UP?. Give me a break Hello. Mr. E constantly gets a pass with his underhanded put downs of all things Grease . It was about time some one had the guts to speak up. I applaud her "BLOW UP"

WOW, greatwhiteway.........................I meant to harm in my last quote. I was simply stating a fact. I did not intend for my comment to be negative or harmful. If it came acrossed that way, then I will say that I'm sorry. However, I do feel as though your comment to me was meant in such a way. Whether or not the so called "BLOW UP" was justified or not, makes no difference to me. Rachel already knows how I feel about the situation. And maybe next time, you should try to defend her at the time that it happened rather than attacking me after the fact.

greatwhiteway · Senior Member

I did Hello. I was ther first to call him out though not by name. Go back and read it. I should have been more direct. I will be in the future though I doubt the need will arise again. She did not BLOW UP.That is very negative. She defended her son from another of his obnoxious attacks which was plainly evident though people here chose to ignore it as it was from one of the chosen ones.

-- Edited by greatwhiteway at 17:50, 2008-04-19

Hello799 · Senior Member

I'm sorry greatwhiteway, I believe we are on different pages. In which thread was it that you defended her??? The "BLOW UP" comment was from a specific thread in which you had only made one post and that was before her "BLOW UP". As you may state it to be negative, it is what it is. I'm sure if you were to ask her about it, she will tell you that it was a "BLOW UP." So, with that being said, I'm not sure what your point is.??

MrE1111 · Guru

It isn't my fault that you all can't handle criticism.

greatwhiteway · Senior Member

MrE1111 wrote:
It isn't my fault that you all can't handle criticism.

It's not my fault you can't handle Max's success as well as the success of Grease.

Hello799 · Senior Member

Can someone please point me in the right direction. Now MrE is admitting to dishing out criticism. I still haven't found a thread that is negative between MrE and Rachel. I have looked at all the posts from this year. Was it before that???

starzilla · Newbie

This conversation is no longer in the spirit of this thread. It is possible to share your opinion in a joyous celebration rather than reduce it to a me centric discussion. Why not create another thread that could be titled Angry tirade or Bones to Pick. then the people interested in such could read it and the rest of us could enjoy reading these thank you notes, and celebrate/ share in the happiness they are expressing.

Now What was the title of this thread again?

greatwhiteway · Senior Member

Hello799 wrote:
I'm sorry greatwhiteway, I believe we are on different pages. In which thread was it that you defended her??? The "BLOW UP" comment was from a specific thread in which you had only made one post and that was before her "BLOW UP". As you may state it to be negative, it is what it is. I'm sure if you were to ask her about it, she will tell you that it was a "BLOW UP." So, with that being said, I'm not sure what your point is.??

She herself can call it a blow up in private to you, or whomever. Someone else calling it a blow up like that out of the blue on this forum followed by a sort of weak, "Maybe she will come back"...is a not giving her position the respect it deserves, in my opinion. We are on the same page. I posted my post in defense of Max before she did, because I knew exactly what was going on. Then she came and defended her son. She did not sound to me that she needed ( or wanted ) any defense, and I had already lent my support. In retrospect perhaps I should have spoken up again. Other of my posts at that time, (not sure if it is the same thread) that came to Max's defense and thus in support of his mother's position had to do with the grosses Grease was pulling in, it's attendance figures as well as Max's popularity versus other Broadway stars. I am sure we both have the same goal in mind. I did not mean to be negative towards you personally. The terminology used just irritated me.

Eris · Guru

You guys do realize that this is exactly why Rachel and many others have left the board, right? If you want to fight I highly suggest you take it to PM. In fact, I am imploring you to take it to PM. As Starzilla said this thread is about Max being thoughtful towards his fans.

Hello799 · Senior Member

OK.OK.......You may have the last word if you like greatwhiteway, let me start off by saying that after reading my own posts that "BLOW UP" may have been a bad choice of words. Now that you word that you were defending Max, it makes a little more sense to me. Sorry to everyone that has wasted their time in reading this thread that (lately) has had nothing to do with its title.

And just to clerify my personal reason why I am a forum member. I am here to discuss anything that anyone would like to talk about. Thats what a discussion forum is for. I have met some new friends on this forum, and I thank GOD for them. All we have been doing is discussing opinions and differences. We don't call each other names nor are we negative towards one another. For anyone that does either one of these, should leave the forum and never come back. Likewise, for those people not interested in this, should do the same.

reniefran · Senior Member

I want to say that I thought this thread was about sharing the wonderful thoughtful person that is Max. I don't know what you call what's on here but it sounds like a couple of kids bickering back and forth and it doesn't serve anybody to behave in this fashion. So Hello and Great White Way why don't you put on the gloves and duke it out somewhere else. I came back on here to find out what everyone has been up to but if this is a sample count me out.

Hello799 · Senior Member

Irene, I will state it again..................I APOLOGIZE for my behavior. I will do what I can to not have it happen again. I was mearly in a discussion with greatwhiteway about an issue. Thats all. We don't want to fight, we were never fighting, but you are not the only one that has said this. I would hope that you know me from past experiences better than that. So, lets lay it to rest, nobody has to count anyone out, and just go back to have some good ol GREASE fun.

PS-----Kudos to Max for being so special and attending to his adoring fans!!!!!!!

greatwhiteway · Senior Member

reniefran wrote:
I want to say that I thought this thread was about sharing the wonderful thoughtful person that is Max. I don't know what you call what's on here but it sounds like a couple of kids bickering back and forth and it doesn't serve anybody to behave in this fashion. So Hello and Great White Way why don't you put on the gloves and duke it out somewhere else. I came back on here to find out what everyone has been up to but if this is a sample count me out.

Hello, if you are just now realizing that I was just trying to defend Max, the fault is mine and maybe I do need to be a bit more direct.
Rene, It's a discussion, something adults do when they disagree. It doesn't help to call names either.
Eris, I think there are other, more cogent reasons people left the board.
Howvever I do like the idea of a separate thread for such issue so tood-a-loo.

reniefran · Senior Member

Yes adults do have discussions and disagree but since the title of this thread was "Thougtful Max" it is really inappropriate to do it here. I highly applaud a separate thread. I would also say that when you are "chatting" with words and cannot see the other person's face it can really skew the meaning of things. In defense of Rachael, she seems to be a private person and withdraws when the discussion takes a non productive turn. Might I ask how you might feel if someone was openly critical of your child? I for one would not be a happy camper. But since I don't know all that happened to bring the discussion to this point I will just weigh in with what I said earlier that I applaud the choice to start a new thread.

DogsandBirds · Guru

Renie: Unfortunately, once you put yourself in the public eye, you open yourself up to both positive and negative comments. If you are fortunate enough to achieve fame of any sort, you need to learn to ignore the negative and not take too much from the positive. Balance and a thick skin are needed.

Edited for a grammatical mistake! Oh my!

-- Edited by DogsandBirds at 00:39, 2008-04-23

stlgreaser · Veteran Member

DogsandBirds has a point there. And the fact that Max and Laura were on a reality TV show on NBC almost guarantees more feedback than normal. I think they have handeled themselves particularly well.

reniefran · Senior Member

Dogs and Birds,
That's probably why I'm not in show business. You're right of course you do
learn to take the good with the bad. I guess even negative press is better than no press. It at least makes people curious about what you're doing. I may have missed this part but I don't think I've really seen anything that says that Max was upset by negative press, he impresses me as one who has pretty broad shoulders.That's what make the world a more interesting place to be. Just think how boring life would be if we all agreed on everything. Whoa, talk about snooze city! yawn

I like a spirited discussion as long as it doesn't turn mean spirited. And it is still possible to disagree and be the best of friends.

DogsandBirds · Guru

I know why I am not in show business - I don't have the talent!

Hard to know what anyone feels about negative comments but no matter what you do in life, someone is bound to comment negatively! I take that with a large grain of salt and some popcorn too!

reniefran · Senior Member

Dogs and Birds,
It's true, anybody can mistake even an innocent comment as an insult. I've been called arrogant and had people hurt by things I said and I didn't even know I was hurting their feelings. Yeah I try to take things with a grain of salt too. Humor does a lot to keep life saner and less stressful.
I don't have the talent for Broadway either. I do love music though. I love to sing and play my guitar. I took voice lessons once and although I was amazed by what I accomplished the teacher and I didn't see eye to eye. She wanted me to sing arias without knowing what the words meant. So I just enjoy my music informally and that's the best way for me,music for the sheer love of music.

Laura Mom · Senior Member

I have also learned from this board that sometimes something you say in writing can be interpreted by someone else in a totally different manner than you intended it. At least twice I think I've said something that hurt other people and you know what--I think it hurt me just as much to think that I mistakenly hurt someone else. And maybe I'm dense but I had no idea when I wrote it that it could be taken so offensively by someone else. So I can relate to the previous comment that sometimes we just don't know other people's sensitivities and can not even always know what might be interpreted as hurtful to someone else. I really think when people make general comments or commentaries about the show or even individual actors that they do not mean any personal offense. They're just stating their perceptions. It's an opinion--not a personal attack or violation. But most of the time there are many fun things in chatting back and forth here. I feel this is a way for me to share a little bit of my daughter's life with others who are interested in the show too. For me, Laura went from being one of the people dearest and closest to me, to married and gone overnight! I still love to feel like I can share in a little of her life. You guys are gracious enough to share back! Overall, I enjoy it.

Edwardian · Veteran Member

Beautiful, Jane. As another parent, I totally relate.

As for the conflict and misunderstandings, they seem to be a part of every online message board I've ever seen. It must come with the territory. I've been lurking, following the conversations here even though I haven't posted in a very long time. You can all feel good about having kept the discussions here mostly very positive. Warm regards.

Ed

Laura Mom · Senior Member

Nice to hear from you again, Ed!

Edwardian · Veteran Member

Thanks, Jane. It's been delightful following your daughter's success. From the first time that I saw her on GYTOTIW I've found her authenticity and her heart to be thoroughly captivating. I have experienced her successes in a personal way, as if I somehow had something to do with them, even though I clearly have not. Go figure!

I haven't seen the show yet although I will try to get into the city to do so while I'm in the area for my mother's birthday next week. Tickets are expensive and so I"ll try to find a deal through Ebay or craigslist.

Warm wishes to you all!

DogsandBirds · Guru

There are discounts on Broadwaybox.com and you could try showing up at the theater and seeing if anyone is selling a ticket.

Edwardian · Veteran Member

Thanks. Great suggestions, D&B!

DogsandBirds · Guru

Edwardian - also check TKTS which is in the outside of the Marriot Marquis Hotel. It has been there and while they are not the best seats, it's half price and the theater is small, so almost any seat is good.