This week on WHAT THE FUCK?
Ashlee Simpson has started rehearsals for her London stage stint as Roxie Hart in Chicago. Is this some kind of bad joke? 21 year old Ashlee Simpson is going to deliver the line "I'm older than I ever intended to be"? In a city where she has no fanbase? SERIOUSLY?
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If it's any consolation, the current Broadway revival threw in the towel and stooped to desperate stunt casting years ago. I heart Ashlee more than anyone else ever will or should, and I usually rush to defend her to the mockery and disdain of all, but this is bad. This is bad.
Yes, Poppy, but perhaps her Roxie only intending living to sixteen years old.
I'm highly against that little brat stepping a toe on any stage, but I have a thought on that line. I think it works for young or older...when Amy Spanger was Roxie, I took it to mean I've never expected to get this worn down and jaded, especially at my young age. Just my thought!
Well, there goes London's reputation of high culture.
According to Mrs. G, who is one-stop shopping for 1920s-30s entertainment arcana, in the original play that inspired the musical, Roxie Hart is about 30 years old, which would have been ancient for an unmarried woman of the time.
I seriously want to believe you are kidding...
...but someting tells me you aren't.
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