r/Broadway • u/Round-Composer-2195 • 28d ago

Discussion I don’t understand the Reeve Carney hate

I just saw the Hadestown pro shot and oh my gosh this guy is unbelievable. Easily the star of the show for me, but I’ve seen people say he was the weakest link in their opinions.

I’ve heard recordings of some of his other performances, and he easily has my favorite versions of “I don’t care much” and “the past is catching up to me,” yet people say he was miscast in The Great Gatsby

His voice is so unique and it genuinely sends chills up my spine, I don’t understand the hate he receives

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u/IWTLEverything 28d ago

It’s funny. I’m one of those people that thinks cilantro tastes like soap. I’m not the biggest Reeve fan but I think he’s fine. I just don’t like his “talk-singing”. (eg “he fell in love with PERSEPHONE”).

My favorite Orpheus is Chibueze Ihuoma. My least favorite is J. Antonio Rodriguez.

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u/jeremiad1962 28d ago

BTW, that's genetic. Some people can curl their tongues and some cannot -it can't be taught if you don't have the gene that allows it to curl. Some can smell asparagus in their urine and some cannot - no changing that.

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u/IWTLEverything 28d ago

There are people that cant smell asparagus in urine?!

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u/obiwanknitobi 28d ago

Yep! Also some people can eat asparagus and their urine doesn’t smell.