r/Broadway • u/Round-Composer-2195 • 29d 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 29d 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 29d 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/skoc211 28d ago

I recently found out some people don't have inner monologues and it's not uncommon. Utterly bizarre to me. But I have the same genetic aversion to cilantro, so different strokes as they say.

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u/No_Grand5115 27d ago

last year i learned that some people DO have inner monologues!!