It’s the cool thing to do on this sub nowadays. Basically going against anything that sounds remotely fun or enjoyable
jcsatan2025-11-17 00:57
How dare fans be upset about comic book heroes in their singing theater productions!...no wait
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-16 23:54
CharlesKellyRatKing2025-11-16 23:58
The nerdy friend from 21
ZekeorSomething2025-11-17 00:02
The guy who likes warm hugs
eagc72025-11-17 00:06
Olaf from Frozen
BobTheFettt2025-11-17 00:08
Judd from Avenue 5
hweird2025-11-16 23:55
This show is DOA
TheCitizen6162025-11-16 23:55
>extremely famous version of himself
He's, what, high B-list/low A-list in real-life?
What's different in the MCU that makes him "extremely famous"?
Edit: Early prediction: >!He's going to play one of the leads (Banner?) of the Rogers: The Musical movie adaptation!<
Chemical_Bill_85332025-11-17 00:03
He can actually just turn into Olaf
RyFro2025-11-17 00:38
Doesn't Olaf make him a A Lister? Not by face but by voice?
Herbizarre172025-11-17 00:06
He might be like Leonardo DiCaprio or Tom Cruise level
OnlinePosterPerson2025-11-17 00:10
Josh Gad is not a low A-lister. Very few people who dont actively observe movie industry news know who he is.
N8CCRG2025-11-17 00:18
Agree. Hell, I follow movie industry news pretty solidly and I still didn't know who he was. Frozen was a big deal, but "The voice actor for Olaf" is not A-list.
Sonic101222025-11-17 00:33
But he is set for life voicing Olaf in any random thing Disney needs him to, so honestly that sounds better than being an A-lister.
greendeadredemption22025-11-17 00:55
I mean Book of Mormon too. He got nominated for the Tony and that’s one of the highest grossing Broadway production of all time.
N8CCRG2025-11-17 01:01
To me A-Lister means "if an average person was in LA eating lunch and saw the celebrity sitting at a nearby table, they'd recognize them."
Nobody is reaching that level just from a Tony nomination.
greendeadredemption22025-11-17 01:51
Maybe I’m crazy but Josh gad is pretty famous and recognizable he looks pretty unique. Also Book of Mormon was huge like transcended Broadway since it had the South Park guys making it it became really mainstream.
That being said I don’t think he is an A lister, that’s where I would put guys like Leo or Pitt. Gad had his time in the 2000s- 2010s as a pretty big star and lead comedy actor and hasn’t really stuck at that level finding most his work these days as a voice actor.
OnlinePosterPerson2025-11-17 04:48
Lots of people could recognize him. Being an A-lister means most people do, instantly, wherever they go
nighthawk_md2025-11-17 01:13
He's big on Broadway, but NYC people don't realize that Broadway stars are pretty niche in the rest of the country.
VariousVarieties2025-11-17 00:16
The MCU doesn't have a Robert Downey Jr or a Samuel L Jackson or a Scarlett Johansson (etc...). This means that the MCU version of every real-life actor is automatically slightly more famous than they are in real life.
drunkbettie2025-11-17 00:18
I am there on opening night.
The musical is the one part of the MCU that has made me laugh cry so hard I had the hiccups. I’m also a RENT-stan, so #teamleadnewyorker1 for life.
TheCitizen6162025-11-17 00:28
Okay, so you'd be a good one to answer this:
What real-life musical theatre actors would fill out the rest of the cast?
Anthony Rapp as Cap? Anna Kendrick as Natasha? Who else?
drunkbettie2025-11-17 01:08
~~Adele Dazeem~~ Idina Menzel, for sure. Lin-Manuel Miranda as Grandmaster or the Collector, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Black Cat, Anthony Ramos as The Hood (lol), Taye Diggs as Nick Fury?
Head_Acanthisitta2562025-11-16 23:55
Singing??? Easy skip for this series
DJfunkyPuddle2025-11-17 00:11
Yes the entire show is a musical now, cry more
Head_Acanthisitta2562025-11-17 00:12
That’s unfortunate🤮
DumbWhore42025-11-17 00:23
Why do you hate singing?
Head_Acanthisitta2562025-11-17 00:33
Musicals are lame imo! This series is going to bomb
DumbWhore42025-11-17 00:35
And superheroes are cool?
thebadwolf792025-11-16 23:56
That's cool. Been a fan of Josh from my daughter obsessing over Olaf when Frozen first came out to seeing him in Wolf Like Me and recently seeing him in Adulthood (which was not as good as I was hoping).
UnderstatedTurtle2025-11-17 00:23
A couple of years before Frozen came out he was on an NBC sitcom where he played the president’s goofball of a son. The show only lasted (maybe less than) one season but he was the only thing I remember from it and he was hilarious!
thebadwolf792025-11-17 00:33
He played a very Musk-like character in Avenue 5 and did a great job. I enjoy a lot of his work and really liked him in the movie Wish I was Here.
These_Wish_51012025-11-16 23:56
Cringe
arnoboko2025-11-16 23:56
Automatically skipping this show now. Sorry Marvel.
Prestigious-Cup-66132025-11-16 23:57
I'm not quite certain a musical is gonna appeal to many people
BatmanForever232025-11-17 00:03
The presence of unspecified singing does not automatically mean musical...
YesImHereAskMeHow2025-11-17 00:10
Agatha and Wanda vision had musical sequences and were received extremely well. Why does this sub hate fun
N8CCRG2025-11-17 00:23
Also "Rogers: the Musical" from Hawkeye was both hilarious and also a great emotional moment for Clint's arc.
YesImHereAskMeHow2025-11-17 02:24
Agreed
RiversofJell02025-11-17 00:01
Sounds more like a Disney show than a Marvel one
Commercial_Site6222025-11-17 00:08
It’s part of Marvels Spotlight banner, which I believe is just them going out of their way to be different. Echo was the same way, I guess.
Brimstone7472025-11-17 00:01
Who asked for this?
HighFivePuddy2025-11-17 00:04
Me.
Next question…
FX1142025-11-17 00:02
I'm sure it's not intentional, but the phrasing feels shady and it's amusing.
RyFro2025-11-17 00:36
Why?
FX1142025-11-17 00:45
"Josh Gad is playing himself, but a version that's famous and cool."
Temassi2025-11-17 00:48
"All the ladies love him..."
FX1142025-11-17 00:53
"And that skin thing is completely under control"
Extreme_33337_2025-11-17 00:53
Like his character in Pixels
RyFro2025-11-17 04:50
Is that not what actors are paid to do?
AmNoSuperSand522025-11-17 00:39
What’s shady about it?
SamwellBarley2025-11-17 00:52
Not just famous... "Extremely famous"
Stoo02025-11-17 00:57
I'm glad it's not just me 😂
I actually spent mins thinking the same thing from the other way around. Like, is there a chance that the writer that wrote this personal attack of a headline, actually oblivious to it reads, and is going about their day as an innocent person that happened to type a consequential combination of keys.
dg-ace2025-11-17 00:03
brycifer6662025-11-17 00:03
I'm laughing at everyone saying they are scared of singing and musicals
Thisisgotham2025-11-17 00:06
PTSD from the second Joker movie
BobTheFettt2025-11-17 00:10
I mean, I generally liked The Marvels, but that singing planet where Carol is a princess was kinda weird
DrummerDKS2025-11-17 00:21
As a one-off kinda bit, I thought it was amusing. Weird, but I laughed.
BobTheFettt2025-11-17 00:39
Yeah wasn't necessarily bad, just didn't land for me. But that's also because I don't like musicals
Epic_J23382025-11-17 00:24
I mean the Princess Captain Marvel part was kinda foreshadowed in Ms Marvel
But the singing planet part I did like that as it was unique
PoniesCanterOver2025-11-17 00:36
When in Ms Marvel did they foreshadow that?
Epic_J23382025-11-17 01:47
In the scene when Bruno and Kamala and biking around the city talking about putting something original on her Captain Marvel costume Bruno mentions Captain Princess Marvel and Kamala turns that idea down
That is in the 1st episode btw
TrollTollTony2025-11-17 00:33
I'm with you. I am not opposed to the concept, I just don't think it fit well in that movie. It felt like a scrapped idea from Guardians of the Galaxy that they thought they could use to fill some time, but it just didn't click for me.
PresentationDull77072025-11-17 00:05
oh brother more singing
ROBtimusPrime19952025-11-17 00:05
Did Gad do something to get all this hate?
Pretty obvious his guest starring is a meta joke about B-listers being self-absorbed and since he can sing, why not mock Hollywood musicals?
Marvel fans need to learn to take a joke.
truemaroon082025-11-17 00:06
I hope he’s just doing Bearclaw through the whole thing.
Lukecubes2025-11-17 01:17
"He's a gayyyy wolf!"
ThatCoolGuyNamedMatt2025-11-17 00:06
Why is everyone so negative about the singing? It doesn't say he'll have a whole musical number, it could just be similar to Hawkeye with the Avengers musical.
Metalicks2025-11-17 00:09
Well at least he's famous somewhere
riotstopper2025-11-17 00:11
spidey-dust2025-11-17 00:13
He’s obviously gonna sing Gaston
Buntalufigus882025-11-17 00:16
His acting in Pixels was great!
vivianvisionsburner2025-11-17 00:23
I think it sounds neat.
elvinjoker2025-11-17 00:27
Who is this dude?
Edit: you are not allowed to not knowing him 😡
BleakCountry2025-11-17 00:28
Suggesting that he's not currently very famous then....?
Bringintheolives2025-11-17 00:33
I was excited about this show but the more they reveal the more I start to dislike the direction it's heading...like why not just have a show where it follows a super OP hero doing dope hero shit and have his acting career at the same time???
DukeOfJelly2025-11-17 00:43
I'm out.
Oso_Furioso2025-11-17 00:47
Awesome! Who’s Josh Gad?
iamChickeNugget2025-11-17 00:55
Why? What's wrong? We love Josh Gad.
Gilded-Mongoose2025-11-17 01:00
This feels very annoying.
Heisenberglund2025-11-17 01:02
You can’t fool me, that’s bearclaw.
Notimetowrite762025-11-17 01:05
Perhaps this version of himself signed a deal with Mephisto.
Caesar_Rising2025-11-17 01:12
Nobody seems to be mentioning that if he’s playing himself then that implies we share the same famous people as the MCU. Do we have an Oceans 12 scenario and all our heroes just happen to bear a striking resemblance to actors or does the RDJ of the MCU look totally different
Lillt612025-11-17 01:22
Josh Gad in a movie...another Marvel film I have zero interest in seeing. I remember a time when I was excited for every Marvel release and they were ALL good movies.
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He's, what, high B-list/low A-list in real-life?
What's different in the MCU that makes him "extremely famous"?
Edit: Early prediction: >!He's going to play one of the leads (Banner?) of the Rogers: The Musical movie adaptation!<
Nobody is reaching that level just from a Tony nomination.
That being said I don’t think he is an A lister, that’s where I would put guys like Leo or Pitt. Gad had his time in the 2000s- 2010s as a pretty big star and lead comedy actor and hasn’t really stuck at that level finding most his work these days as a voice actor.
The musical is the one part of the MCU that has made me laugh cry so hard I had the hiccups. I’m also a RENT-stan, so #teamleadnewyorker1 for life.
What real-life musical theatre actors would fill out the rest of the cast?
Anthony Rapp as Cap? Anna Kendrick as Natasha? Who else?
Next question…
I actually spent mins thinking the same thing from the other way around. Like, is there a chance that the writer that wrote this personal attack of a headline, actually oblivious to it reads, and is going about their day as an innocent person that happened to type a consequential combination of keys.
But the singing planet part I did like that as it was unique
That is in the 1st episode btw
Pretty obvious his guest starring is a meta joke about B-listers being self-absorbed and since he can sing, why not mock Hollywood musicals?
Marvel fans need to learn to take a joke.
Edit: you are not allowed to not knowing him 😡
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