Why do people hate Wicked?
Mar 11
2010, 09:50:15 AM
I like watching the two leads give themselves nodules, the rest of it can go to hell for all I care.
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Legally Blonde The Musical London looks set to be a big camp hit
Jan 15
2010, 12:12:06 AM
I didn't like Caroline's singing voice when I saw the show. Very nasal, whiney and weak. I couldn't hear her final note in the LB Remix. The actress playing Enid was great though, her voice was very strong. I don't think that's her in the video.
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re: Stephen Schwartz is one of the most influential people in American hist
Nov 1
2009, 05:22:52 PM
It's a forum for a fandom that's like mormonism or scientology, they probably think Idina Menzel is the second coming too.
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re: Jennifer DiNoia to play Elphaba in Wicked Sydney for next 6 weeks.
Oct 31
2009, 06:21:04 PM
Why don't they just bump up Jemma Rix? She's already done over half the Melbourne/Sydney shows so proved herself in that respect.
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re: Actors With Fake 'Stage Voices'
Oct 8
2009, 03:33:02 PM
Stephanie J. Block speaks and sings with very distinct, almost harsh, enunciation on stage.
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re: Alice Ripley's replacement in N2N?
Aug 26
2009, 05:46:04 PM
Stephanie J. wooden as a Block? Maybe... as soon as someone gives her lessons on how not to look like a manic robot, shout every line and overenunciate every vowel.
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re: Elphaba's role
Aug 21
2009, 10:19:52 PM
"BW singers are much more heavily miked now than they ever were then (BELIEVE ME)."
Agreed, it bugs me how many people are ignorant to this and seem to think they're belting loud enough to sing over an orchestra and fill a theater. The reason so-and-so sounds better live than on youtube is because when your voice is processed through an extensive sound system with layers of reverb it does tend to sound more impressive than it would played back through earplugs.
Anyway the reason so
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Dee as Elphaba/ Sexy Thread
Aug 12
2009, 12:45:42 PM
I think it was a general reply to your comment... anyway I have no interest in seeing her live. I can't imagine recording devices hold a grudge against her and cause her to sound bland and appear rather boring so I don't really understand the logic. It's a very ad hominem argument.
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Dee as Elphaba/ Sexy Thread
Aug 11
2009, 10:42:15 PM
"WishingOnlyWounds2 i back you up completely, they really cant understand how good she is until they see her live or recently."
Well that was pretty dogmatic and patronising. I don't understand why you people can't comprehend that not everyone is going to go crazy for Dee Roscioli/current Broadway Elphaba.
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re: Katie Rose Clarke's replacement in Wicked is confirmed
Aug 10
2009, 04:31:28 PM
Dianne Pilkington used to never go up to the C either, she'd just sustain the A.
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Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 31
2009, 12:36:05 AM
That youtube video isn't bad, but it's not amazing. She's just so uninteresting. Even though everyone bigs up her voice I don't think it's that amazing either. It's just the average voice that everyone who plays the role has. The video of Stephanie was a perfect contrast - not only does she actually emote but she could tear Dee a new asshole or two in a sing off.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 25
2009, 04:56:14 PM
I think the upcoming broadway cast is one of the weakest they've had. Obviously people will still react like it's the second coming of Jesus because that seems to be the pattern.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 24
2009, 11:14:45 AM
Wow, I feel alone for saying it but I really don't think she's the best singer, far from it. And I agree that she's boring and underacts.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 24
2009, 01:28:56 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjIoBGo2Gvk
It was alright. Her singing is good but sometimes her voice gets nasal and whiney, nothing special there. I can see what people mean when they say she's boring, it seems uninspired and she's pretty emotionless until the last minute where it looks like she's about to start sobbing.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 21
2009, 05:06:17 PM
So now you need to have won a Tony award to pass judgement on actors? Damn, the critics better start looking for new jobs...
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 18
2009, 10:41:41 AM
Who cares how she acts, Jennifer Dinoia has the voice of a whiny 5 year old. Get in a real singer.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 18
2009, 09:23:00 AM
Whenever I see her she looks a little drugged up or out of it - very much "the lights are on but nobody's home". In close up videos her eyes are always red and watering and she pulls Idina-like facial expressions, plus she has that lazy diction that makes it sound like her mouth is full.
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re: Bad YouTube Uploads of Showtunes
Jul 17
2009, 12:51:46 PM
Aww the guy singing DG at his high school removed that video, but this one is still up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD30I25GfEQ
Basically him and some other guy switched the roles so they were Elphaba and Glinda and the guards were females... apparently he claimed to have even rewritten Wicked to suit this and was going to "stage it". Evidently nothing came of it. But yeah, queeny males with nasal voices that haven't broken are always hilariously creepy, especially when they try and riff like some sort of black diva/Shoshana Bean.
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re: Wicked Movie Question
Jul 17
2009, 10:09:39 AM
Anne Hathaway... for one thing she'd be more suited to Glinda or Nessa, and another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPH-UzsAgM
compared to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9M3KdpPR0E or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwnNhjR4M_w
A little unfair, but the woman is having trouble singing a high E in head voice let alone belting it. Most actresses can probably sing like Anne Hathaway, it's just a decent dime-a-dozen voice. The movie also won't be made for probably at least 5 more years, in which time new stars might appear and others will be getting older.
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re: Dee Roscioli Takes Over Elphaba on Broadway on July 21
Jul 14
2009, 10:44:10 PM
She said. And hardly a fair comparison, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE989mnD2n8 comparing her to Saycon would be fairer :) Or would it? Regardless, you pretty much only need to be announced as standby these days to get your very own rabid fanbase over at WitchesofOz.
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