NBC's SMASH, Season 2 -- Discussion- Page 108

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:24pm

Exactly and I can tell you that they've asked Hilty to perform if she comes. For irony sake I hope she performs "They Just Keep Moving The Line".

[Marnie2]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:25pm

I did say IF.........

Although all the predictions point to it being so...am really hoping they are wrong! For all its faults I love SMASH and I will miss it if its cancelled

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:27pm

TVLine spoiler on SMASH Tony Awards...

Question: Call me paranoid, but the latest Tonys development on Smash — that Ivy Lynn is now also a contender for Supporting Actress for the short-lived Liaisons — has me worried she’s going to lose Lead Actress in a Musical race to Karen “Iowa!” Cartwright. Say it ain’t so! –Rose

Ausiello: Lest we forget, the Tonys are like most other industry awards shows: Politics plays a part. And let’s just say a little blind item in the Village Voice concerning a certain leading lady’s extracurricular activities — including an affair with a former costar’s fiancé — might have an adverse effect on her chances at taking home a statuette for either side of her mantle.

http://tvline.com/2013/05/07/greys-anatomy-season-9-finale-death-ask-ausiello-spoilers/

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:42pm

What is an "upfront"? I am unfamiliar with that term. TIA.

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 7:02pm

An upfront is when a network (NBC) presents their new fall schedule to advertisers in the hopes that those advertisers will invest and buy commercial air time in the shows. I went to last year's at Radio City where Hilty and McPhee sang "Let Me Be Your Star" while the judges from The Voice (except for Blake Shelton, who I believe was celebrating his anniversary) came out in their red chairs and pressed their buttons for the ladies. I have it on video, but I don't know how to post it.

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 8:05pm

@DramaTeach how did you get to go to the upfronts? Do you work in the biz?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:01pm

Robbie, when I got home from the RENT movie the night it opened I had a message that my mom had had the aneurism that killed her a few days later so there is NOTHING anybody can complain about in that movie that has any resonance to me. Despite my knowing its shortcomings.

I found myself not minding the RENT aspects of the story, and obviously we knew that was where they were headed.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:07pm

Why is it so terrible that they're doing a RENT theme? I sure don't think it's the worst thing about this program, lol. It's fun to watch, but come on, the whole thing is so stupid!

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:25pm

Exactly and I can tell you that they've asked Hilty to perform if she comes. For irony sake I hope she performs "They Just Keep Moving The Line".

Forget irony. She should tweak the lyric to "They just keep moving the time" with a nod to the network execs.

[Marnie2]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 1:37am

^^^
Ha!!!!!she should!!! LOL!

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 11:09am

'Why is it so terrible that they're doing a RENT theme?'

I don't know. It didn't bother me in the least. But I know others are bothered by it.

[Patronus]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 11:18am

Yeah, I don't get the venom of it. I think it's silly that they haven't at least mentioned it if even with a throw away line like, "This feels like Jonathan Larson all over again."

Rent clearly exists in that world and for none of these Broadway people to mention the similarities of Hit List, the Line, Kyle's death etc to Rent is what I think people take offense to.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 12:04pm

The Jonathan Larson parallels are reaching a bit in my opinion. It all feels like false outrage to me so a few people can come here and have something else to bitch about and find further fault with the show. Some people are so desperate to have people agree with them so they can feel like they belong to something no matter how insignificant.



Updated On: 5/8/13 at 12:04 PM

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 12:13pm

^ Well...I'm not about to tell anyone else how to feel. I just don't feel the same.

And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 5:39pm

Kyl3Fong2, a friend of mine is in the business, so I was able to go along.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 5:42pm

I just think it's lazy storytelling. At least L&O SVU changes more than one thing about the story they copy from real life.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:18pm

And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?

I'd say probably not, because it would be the first and only time Smash has shied away from stating the glaringly obvious.

[Marnie2]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:38pm

And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?

You might think that but I read an awful lot of tweets during the last episode where it seemed to be only dawning on a lot of people!!! :)

I just think it's lazy storytelling. At least L&O SVU changes more than one thing about the story they copy from real life.

erm, they did change more than one thing, the composer didn't die, the names are different, the show is different, it happened after the off broadway opening, the cause was a car accident.......etc etc





Updated On: 5/8/13 at 06:38 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:59pm

But all of the things that they changed are superficial.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 7:02pm

I can't speak for anyone else, but I was never "outraged," though I did think it was a little tacky, just because - like others said - it was pretty lazy. Frankly, if Smash were a better constructed show, I think the response would have been less "outraged." And I again I can't speak for anyone else, but my opinion on of this show are formed on my own and I've never been desperate for agreement from anyone on them.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 7:11pm

The AV Club gave this episode an F and they didn't even mention the Larson thing.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 5/8/13 at 10:35pm

You have to admit its interesting that NBC just hasn't come right out and made a decision.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:12am

"And I again I can't speak for anyone else, but my opinion on of this show are formed on my own and I've never been desperate for agreement from anyone on them."

Phyllis...I did not have you in mind when I said "Some people are so desperate to have people agree with them"...You always state your opinions with reasons to support the way you think.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 12:15pm

My cable provider finally got the last two episodes up on their "OnDemand" menu so I'm all caught up now.

I have to admit that I felt a little "let down" by Kyle's death. I knew it was coming and for a show that can be as dramatic as Smash walking off a curb without looking simply seems anticlimatic. I was hoping Jimmy's brother was going to be involved.

Photo Flash: First Look - SMASH Goes to the Tonys on Season Finale

[all that jazz]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 12:16pm

Arghhhh!! Looks like Hit list is going to win.
First look at the tonys