Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
#1Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:12pm
We all know that acting for film and acting for the stage are radically different. So when stage acting is captured on film, it can seem a little... silly. As can some of the spoken lines that are captured on cast recordings. Anyone have any examples of these that they've always found amusing?
For me, the number one is Terrence Mann on the BatB OBC recording. Every line he says sounds demented, like a brain-damaged Norwegian dude. And I LOVE him as a performer, but his intonation just makes me giggle. And I'm always impersonating his, "Alright... alright... alright... NOOOOOWWWWWWW!"
Also, Gary Morris as Jean Valjean on the Complete Symphonic Recording. "Let me gooo, he's no more than a booooy." The most camp Valjean ever! And Sherie Rene Scott on the Little Mermaid OBC with all of her many, many lines-- "You've got to get dear old princy-poo to KISS you!"
Anyone else have a good example?
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#2re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:22pm
Not Silly Line delivery but Seth Rudesky was talking about the Grease revival CR that Rosie was in. At the end in the show, Rizzo (Rosie) was supposed to kiss Eugene. Well, on the CR she says "Hey Eugene!"
Silence
Crowd cheers.
There was no sound effect at all which would confuse the hell out of people who haven't seen the show.
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#2re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:24pm
how about every line that Bob Gunton has on the OBC of Evita?
oh, and on the OLC for Miss Saigon, during "The Heat Is On in Saigon," the way John says "Chris"... it's kind of a "CHREE-YAS!" very sassy Southern lady of him.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#3re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:30pmHaha, you mean before "I've got the hots for Yvonne!" ?
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#4re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:43pmI totally agree with you on BatB OBC. I think the most hilarious one is when he goes "OOOOOOOH YES" after Belle asks to have dinner with him. I think our more mature readers will know what it sounds like out of context.
singerunlimited
Understudy Joined: 3/19/06
#5re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 12:26amThe Mamma Mia! OCR, during the song "Mamma Mia", the way she says, "I have to go and clean out my handbag... or something"... Classic!
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#6re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 12:49amI forget which song, but on the Ragtime OBCR, when Audra says the line "it doesn't matter," it sounds really awkward.
#7re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 12:54amGotta be "Please don't doubt me Ellen!" from Saigon!
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
#9re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 2:55amPretty much all of the dialogue on the Spring Awakening CD. They all sound like robots. It wasn't delivered that way in the theatre. Not to me.
#10re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:03amAlmost everything Joe says in the London Sunset Blvd. Recording.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#11re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:55amI'm not sure who the actress is, but whoever played the "Rabelais!" role of the "Pick-a-Little" ladies in the London cast recording of The Music Man. She screams all of her lines, and she's hilarious. Particularly when she bellows out, "The MAAAAAN lived on MY street. Let MEEEEEE tell!"
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#12re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 9:09am
Almost everything Joe says in the London Sunset Blvd. Recording.
how about almost everything almost everyone says on that recording? God I love that cast recording.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
fetzles1490
Featured Actor Joined: 4/16/05
#13re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 10:45am
I was just listening to Hey Kendra from 13, and all of the dialogue in that song (and the whole cast recording, really) is HORRIBLY awkward.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#14re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 10:59am"I hate the fall" in "Goodbye Love" from the Rent movie recording.
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#15re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 11:03amThe Kopit/Yeston "Phantom" recording has some of the worst line readings I've ever heard.
#16re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 1:53pm
For anyone who has ever performed in The Pajama Game, there is a misprint in either the vocal parts or in the libretto (it only appears in one of them) where Sid's cue line to begin "There Once Was a Man" is incorrect.
The line should read "I love you more than all the heroes in all the history books." However, it is incorrectly written as "I love you more than all the homes in all the history books."
I point this out because on the 2-disc Judy Kaye studio cast recording, Sid actually says "homes" on the CD. The first time I heard it I was like WTF? Then I did the show and saw the misprint in the rental materials.
Here is a link where you can hear it for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FOi9GKMes
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Updated On: 12/9/08 at 01:53 PM
Byron Abens
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/08
#17re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 6:41pmIt's been a long time since I've listened to it, but I always found Alan Cambell and Judy Kuhn to sound far more extreme and hammy on the LA Sunset Blvd than Kevin Anderson and Meredith Braun on the London recording. Alan and Judy sounded like they were emoting to the catwalks like a pair of high schoolers.
#18re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:31pm
The Kopit/Yeston "Phantom" recording has some of the worst line readings I've ever heard.
Totally! Especially the guy who plays Christine's boyfriend...Just excruciating, especially with that French accent.
#19re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:41pm
The OLC Phantom of the Opera had some Michael Crawford silliness, my favourite being just before the title song:
"CHRISTINE!
AAAAAAAAANGEL!"
Michael Crawford has such an interesting speaking voice. It's how I imagine Voldemort to sound in the Harry Potter books. Somehow, I thought it was awesome on Phantom and irritating on "The Woman In White." In "The Woman In White," whenever he had to deliver a speaking line, he sounded like someone's ancient maiden aunt with slight dementia who believed she was from Italy but wasn't.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 12/9/08 at 08:41 PM
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#20re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:41pmHaha, I forgot about that. I also remember "JUUUST published!"
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#21re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:46pmSchmerg, I always thought that was Raoul saying that.
#22re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 8:48pmWell, Raoul says "Christine", but I thought Phantom says "Angel!" I put the "Christine" bit in there, because they're said in such close proximity to each other. If that's wrong, feel free to correct me, though!
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#23re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 9:47pmAh, interesting. I never thought about it like that. I assumed it was raoul blurting out what he was thinking, or putting it together..."Christine is gone...with...her...OMG, ANGEL!"
#25re: Silly Line Delivery On Cast Recordings
Posted: 12/9/08 at 10:02pm
The Libretto has Raoul saying "Christine, angel!" He's calling out to her as the door unlocks and he bursts in to find the room empty. It's never been the Phantom saying it. He's not even visible at that moment and is in fact busy getting into the boat. The Phantom doesn't even have another spoken or sung line until "I have brought you..." as the entire title song is pre-recorded.
Updated On: 12/10/08 at 10:02 PM
