Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:54pm
...when it was on Broadway!! What's up with that? Since she considered Michael Bennett a friend, did she just avoid him everytime he asked, "So what did you think of the show?"
(Sorry you have to look at ugly Clay Aiken).
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#2re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:00pmYou honostly think Bennett was such an egotist he repetedly asked her what she thought? I don't.
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Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#3re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:01pm
Huh, that is strange!
(and yes, Clay Aiken is ugly... my eyes are burning now.)
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Updated On: 12/6/06 at 02:01 PM
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#4re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:02pm
"You will have the choice surprise of learning that black singing, dancing and musically cultural ethnic American talent doesn't just have to do with the current craze of break dancing, tattoos, hip-hop, rap and loading yourself down with bling before you go to jail to be great!"
What a way with words....
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:02pmAll she would have had to say was, "What a show!"
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#6re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:04pm
I will never forget Liz Smith's quote hanging under the Broadhurst Marquis for NEVER GONNA DANCE:
"The best show I've seen since A CHORUS LINE!"
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#7re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:05pmCareful. I worked on NGD.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:07pmRumor has it that she was snubbed by Jennifer Holliday at the stage door.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#9re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:09pmWhat did you do on NGD, Rathypoo?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#10re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:09pm
"...the current craze of break dancing, tattoos, hip-hop, rap and loading yourself down with bling before you go to jail to be great!" I love how she's down with the shorties.
Munk, I exec assisted one of the producers.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 02:09 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:11pm
"I love how she's down with the shorties."
I think you mean shawties.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:12pmI probably do.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#13re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:20pm
That's my favorite part of the whole article.
I won't dance
don't ask me
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#14re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:21pmLiz Smith likes deep fried foods, so her taste is shot to hell.
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#15re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:21pmWhen I wear my NGD baseball cap, people think I'm making some anti-dance statement.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#16re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:25pm
I bet you look jiggy.
Fashizzle?
What's the word all of the kids are using now-a-days, anyway?
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“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#17re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:26pmObviously I don't know. I can't even spell shawties correctly.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#18re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:28pmHow about Rathlicious?
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“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#19re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:29pm
I don't think that's it.
I bet Liz knows.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#20re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:09pm
When I wear my NGD baseball cap, people think I'm making some anti-dance statement.
Are you sure they don't think, "That poor delusional 44 year old woman still can't tell a crappy show from a good one. $28 for that hat? Must have money to burn."?
PEACE.
#21re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:14pm
Most people in the real world don't know it was a show, Sueleen.
Which was kinda my point. But you knew that.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#22re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:29pm
Most people HERE didn't know it's a show, either. 
PEACE.
#23re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 3:31pmVery true!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#24re: Liz Smith didn't like Dreamgirls
Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:02pmActually, many critics didn't like DREAMGIRLS...only because Rich gave it a good review did it keep going. And, of course, audience appreciation.
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