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#51

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:31pm

And - call me crazy, but she surprised us (most of us) as Rose - what about Ms. Peters?

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 10/24/04 at 11:31 PM

#52

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:31pm

Oh, good point. What I saw was a reading of AUNTIE MAME. Didn't think of the songs!

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#53

I know she did the remake of Gypsy, but what the hell... let Bette Midler do it. She's more or less in the right age group, she's got the comedy thing down, she's got the right personality and attitude for it, and she can sing.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

#54

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:47pm

CHRISTINE BARANSKI, YOU FOOLS!!!!!!!!

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#55

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:49pm

Christine "One Role" Baranski. And the one role is not MAME.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#56

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:49pm

Yes, with Stockard as Vera and Swoozie as Sally Kato and who for "Little Glory"?

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#57

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:50pm

Rath, I am going to hunt you down.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#58

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:51pm

You think Freddy is any match for Bernie? Bring it on!!!

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#59

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:51pm

Well at least Freddy could bring some depth to GYPSY.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#60

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:53pm

OH NO YOU DI-N'T!!!!!!!!

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#61

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:54pm

Oh.

But I did.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#62

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:59pm

Ooooh, that was cold.

#63

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 1:06am

Matt_G's in trouble now...

Updated On: 10/25/04 at 01:06 AM

#64

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 1:43am

zeta jones maimed? is that the payback for stealing that oscar a few years ago...

XING
PED

#65

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 1:45am

She might make an acceptable Ito.

#66

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 10:47am

Wasn't it in CHER's arena a while? She's the right age, and outrageous, and would certainly add the glamour. I think her vocals would be fine, too. But Burnette would be more Ball.

Truth be told, though Lansbury was chic and warm and it changed her career, the definitive comedic take on the character will always be Russell's. Perhaps only Charles Busch comes close to the Russell brand of elegant humor. It's never been as funny without her (and neither has WONDERFUL TOWN, for that matter.)

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

#67

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:06am

GOOD Point Auuggie!

You are right. MAME transformed Lansbury from a bitchy Hollywood character actress to a warm and friendly Broadway singer.

One of the very few instances where an artist was actually able to "re-invent" their on-stage image and the audience did not balk.

After LUCY, Lucille Ball tried to "re-invent" herself (STONE PILLOW) but the public didn't agree.

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#68

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:47pm

I just thought of another good example of an artist "re-inventing himself."

After years of playing "heavies" (mostly in Westerns); Robert Preston turned himself into a charming singer-dancer in THE MUSIC MAN and was no longer thought of as a "heavy."

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

#69

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:54pm

If they are willing to go that young with the part, they should give it to Megan Mullally.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#70

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 4:41pm

I know there's been discussion on the board about the revival...I think Christine Ebersole would be perfect for the revival as well as the TV movie. She has the class, elegance, and age to do it perfectly.

#71

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 4:43pm

Except she's not a major ticket seller.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#72

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 5:07pm

Christine Ebersole seems right for Mame, but she didn't get great reviews when she played the role at Papermill.

While CZJ isn't the warmest performer, I do think she has the right movie star glamour for the role. And I think she is the right age. Auntie Mame isn't 50-60 in the novel, well not for most of it.

#73

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:40pm

i think zeta-jones would play mame very well! i can so see it.

#74

re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????

Posted: 10/25/04 at 10:11pm

Well, while I love CZJ.......I do think she is a tad too young. With comedy, I think she can do it. Some parts in MARSK OF ZORRO she was funny in "He was vigorous father. Very vigorous." I was cracking up at that part. But, yeah. They need to put someone older in the part.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

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