Alice Ripley's Speech

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Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:15pm

What did you think of it?

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re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm

Started off nice enough. The she went nuts and was rather scarey.....maybe Diana is not as big of a stretch as I would have guessed.

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re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm

It scared me.

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm

Mental illness is nothing to laugh at.

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re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm

It's so HER! I loved it! Added some excitement

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm

It was slightly manic but yet somehow that totally worked given the show she won for and the moment

I love her. She looked amazing, and I loved the over all message of her speech!

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm

It was off the deep end and I loved it. She completely deserved it.

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:19pm

Yeah- I liked the content but she was screaming it. It almost seemed a little fake to me. This is totally unbiased. I have never seen the show and have only heard her sing on The View and the show tonight.

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:20pm

Well, I'm just going to put 2 and 2 together

Her Crazy Speech, Her Youtube freak-outs, her freaky Broadway.com Ask a Star Interview, and her Facebook issues.

This is why she plays a mentally ill person so well.

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#10

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:21pm

^ You are so smart for a 12 year old.

#11

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:22pm

Ha. Yeah she was a tad intense, but she was hot as hell! Lookin' good Rip! And she was on fire tonight in her performance!

#12

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:23pm

The woman could have stood there and twiddled her thumbs and it would have been awesome. Honestly, I don't care if she was a little wacky during her speech - in my opinion, she was just trying to hold it together after one of the most triumphant moments of her life. I don't blame her for being a little over-exuberant. I thought it was great. She completely deserved to win, and I'm thrilled that she did.

#13

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm

Hey ljay:
I'M 15!!!!

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#14

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm

maybe she wanted to avoid more sound issues, so she just shouted.

loved the content, though.

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#15

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm

I think she didn't expect to get emotional so that caught her off guard, and she just got caught up in the moment and got a little...loud lol.

#16

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm

She DID look stunning.

#17

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm

I lol'd.

#18

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm

So Alive Ripley was the only one who didn't expect her to win the Tony?

#19

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm

the woman is crazy, as (i'm not sure if you've noticed this yet) most people in theater are (myself included). But she just dominated tonight, it was amazing. Love her to death, and she SO deserved that win tonight.

#20

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm

She looked crazy. Sorry.

#21

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm

Yeah agreed, she looked GORGEOUS. I don't like her frizzy Diana hair, it looks so nice when it's pulled back lol.

#22

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm

I thought her speech was completely flat and off-pitch, she was even yelling!! How she won was beyond me.

#23

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:27pm

Did it seem like this year everyone who won sort of expected it, with maybe the exception of Roy Robinson. They all seemed to make comments about how "I've been thanking people all week," etc.

#24

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:27pm

She gave her best two performances at the Kennedy Center (thus her long quotation of the inscription on the wall in the lobby), and it was apparent from her offstage demeanor during those shows that she was ebuilliant and rightfully glowing (her performance as Amy in COMPANY was met with standing ovations and the highlight of a truly remarkable festival filled with highlights)... there is a concert she gave at the time at the KennedyCenter.org website. It's fantastic.

I must say I much preferred her performance tonight than the cast recording or when I saw her months ago.

Good for her. I hope to see her again.

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Updated On: 6/7/09 at 11:27 PM

#25

re: Alice Ripley's Speech

Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:28pm

"This is why she plays a mentally ill person so well"

LOL!!!

She looked very pretty indeed, but her actions were a little scary.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

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