Alice Ripley's Speech- Page 7

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/9/09 at 11:30am

dwperkins: I also had the same reaction about her being a trained singer.

And, funny, because technically posting in all caps is yelling. She's yelling to explain her yelling!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/9/09 at 11:45am

It is not an apology or an explanation. It is simply a list.

A list of what? I mean, it's sort of specific, isn't it? And when you say "I did this because...", isn't that an explanation?

It isn't a criticism or a question. It is a list.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 6/9/09 at 11:46am

All caps is standard Alice procedure. :) For her it's not yelling.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 6/9/09 at 6:53pm

I wonder if SNL will cover it.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:56pm

I've always really liked Alice Ripley. I like her craziness and her quirkiness as well as the uniqueness of her voice. I don't deny that she's off-pitch sometimes when she sings... but so are many, many talented performers-- Patti LuPone, Terrence Mann, and Ramin Karimloo among scores of others, and performers who are perfectly on-pitch have different flaws.

But yeah, Alice Ripley's speech kind of scared me. Still, I'd have been sadder if she gave a dull, ordinary acceptance speech. Giving a memorably loopy speech is so like her. Has anyone else noticed that her youtube profile says she's 85 years old? Haha...

Updated On: 6/15/09 at 12:56 PM

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 1:04pm

She made it onto Vh1's Best Week Ever...so did Bret Michaels.

[Holliwoodblonde]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 1:50pm

I don't really care about Alice Ripley's speech, it's great that she's passionate about what she does and it gave us a great opportunity to see an emotion on Sutton Foster's face besides "Happy! Smiley!"

What I don't like is her responses to her critics, especially via facebook statuses and youtube. Seriously? She knew what she signed up for when she got her BFA in MT. Not everyone will like you or your performance that's life but you can accept their criticisms with grace and dignity. Which you do by not typing in all capitals which, no matter what she says, implies screaming and makes her look immature and well, crazy.

[dwperkins]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 2:47pm

Singing a few notes off pitch is fine but the night I saw Ripley's performance she was singing whole phrases off pitch in several numbers. It was way beyond a few notes here and there. It's a major problem that she needs to work on if she wants to be considered a top flight singer.

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 2:47pm

"What I don't like is her responses to her critics, especially via facebook statuses and youtube. Seriously?"

Seriously? We're STILL on that? For all we know, someone she actually knows could have insulted her behind her back and that's what her FB status was about. Making BWW very full of themselves.

I get the reason people discuss her responses to criticism, I just don't get what it has to do with her as a performer. Then again, I don't really know how to explain her list either....

Updated On: 6/15/09 at 02:47 PM

[alightinthedark23]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 5:06pm

I think that Alice Ripley's acceptance speech for best leading actress in a musical was very fitting for her. As we all know, she is a very energetic and "out there" lady. Had she went up for her speech and rattled off a list of names, I think it would of been awkward. She definitely seems like a lady who does not like to conform.

[srg129]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 8:44pm

Considering Alice has released multiple vocal recordings that are quite exceptional and has had rather steady work in musical theater for an extended history, I think it is rather naive and uninformed to not consider her a "top flight singer". I don't think she needs an endorsement from every insignificant needle in the haystack.

What I find truly interesting is that the people who really have a strong sense of pitch don't need to advertise that fact. In general, every time you hear an audition from someone who lists "perfect pitch" as a skill on their resume, you can usually always bet on a flat or sharp performance.

I'm pretty sure that 99.9% of the 50,000+ who have attended Next to Normal on Broadway haven't had any issues of significance with Alice's pitch. The majority of the remainder probably just need to spend a minute or two with a Q-Tip.

As far as her acceptance speech goes, whether people liked it or not, it was infinitely more interesting and watchable than the awkward, uncomfortable, lifeless, uninteresting, joyless, and downright boring silences of the brain dead snoozefest that was known as the acceptance speech for best actor in a musical.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 9:32pm

What I find truly interesting is that the people who really have a strong sense of pitch don't need to advertise that fact. In general, every time you hear an audition from someone who lists "perfect pitch" as a skill on their resume, you can usually always bet on a flat or sharp performance.

Oh, gosh. The most tone-deaf person I know claims to have perfect pitch. She says that she can 'pull any note right out of the air.' Eurgh.

Now, I know when my pitch is off, and sometimes it is, especially on breaks in my voice. Whenever I miss a note, I cringe, but I can't go back in time and fix it, so I guess I'm less harsh on singers who are flat, because I sympathize with them.

My sister and brother DO have perfect pitch, unlike me, and they go crazy whenever they hear anyone (including me or a famous singer) hit a bad note. Whenever I play a song with Terrence Mann singing, who I adore, my sister has to leave the room because she feels physically ill when he misses a note.

[broadwayhoofer]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 1:54am

I'm sure most of you have seen this by now... LMAO Yes, Alice, YES!

[Eos]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 2:02am

^^ another reason I love her. Okay, it may not be "dignified", but there's something about the way she just doesn't give a f*ck that I love.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 2:05am

Maybe she was on Tina.

[broadwayhoofer]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 2:10am

What?

[fbueller]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 10:56am

I love reading Alice's Facebook statuses. She has become the new Rosie O'Donnell posting on her blog!!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 12:13pm

broadwayhoofer- http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/slang/slang10.shtml

[RyToast1]

Posted: 6/17/09 at 9:31pm

"I love reading Alice's Facebook statuses. She has become the new Rosie O'Donnell posting on her blog!!"

I love reading her statuses too, they're so random sometimes.

There's this one chick who literally comments on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER STATUSES. Like...obsessed much?

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/17/09 at 9:39pm

Is her facebook just a fanpage? It's the only Alice Ripley on Facebook that looks legit.

[RyToast1]

Posted: 6/17/09 at 9:43pm

It's really her.

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/17/09 at 9:46pm

That's what I thought, just checking.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/17/09 at 10:03pm

Her status updates are incredibly entertaining and enjoyable.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 12:04am

Nice to see that the YT commenting tradition lives on.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/18/09 at 12:06am

I could listen to the way she yelled John FITZGERALD Kennedy every day for the rest of my life. Then I could fall off a cliff and die happy.