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Posted: 7/24/08 at 9:29am
Sorry, I'm not going to add to the thread that has10 posts about her performance and 6 pages about her dumb insert bio and I love you Amneris for saying what you did. Whenever I try to tell it like it is, my posts get deleted:
I saw the show last night and here are some thoughts. I think she will be better in time as a performer but her pitch problems may never go away, I think she's too young and makes even her sorority sisters look like they were left back and Christian Borle has never looked so out of place and miserable. She's really small so her wig looked like it was bigger than her whole body but that's not a criticism. Her southern drawl came out now and again, in full force and I also don't get the sense that she's a leader yet. Her scenes with Orfeh were the only ones that really worked in my eyes and not because I love Orfeh (austengirl) but because it finally makes the "mentor" thing real. I actually enjoyed their scenes better than I ever did with LBB. I thought Autumn looked pissed the whole show and in my eyes, could NEVER be Elle Woods. I don't remember the new Enid's name but I thought she was very natural. She got a huge laugh on "please". Ven Daniel's is simply not great. I know everyone says he's a great guy but since I didn't wait in the rain to meet him and always think it's so stupid when that's what this board basis a performance on, all I have to go by (and should care about) is his performance. I know Andy Karl is a tough act to follow but he's just not funny, he's really short and stocky and is pretty much an eh actor. The audience was CRAZY last night, yelling and screaming at every turn and even they were sort of luke warm whenever he was on stage. I thought both Matt Risch and Jason Gillman blew him away.
Bailey is sweet and has that likeabilty factor LBB never (IMO) did but she's got to really work harder to grow. She can't rest on the "I'm a reality T.V. star" thing and get away with it because that will fade soon enough. Sorry there wasn;t more about Autumn but I never got the hype and now that i've seen her, I get it even less.
I saw the show last night and here are some thoughts. I think she will be better in time as a performer but her pitch problems may never go away, I think she's too young and makes even her sorority sisters look like they were left back and Christian Borle has never looked so out of place and miserable. She's really small so her wig looked like it was bigger than her whole body but that's not a criticism. Her southern drawl came out now and again, in full force and I also don't get the sense that she's a leader yet. Her scenes with Orfeh were the only ones that really worked in my eyes and not because I love Orfeh (austengirl) but because it finally makes the "mentor" thing real. I actually enjoyed their scenes better than I ever did with LBB. I thought Autumn looked pissed the whole show and in my eyes, could NEVER be Elle Woods. I don't remember the new Enid's name but I thought she was very natural. She got a huge laugh on "please". Ven Daniel's is simply not great. I know everyone says he's a great guy but since I didn't wait in the rain to meet him and always think it's so stupid when that's what this board basis a performance on, all I have to go by (and should care about) is his performance. I know Andy Karl is a tough act to follow but he's just not funny, he's really short and stocky and is pretty much an eh actor. The audience was CRAZY last night, yelling and screaming at every turn and even they were sort of luke warm whenever he was on stage. I thought both Matt Risch and Jason Gillman blew him away.
Bailey is sweet and has that likeabilty factor LBB never (IMO) did but she's got to really work harder to grow. She can't rest on the "I'm a reality T.V. star" thing and get away with it because that will fade soon enough. Sorry there wasn;t more about Autumn but I never got the hype and now that i've seen her, I get it even less.
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