Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC — Page 10

Carrie Underwood as Maria in The Sound of Music Poster

I'm loving how the haters are dismissing Carrie 3 months before the show. I can't wait for her to rock everyone's world.

This article has a video of Carrie talking about 'The Sound of Music' on the Emmys Red Carpet.

http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-92313.htm

"My only question is why are they airing it on a Thursday night?"

Glee is on Thursday nights. I don't know if Glee will already be on sabbatical in December, but I think NBC wants this to compete with Glee.

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Okay, seriously?




This is pretty god-awful. She looks like a Swiss Miss Coco ad. Or a Madame Alexander doll dressed as Maria. Could her sleeves be any more starched and white? Could her hair and skin be anymore perfect? This Maria a strictly an indoor girl. Or maybe just a mannequin.

Really bad.

This makes the 1965 Fox movie look like a gritty independent documentary by comparison.

I think I just got a cavity from all the sugary sweetness in that ad and this photo.

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I guess I'm too used to the movie, where they stopped trying to dress her like a doll.



Shots of the OBC also look pretty Swiss Miss. But it's hard to go back to that after the film.

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How do you solve a problem like Maria?

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"By the way, for the Carrie haters, Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein (who are very protective of the R&H library) signed off on this casting."

I would hope that the conversation Mary and Alice had overlooking the agreement, etc., went like this...

MARY: They wanna do SOUND OF MUSIC with that girl who sings about Jesus and the wheel.
ALICE: SOUND OF MUSIC...not CAROUSEL, not SOUTH PACIFIC...
MARY: Nope. I don't care. It's not like it's their best show.
ALICE: Certainly not.
MARY: I wouldn't let them do ALLEGRO with this woman, but SOUND OF MUSIC...
ALICE: Yeah.
MARY: And if Steve let that woman from CHICAGO do NIGHT MUSIC...
ALICE: Your father DID let Ann-Margaret do a remake of STATE FAIR.
MARY: Uh-huh. Sign?
ALICE: Sign.

I've come to this conclusion (for me, at least): It's THE SOUND OF MUSIC. If they had cast Barbara Cook or dug up Judy Garland and cast her as Maria for this TV special, I would probably laugh at all the horrible cliches and bad lead-ins in the book, and some of Hammerstein's pretty hackneyed lyrics. I'm not particularly "insulted" or upset because I don't particularly like the show.

I think it's wise they're doing it on TV though. If Zadan and Meron had come to Mary Rodgers' apartment suggested an American Idol star play eight shows a week in one of her father's beloved shows, she probably would have shown them the door. (Assuming that...maybe not...but I've met her. She's a lovely lady, but she takes R&H (and R in general) rather seriously.)

I'm just glad it's not Carrie Underwood and Taylor Hicks in CAROUSEL.

Any word on who's playing Sleazel

And what about Rolf?

ANOTHER FUN FACT: Angelina Jolie's father was a replacement "Rolf" in the Original production. Lauri Peters, who played "Sleazel" fell in love with him and they married in 1962, divorcing in 1967. No, she is not Angelina Jolie's mom.

The program will contend as a telefilm at the Golden Globes and SAGs.


Will Carrie Underwood's 'Sound of Music' live event win over Globe, SAG voters?