Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly
Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#2
Posted: 6/10/08 at 10:20am
Each time I hear that song it get's worse.
Not the actress, the song.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#2
Posted: 6/10/08 at 12:14pm
I love 'Cry-Baby' and to me, there's nothing wrong with the song or the actress. It's hard to take 'Screw Loose' out of context; the 'Regis' audience doesn't know the character she plays or where she's coming from. Each time I've seen 'Cry-Baby,' Alli Mauzey gets lotsa laughs and a great hand for it, and she's clearly a crowd favorite. I actually thought it came off better on 'Regis' than it did at the VISA Tony preview concert. But it's hard for satire to go over well. I would've picked James Snyder and Elizabeth Stanley to belt 'I'm Infected'; that's more straightforward and less ironic.
Updated On: 6/10/08 at 12:14 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#3
Posted: 6/10/08 at 12:31pm
Hey Wayman, I have always enjoyed your views, can you explain further the "irony" in SCREWLOOSE?
She's nuts, there isn't even any subtext, she mixes up some cliches and that's about it for me.
Maybe they aren't featuring Snyder and Stanley because most people agree they have zero chemistry together.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#4
Posted: 6/10/08 at 12:33pmI only heard it on the radio, but I enjoyed the performance a lot. Mauzey was terrific.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#5
Posted: 6/10/08 at 1:00pmI haven't seen or heard anything from "cry baby". i've just heard how awful it is. but the performance I just saw was hilarious. I was laughing out loud! She was great! Sure the song isn't a lyrical gem but she made it very, very funny. If I were in the audience, I would have been the one person cracking up obnoxiously. I thought it was great!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#6
Posted: 6/10/08 at 1:50pmCurtainPullDowner, you're right. 'Irony' is the wrong word; I meant 'satire.' To me, 'Screw Loose' is a tongue-in-cheek parody of 'Crazy.' Whereas the Patsy Cline classic is about someone metaphorically going nuts, 'Screw Loose' is about someone truly mental. It makes me laugh, and I think David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger did a terrific job with this song.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#7
Posted: 6/10/08 at 1:53pmI saw it for the first time on the Visa concert and thought Mauzy's performance (and the song) BLEW AWAY the other nominees. I'm dying to hear the whole score.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#8
Posted: 6/10/08 at 2:22pm
Here's a BroadwayWorld.com interview where Alli Mauzey talks about 'Screw Loose' and how it got taken up a notch. It's insanely such a hoot. (Mauzey should've gotten a Tony nomination; anyway, she's picking up a Theatre World Award today. Brava!)
BroadwayWorld.com: Alli Mauzey
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#9
Posted: 6/10/08 at 2:38pmDoes anyone else think Mauzey looks like Stephanie D'Abruzzo?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#10
Posted: 6/10/08 at 2:42pmDetested nearly everything about CRY-BABY. Thought "Screw Loose" was the best number in the show. Glad that it gets national exposure.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#11
Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:26pmI do really like the show and just assumed that they'd do "A Little Upset" like they did on the Today Show yesterday. I must admit though that "Screw Loose" isn't really a song to be performed outside of the show. Out of context, the song clearly raised a few eyebrows. Oh well. I liked it because I know who Lenora is as a character but the studio audience didn't, and that should've been considered when choosing the song.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#12
Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:31pm
Enough about Mauzey's performance.
Let's talk about the real hilight of that clip; Regis saying "open-mouth kissing".
Gold, I tell ya! GOLD!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#13
Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:32pm
Video of CRY-BABY performance on LIVE WITH REGIS & KELLY (6/10):
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1586371636/bclid1586429656/bctid1599946616
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#14
Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:46pmcan i say...wtf....i love her voice, but that song??? just wow
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#15
Posted: 6/10/08 at 5:10pmthey should have picked a different number for R&K.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#16
Posted: 6/10/08 at 5:53pm
What a weird choice for a morning talk show. I really doubt that made the little old ladies and suburban housewives want to see Cry Baby...a girl sticking a lollipop in her cleavage and having someone's name carved into her arms.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#17
Posted: 6/10/08 at 6:14pmKelly gave it a proper intro, too bad it seemed to go over everyone's head.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#19
Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:05pmSee, I have the opposite reaction to Cry-Baby. Everything I see from this show only makes me want to see it more.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#20
Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:12pm
So, go see it.
They ned your $$$ badly.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#21
Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:34pmI liked the performance. I'm sure I'll like it more when I see it in context next week when I see Cry-Berry.
re: Cry Baby on Regis and Kelly#22
Posted: 6/10/08 at 7:35pmWhat's Cry-Berry? Is that a new flavor of Gatorade? It sounds tasty.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
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