#626
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:27pm
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#627
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:28pm
I'm still not convinced Julianne hough is someone we should know.
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#628
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:30pm
The actress who played Patti Simcox was a hoot, as was the actress who played Blanche. Ana Gasteyer was perfectly cast.
I also thought someone else should have been driving the trams at the end. That part made me nervous.
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#629
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:31pm
Nicely done. Far better format than the NBC shows. Closer to how MTV did Legally Blonde. I'd love to see Fox do a couple of these a year.
#630
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:34pm
Legally Blonde was just shot in Broadway house, right?
#631
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:35pm
best12bars- That was exactly what I was thinking about Vanessa. Wasn't too sure in the beginning, but she grew on me.
I think Carly Rae Jepsen and Kether Donohue were the best out of all the ladies. The guys unfortunately did not leave much of an impact. I did like Aaron Tveit, but do agree with those who said he got lost in some of the musical numbers. I guess I would put myself in the mixed to positive group.
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#632
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:39pm
I just finished it and thought it was excellent and far superior to any of the others NBC has done.
#633
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:39pm
FindingNamo said: "But come on. Sandy Young? I simply cannot abide Mormon pandering.
Well it COULD have been Brigham so count yer blessings!
?( oh and I suspects Mormon underwear would get in the way of an real panderers!)
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#634
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:40pm
get rid of those dumb hosting bits that mario lopez did, lose the lip syncing, and use the audience the whole way through and the next one will be a home run.
#635
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:41pm
Yes, MTV's broadcast of LEGALLY BLONDE: The Musical was filmed in its Broadway home: the Palace Theatre. 3 performances were filmed and edited as one single performance. It was not broadcast "live."
#636
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:41pm
For those interested, the Digital HD copy of the show will be available on Tuesday. So far, I just see it'll be on Vudu but hopefully iTunes later... just in case you're like me and can't wait a month for the DVD **and** the Target edition soundtrack.
#637
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:42pm
Bye Bye Birdie with Jennifer Lopez as Rosie would be a lot of fun.
#638
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:42pm
Glad to see positive reactions and looking forward to watching this on my DVR. I've been dismayed by the live telecasts and wasn't sure if I would watch or not. With Sound of Music I watched just long enough to watch Queen Audra ?????? sing Climb Every Mountain and then I turned off the abomination and got the original on Netflix. I watched 5 minutes of Peter Pan and turned it off. The Wiz was better and I had most of it on in the background, but the lack of live audience was still so horribly awkward--I felt like why are they not getting a live audience for this? I've only ever seen the movie Grease and I don't particularly care for it, but wth these reports I'll definitely be checking this out on DVR! Thanks for all the comments everybody!
ETA: The question marks after Queen Audra were praise hands emoji. Stupid BWW.
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#639
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:46pm
Olivia Newton-John is from Australia so her Sandy was made Australian. Julianne Hough was born and raised in Salt Lake City as is her Sandy. I guess it's safe to assume the writers chose to honor the actresses playing Sandy by having their "Sandy" be from their hometowns as well.
#640
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:50pm
I feel like most of you guys are white. No one went this crazy for The Wiz. I'm biased. I thought it was boring; I fell asleep.
#642
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:54pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "Olivia Newton-John is from Australia so her Sandy was made Australian. Julianne Hough was born and raised in Salt Lake City as is her Sandy. I guess it's safe to assume the writers chose to honor the actresses playing Sandy by having their "Sandy" be from their hometowns as well.
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Correction: Julianne is from Orem (which is a sister city to Provo, the home of BYU), not Salt Lake City.
#643
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:55pm
JoseLee_ said: "I feel like most of you guys are white. No one went this crazy for The Wiz. I'm biased. I thought it was boring; I fell asleep."
...and it begins.
#644
Posted: 1/31/16 at 11:59pm
JoseLee_ said: "I feel like most of you guys are white. No one went this crazy for The Wiz. I'm biased. I thought it was boring; I fell asleep."
Um. There was a ton of love for The Wiz on this board.
#645
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:00am
I thought Julianne was too country at some parts but she grew on me as the show went on. Vanessa was a standout. Ana was perfection. I kind of think grease is just meh but I thought there was some great camera work. NBC has some work to do.
#646
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03am
Feels like Julianne really stole the show
i think she can get an Emmy nomination for this
really pops off the screen in a greAt way....
#647
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:09am
Thought Fox did a great job with this truly adventurous production. All three of the leads were great. My heart went out to Vanessa. She is a real trooper. Her dad was looking down on her, smiling and kvelling. (reaping joy)
Fox definitely took a look at the 3 productions that NBC did, took note of all their mistakes, and did the opposite. Three shows they did and could not get it right, not even when they were up at bat with The Wiz. It SO needed an audience.
Bravo to FOX, they set the bar really high tonight. A big Mazel Tov to all involved.
#648
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:15am
Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "Technically, it was a jaw dropper, but the audience was weirdly used....All the corny jokes and meta ha-has were screaming for a laugh track."
I agree. No one seems to have figured out how to direct the book part of these live musicals. Jokes fall flat -- or the actors don't seem to know when they're delivering them. Actors don't seem to connect with one another. I don't fault the actors. They just aren't given the direction or time to make their scenes work, time their lines or develop much chemistry -- or even physical comedy with each other. But all in all, this one was a success
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#649
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:18am
I really didn't miss the audiences during the jokes. They were so well-integrated in all the other scenes that I thought it was fine for them not to be around for the dialogue.
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#650
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:23am
I finished watching this about 15 minutes ago. (I started watching it off my DVR while it was in process ... I detest commercials!)
Well done indeed! NBC should take lessons from Fox on these live musicals!
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