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Hairspray the muscial movie
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#26
Posted: 9/18/04 at 4:54pmim with Crazy4MattMorrison, i saw kathy brier, and aside from being so distracted by the fact that she looks SOOOO old and REALLY tired (i could see the bags under her eyes from the back of the orchestra) she was just not good. maybe she got beter toward the end of her, but i did not love her.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#27
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:17pmNo only does Queen Latifah not even begin to have the vocal chops to pull off Motormouth, she's waaaaaay too young for the role (34 -- Ruth Brown who created the role in the original movie was 60). How about Aretha Franklin? Or Patti Labelle?
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#28
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:24pmkathy brier does look old andyf and her voice was annoying.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#29
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:28pmGeez some people are really mean. Stop making nasty remarks about how Kathy Brier looks! Have you nothing better to do?
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#30
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:32pmi thought she looked quite young and exuberant...and she fit the role perfectly!!! she could really relate!! she looks more like a tracy then marissa did, it depends on which way you like your tracys to look. and i thought her whiny, nasally voice added an awesome touch!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#31
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:32pmyeah. if you were trying to do and broadway show and a soap opera at the same time, i'm sure that you would look the same way.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#32
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:35pm
"i thought she looked quite young and exuberant...and she fit the role perfectly!!! she could really relate!! she looks more like a tracy then marissa did, it depends on which way you like your tracys to look. and i thought her whiny, nasally voice added an awesome touch!"
Amen! She had no bags under her eyes from my viewpoint in the FRONT ROW. Tears during the "Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise)". She was perfect.
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#33
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:37pmi thought that AND i sat front row!!! although richard sweat way too much.lol
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#34
Posted: 9/18/04 at 5:39pmi find it fully that everyone says kathy brier is too old for tracy but no one has pointed out the same fact about the mention of kristin chenoweth as amber mentioned in the initial post.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#35
Posted: 9/18/04 at 6:07pmI never thought she was too old. She was a great Tracy.
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
Chorus Member Joined: 7/5/04
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#37
Posted: 9/18/04 at 6:47pmi do hope she does the movie! never noticed the tears...one single tear is more powerful than a bunch. like mary bond davis in i know where i've been.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#38
Posted: 9/18/04 at 6:58pm
Yeah she'd have this single tear running down her cheek and it was heartbreaking. She had more tears when she was talking about how Link Larkin could never love someone like her. I miss Kathy 
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#39
Posted: 9/18/04 at 7:14pmi dont remember her crying the only time i saw her was on matt morrisons last performance. ive seen 4 tracys and shes my least favorite, but i guess everyone has there own opition
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#40
Posted: 9/18/04 at 7:25pm
Whoever the other roles are going to go to, I bet they will definitely bring Harvey in as Edna. He IS Edna. It's a must. 
"i find it fully that everyone says kathy brier is too old for tracy but no one has pointed out the same fact about the mention of kristin chenoweth as amber mentioned in the initial post..."
I think the 2nd or 3rd post mentioned Kristen was too young. But another thing, who cares? If they look the part (and she does look young) and are capable of it (unsure), then why the heck not? It's not about age, it's about talent and the look!
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#41
Posted: 9/18/04 at 7:38pmwhos with me, tracys nowa days like carly jibson and vanessa olivarez are not nasally! whos with me on loving nasally tracys! its part of the role, face it, tracy is supposed to be kind of annoying!
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#42
Posted: 9/18/04 at 7:45pmcarly is not nasally.but i dont like nasally tracys, and i dont think tracy is suppose to be annoying, amber is suppose to be the annoying one
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#43
Posted: 9/18/04 at 7:52pmits just that, marissa made the role that way, and i've learned to love the way it is performed, i identify it as the "tracy" voice. now i don't thin kathy copied, cause she naturally has a voice sorta like that.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#44
Posted: 9/18/04 at 8:38pm
FINALLY,
SOMEONE mentions Patti LaBelle for Motor Mouth! She'd blow the roof off of the pop stand!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#45
Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:52pm
*cough* Me as Link *cough*
sorry...bad cold.
Akiva
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#46
Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:03pmI'm sorry but I think that Marissa is Tracy and Kerry is Penny! I love Kerry's voice. It's so Pennyish. I think she does better than the one in the original movie.
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#48
Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:15pmJeremy Kushiner should be Link.....or maybe even Clay Aiken could be link but I think Kathy is great but might be too old, so Carly could get the part
re: Hairspray the muscial movie#49
Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:17pm
I keep thinking of thing lol Joel Grey could maybe be Wilber.....I am still brainstorming!
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