Karen Ziemba – I wish this was a joke

I just heard a rumor that Karen Ziemba might do a TV Pilot and I am beside myself…

I just hate it when “Broadway Stars” think they have something special enough to transcend the stage and work on TV screens across the land.

I mean Jennifer Aniston she is NOT!

They should have laws against such “stunt casting”!

You would think they learned they’re lesson from Kristen’s awful show and lets not even talk about Nathan Lane’s multiple debacles…...

At least Nathan has lots of talent and is very cute but…my god!

Enough is Enough!

Well.. TV is just going to the dogs I say….

To the dogs!!

Updated On: 5/14/04 at 03:34 PM

Damn Right...

Pop stars should stay in one space

Broadway "stars" in another!

Right!

I mean...How Dare she think she can compete with Courtney Cox....

I mean, some poor TV actress is gonna be OUT OF WORK because of her!

She's not fit to kiss Markie Post's weave!

this is a very bizarre thread because I cannot tell which posts are serious and which are meant to be sarcastic.

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this is a beautifully satirical thread, redhot. VA is making a fantastic point.

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Too bad the point voiceanth is trying to make, is moot. If Ziemba was trying to crossover to a nonacting profession, then it would make sense. The argument he is satirizing is of pop stars with no acting experience being offered roles as if they were the most qualified and best choice for a particular role. Since Ziemba would go from one acting profession to another acting profession, then his point is entirely lost. His comparison is false.

Sorry voiceanth! Good effort, but you're just going to have to try harder. Now if Heather Headley gets put on a WNBA team because of her Tony for Aida, then you would have something to discuss.

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"Too bad the point voiceanth is trying to make, is moot."

Oh dear, I just understood that joke from Friends like forever ago, when Joey says its a "moo point". Dear goodness, I am oblivious to the world...

Oh my dear lord, would someone please explain sarcasm to some of these folks. Voiceanth and Johnpopa that was absolutely hysterical and well executed.

Very funny.

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well, VA also wants to see pop stars make the jump to Broadway. Thus, one assumes that is included in his argument. However, the criticism on this board about film and TV starts doing Broadway alone is worthy of this thread.

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I once defended Debbie Boone doing SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS on b'way, and almost got beaten up in a bar because of it. And it was a piano bar, where my would-be assailant was sipping a Gin Rickey. Which tells you how strongly held these beliefs are about the appropriate arena for talent. I dare say, look at all the lads n'lassies who were pumped into the Roundabout CABARET, and the Weissler CHICAGO (to cover the "C" shows anyway)some from stage, some from screens small and large. The mixed results are part of a b'way tradition.

This syndrome isn't new. I remember when Jane Russell, not exactly a b'way legend, was chosen to replace Elaine Stritch in Company, theatre folk balked. She was more successful than not -- and she was hand-picked by a man not known for stunt casting, Hal Prince. Casting is always about risk taking, no?

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Marc - Of course I still love you. I had stated before in another thread on the subject , I never had a problem with a pop performer in a Broadway show if they are hired for being the best choice to sing and act the role. It's hiring pop stars that cannot act based on their name simply to boost the box office that I have a problem with. Carly is wonderful, but she's not a huge teeny-bopper star that is going to be the focus of Hairspray's marketing campaigns. If the pop performer is the best choice, then they are the best choice. But somehow, I doubt that no one better ever auditioned for the roles of Mimi or Mark in Rent than Scary Spive and Joey Fatone. I have a feeling that over the past 8 years, there have been performers with more talent in singing AND acting that have auditioned for the show. Maybe I'm wrong, but somehow I don't think so.

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