Laura Bell Bundy Gets Sardi's Caricature

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:16am

No, this isn't a joke.



Laura Bell Bundy Gets Sardi's Caricature

[shh282]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:22am

what's the quote say where she signed?

[Anakela]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:24am

what's the quote say where she signed?

"If you have nothing to fall back on you simply don't fall back."

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:27am

Good for her!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:30am

Aren't caricatures supposed to exaggerate your features, not soften them?

[kylestefanie]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:33am

Sorry, I hate to be like this but she has just done Legally Blonde right?
If not then I sure didn't remember her.
I'm sure there are other, more deserving performers that could have recived that award.


"Aren't caricatures supposed to exaggerate your features, not soften them?"
why yes, yeah they are but that obviously isn't the case here, I think they tryed to make her look better.

[shh282]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:33am

http://ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=99960

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:35am

it seems "caricature" has become a relative term, i mean hell if you're gonna be nice (which i'm fine with) at least make it look like a cartoon

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:39am

They were waaay too nice, IMO. It's like when your friend asks you to draw a portrait of them and you intentionally flub things so they won't get offended (as an artist myself, I do have experience with that particular situation).

But you're right, if they had to be that nice, they could have at least made it look more cartoonish.

Updated On: 4/29/08 at 11:39 AM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:42am

Good for her.

Let's be honest, if someone from Sardis came up to you on the streets and you hadn't been in a single Broadway show and told you they wanted your caricature on the walls, wouldn't you jump at the opportunity? I'm sure Laura Bell was asked and obviously said yes...who wouldn't? So, good for her.

[Anakela]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:43am

Sorry, I hate to be like this but she has just done Legally Blonde right?
If not then I sure didn't remember her.
I'm sure there are other, more deserving performers that could have recived that award.

Yeah, she's only just completed a year on Broadway in a role that she originated and was Tony-nominated for. After doing Wicked, Hairspray, being OCC and Drama Desk nominated for her performance in Ruthless as a kid, yadda yadda.

It's not an "award," it's a Sardi's Charicature- I thought the only qualification was that if the owner of Sardi's wants you to have one then you get one.

[kylestefanie]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:43am

I agree with that SporkGoddess, although I wasnt aware she had been in other things before because honestly I have no interest in her and I don't think she is that amazing of a performer.

Updated On: 4/29/08 at 11:43 AM

[shh282]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:49am

I didn't know you had to be an amazing performer to get your caricature done? [either way - I think LBB is one.]


crimeny.
Updated On: 4/29/08 at 11:49 AM

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 11:57am

Seems to me the negative comments are coming from a place of pure envy/jealousy - get over it and be happy for her!

[jigblob]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:11pm

lbb looks great in those pictures. has she lost weight since starting legally blonde? it would make sense being that the role is so demanding haha

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:24pm

Hey at least she's much more deserving than Bob Saget!

[shh282]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:36pm

Cape, don't knock Bob

The number of people who watched Full House is alot higher than the number of people who have seen any one or all of Laura Bell's shows.

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:38pm

True enough, but neither one of them has made a substantial contribution to the American theatre, which is what the qualifications for the wall used to be.

[shh282]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:42pm

(signed "Thank you, Sardi's. I haven't ever looked towards this wall with such respect before. Bob Saget")


Wow, kind of lost respect for him on that line.

[alex2155]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 12:50pm

Why so much negativity?

Congrats to Laura! She's worked hard and deserves it.

[Grand Motel]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 1:07pm

It's completely normal for the lead of a Broadway show to be approached for something like this. I don't think JLY was in *any* other Broadway shows when he got his, so it's a matter of the shows publicist petitioning for it to happen. It's not a hard sell. Good for her, she's never looked more attractive.

[ruprecht]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 1:10pm

Exactly on all points Grand Motel.

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 1:17pm

I think the negative comments are from people who are simply bemoaning the fact that getting a portrait at Sardi's is no longer as big an honor as it used to be. No one is knocking Laura Bell, or saying she isn't a legit actress, just that it used to be that she would have to have had a longer career before this happened.

But I also agree she sure as hell is more deserving than some of the other recent additions.

[FosterChild]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 1:28pm

So few of the cast was there, were only a limited number invited?

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 4/29/08 at 1:39pm

*Grr.*