A new topic! Thrilling! I saw Raq, Betty, and (for free:) Debbie Reynolds. Truth be told, Debbie -- the least glamourous or quirky -- was the most believable as a newswoman, and had the requisite musical comedy skills to bring off the demands. They rechoreographed it for her, and added a ballad, and frankly, though lacking eccentric presence, she was very winning. Welsh was a successful stunt -- Ken Mandlebaum calls it the most overrated performance of that past twenty years, and I agree. But she worked the audience, and looked incredible. Bacall's work is accurately captured on the CD. It's not just that she's no singer -- we'd accept that. But she sings as if she IS a singer, which results in that strangulated sound. God-DAMN-it! I! AMMMM! The wo-MAN! OF! the! YEEEEEEEAR! I still think the score has many charms, not the least of which is sounding like, well, a broadway musical. Just play the overture.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 6/11/04 at 09:17 AM
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