NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 20

Got it- I misunderstood in the Pilot then and thought it was something that team had already tried. Regardless, clearly Ellis wasn't the first to think of doing Marilyn as a musical.

I don't see McPhee returning to Idol. Apparently since NBC wants to mention that she is from Idol there is some bad blood between the 2. Even when Mark Ballas was the in audience Seacrest wouldn't say DWTS he called it "some dance show next door".

Have to echo Gaveston here, Ray. Parenthood's ensemble shouldn't be characterized in that way. Have a look at the credits for the actors on the show. Even some of the youngest, like Mae Whitman, has an abundance of professional experience, and they're certainly not all unknowns.

I didn't mean to insult any fans of the PARENTHOOD cast. SIX FEET UNDER and ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT are my favorite drama/comedy shows respectively so I know very well who's part of the cast. But realistically speaking, in terms of audience and salary, I can't imagine anyone in the PARENTHOOD ensemble commanding the kind of salary that Angelica Houston or Debra Messing must command. Again, this is all speculative, who knows if maybe Peter Krause or Craig T. Nelson have the same kind of publicity/attention and salary, but I doubt it. And yes, by "no-name" I meant relatively, I'm perfectly aware of the screen credits of most of the PARENTHOOD ensemble.

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...I think she has a deal to get a pay bonus everytime she throws a drink in someone's face.

I Played catch-up and watched all of the episodes back to back. By the end of the 3rd one, I realized that I may not invest any more time in the show. It feels like it is just going to go down that familiar nighttime soap road.

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episode 3: meh


losing interest quickly.

I feel like Megan Hilty and Katharine Mcphee should switch roles...

The Iowa scenes were embarrassing. From the sepia fuzz filter at the edges of the screen to the karaoke bar with signage that said "Iowa" in two places, while no one ever mentioned the name of the town or city... Wow.

The Iowa scenes were the worst kind of filler. They didn't show us ANYTHING we didn't know (her parents love her but are worried, Karen is more than ready not to stay in Iowa), her friends with annoying cardboard cut outs (why cast a Broadway star known for her voice as one anyway?), and yes, it was shown as the worst kind of "middle America" cliche down to the white house with the huge American flag. (You can't smoke inside bars anywhere in Canada anymore--can you still in the US? Just curious since she mentioned her dad smelt of cigarettes which I thought was meant to show us he had taken up smoking due to his daughter worries but actually apparently ti was because he snuck into the bar to hear her--nevermind that it didn't look like a smoky enough bar to have him reeking of them the next day...)

It could have been completely cut out with no damage to the story. I get that they want to have covers of "real" songs each episode--partly because I assume Shaiman and crew can't really handle more than one or maybe two new show songs an episode, and partly to appeal to non theatre fans, and they've been done relatively decently I guess (we've had two bla karaoke covers so far, as well as the dream Somewhere Over the |rainbow, dream Call me, and Beautiful as a weird audition song), but that bizarre rock cover of Bruno mars doing Grenade was just too much. I hope it was meant to be camp outrageous.

I mean I've never been to New York but I know of LaMaMa, would they really be putting on a straightforward rock show celebrating Bruno Mars (who has had one album?) Would producers really go see that well sung, but ridiculously cheezy dance performance of Grenade and think "THIS has to be our Joe DiMaggio!"

Eric, who was the broadway star playing the friend? (I watch it on my tiny TV and don't recognize anybody)

Rebecca Naomi Jones (maybe not a *star* but certainly a Broadway name) was her black friend with the horrible clothes...

(And dancer and Tony nom Karine Plantadit-Bageot was the female dancer in that ridiculous Bruno Mars at LaMaMa! performance).

Phyllis--that was a hysterical piece of dialogue that shouldn't have survived a re-write, but the show seems to have a lot of "let's state or ask the obvious" lines.