NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 29

At least we now know SMASH is psychologically realistic.

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I love the show. Its a mainstream TV show about the making's of a hit Broadway musical, with tons of Broadway stars, with catchy, original songs thrown in with some pop songs.
I'm not easy to please, but in this case I'm not gonna be picky. It's a fun show. That's all that matters to me.

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Ok...bad choice of words on my part.

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Oh. Barf.

Less clandestine-topless-bad-acting-about-unrequited-lust-in-rehearsal-rooms and more musical numbers. That Debra Messing/Will Chase storyline is annoying, and while Messing is doing her best with it, I just do not like Chase in this. His squinting and intense whispers of "*no one has to know*" look more like he's constipated than horny. I'm surprised Messing even went for such a poorly-staged and poorly acted scene (and storyline).

/Vent over. Thank you.

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What is the musical actually called?

I found the Bar Mitzvah scene excruciating. One, I don't think a Bar Mitzvah has looked like that in 30 years, especially, as you say, a "Long Island Bar Mitzvah." Also, it was incredibly boring. I don't understand why we needed to waste so much time with McPhee singing boring songs without anything exciting happening. The only potential plot development that came out of this was the agent or whoever he is that handed her the business card, which could have been accomplished in far less screen time.

I also thought the Messing/Chase scene was laughably bad. I actually think the plot line could go somewhere but every scene they're together just looks so lazily acted with horrendous writing. (And I ordinarily love them both!)

Another major issue I had: the whole Ellis now teaming up with Anjelica Huston's character. I find the Ellis character annoying because the whole thing seems so childish. He runs around divulging everyone's secrets with no apparent objective in mind and no one has thought that perhaps he shouldn't be sitting in a room watching rehearsals of a musical in development? Also, why is he taking rich investors/producers to cheap bars? I have a very hard time believing Huston's character and the investor would ever step foot there. More importantly, why is he having drinks at all with them? It makes little to no sense to me.

I thought the episode was ok but some of these glaring plot issues are hard to get past. It was a major improvement over the first few episodes but I thought it regressed a bit from last week.

Some positives:
Loved the rehearsal at the end of the episode. (so what if an actor would never scream at a director?) It's a drama! I also love the tension developing among the creative team and I definitely foresee something happening to Tom/Messing's character. That could be interesting.

I like Ivy's hallucinations and that entire plot line. It makes sense given the crazy drugs she's on and I really like the inner psychological battle we're seeing unfold. The part and rehearsals are clearly draining her both physically and mentally, something actors experience quite often. This could be interesting as she will probably confront the director in the future.

Sorry for the rambling - just pouring out my thoughts!

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Why is this show such a bore? It never gets any better for me.

I like it okay, but I don't really take it all that seriously. And I just can't stand Karen. There's a fine line between being a naive little Iowa bunpkin and being someone who seems to be a little developmentally disabled. I love Ivy, though. And I only heard one "Amazing!" in the script tonight, so that's always a plus.

Oooh, I'd be a dame for Christian. I love him. But yeah, I don't really get him and that guy. I feel like they've been hinting at him and the "straight" gay guy eventually getting it on, but who knows?

I know others have mentioned this, but the kid who player her son really is a terrible actor.

Now that the series has established that it is primarily a sudser set in the world of theater, my expectations have adjusted accordingly.

This, exactly this.

Ivy's bedroom singing was crazy, but I chalked it off to being a steroid hallucination.

Overral, I enjoyed this week's episode but not as much as last week's. I continue to enjoy how they piece together the musical and liked the original number "History Made At Night" at the end.

I may be one of a few out there who is actually rooting for Karen, but all this teasing with her MAYBE getting the part and then not getting it is starting to get on my nerves.

The only real problem I had with this episode was the Glee-like moment Ivy had in her bedroom when she suddenly busted out into a song and dance when she was hallucinating. It was a bit weird for me and I actually laughed out loud when she was done singing.

Bernadette Peters is on next week though...can't wait!

"The only real problem I had with this episode was the Glee-like moment Ivy had in her bedroom when she suddenly busted out into a song and dance when she was hallucinating. It was a bit weird for me and I actually laughed out loud when she was done singing."


Which was the point.

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