NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 35
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#850Rachel Shukert Is A Goddess
Posted: 3/20/12 at 9:04pm
Playbill stated it best: the songs are too good for me to believe that the investors weren't even remotely interested.
Also, I think Derek is the only one who actually cares about the musical. Everyone else seems caught up in their own drama or issues.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#851Rachel Shukert Is A Goddess
Posted: 3/20/12 at 9:56pmWhen Sam opened the curtain to reveal Ivy, that part had me in stitches. The look on her face and that half assed wave was perfect.
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#852Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/20/12 at 10:08pm
I really hope they get rid of Will Chase and his character. He's disgusting.
Cousin Debbie - pathetic
The son - yuck
Rachel Shukert - overrated
#853Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/20/12 at 10:26pm^ haha, agreed!
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#854Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/20/12 at 10:52pmYeah, I like Broadway Abridged's commentary much better.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#855Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/21/12 at 12:53am
"Side note; Where can I watch a full episode I missed?"
http://www.nbc.com/smash/
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Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
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Updated On: 3/21/12 at 12:53 AM
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#856Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/21/12 at 9:11am
"I don't think that the reprimand right into drinking together was unusual. I've had many tense moments with co-workers during the day that end as soon as we get to the bar. Just because you have an argument at work doesn't mean you can't still enjoy your post-work drink."
But look who we're talking about here -- the producer and the snarky little weasel of an assistant. I can think of 4,573 more likely people for Anjelica's character to go have a drink with before that little slimeball. What on earth are they doing together in the first place?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#857Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/21/12 at 7:52pmCousin Debbie's on funny Uncle Dave's show tonight, SMASHers.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#859Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/21/12 at 9:34pm
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#861Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:25pmWell, I'm always happy to see Jack Davenport working.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#862Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:25pm
^ Great news!
Updated On: 3/22/12 at 03:25 PM
#863Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:28pmSo excited! I love this show even though it's not necessarily good, but I can't help myself. I hope the writers regroup (it'd be great if NBC got a new showrunner actually) and get rid of some of the characters that don't work and make the show as tight as it can be. I think it has the potential to have an outstanding second season.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#864Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:34pm
Nearly all my comments on the show here tend to be negative, but I'm pleasantly surprised and pleased too, actually. I guess part of the appeal for me is there's no other show on TV (this may sound like a backhanded complement) like it, so in that instance I find it refreshing and even when I roll my eyes, it's one of the few non cable hours of TV I watch that seem to fly by.
(However, out of nearly all the cast, I don't think you need to worry about Jack Davenport finding other work...)
#865Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:35pmI'd actually suggest replacing Theresa Rebeck as headwriter. Yes, I know it's partly her creation (although the setp up, etc, was all decided long before they brought her on board), but she seems to be one of the weak links. Or at the least get her a co-showrunner.
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#867Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 3:50pm
(However, out of nearly all the cast, I don't think you need to worry about Jack Davenport finding other work...)
Ah, I see. You sent me to IMDB. Since I fell asleep during the first one, I didn't realize he was in all those PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movies.
I know him from the UK COUPLING, then the brief SUMMERLAND, a couple of summers ago. I actually think he is the one actor who is emerging from SMASH relatively unscathed thus far. Even poor Anjelica Huston seems to stumble at times over the awkward lines they give her.
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And, of course, Eric, you are right that show runners have been replaced before, even from shows they single-handedly created.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#868Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 4:24pm
The entire time I was thinking, "Just roll in the portable air conditioners!!!"
And I can't stop staring at Debra's half open mouth, with her over painted lips and her teeth looking like they are a mile apart from each other.
She really needs to keep her mouth closed.
And, I will say it again, the kid is terrible. I was also thinking he must have some learning disability because NO teen age kid is going to be THAT into an adopted child, or burst into tears because he saw his mother kissing someone else.
And what was with all of the smack talk right before the workshop?! Not ONE person was getting ready to perform, but they were ALL bitching and complaining about something. I mean, who walks across the stage, telling the writer to go back and talk to his star 'because she thinks you are bringing in a star' as potential investors were sitting right there?!
And the songs were too good not to have any of the invetors interested.
AND, they were a bit overdramatic at the gaffes that happened. 'Whoops, she missed sitting on the bats'... BFD
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mcdjustin
Chorus Member Joined: 3/16/12
#869Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 4:24pm
Are they trying to make it seem like Katherine was better for the role and Ivy only got it out of pure favoritism?
(although I do think it's great they put a sense of favoritism on this show because it DOES exsist, from youth theater to broadway.)
here are my opinions:
1. Katherine needs to learn vocal technique for musical theater if the directors want to even think of making it seem like that.
2. It's weird how McPheet even was cast on this show in the first place.
3. "Katherine's voice is overpowering the chorus!" LEARN TO HARMONIZE. You can still have a good voice and harmonize, like in Hair and Spring Awakening.
4. Megan Hilty is an amazing singer.
TEAM IVY ALL THE WAY!
Updated On: 3/22/12 at 04:24 PM
#870Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 4:53pm
Renewed for a second season!
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....but the world goes 'round
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#871Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:03pm
"Are they trying to make it seem like Katherine was better for the role and Ivy only got it out of pure favoritism?"
I think they want us to believe that Hilty has the greater experience and skills, but that's there something "indescribably" charismatic and vulnerable about McPhee.
The director even had a line about Hilty spending so much time in the chorus, she doesn't know how to take center stage any more.
I'm not saying I agree with any of the above; I just think that's what they want us to believe thus far.
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But speaking of Hilty, I couldn't believe how instead of covering her minor mistakes during the performance, she did a big "Oopsie-Daisy! spit take" for each one. Yeah, I get that they wanted the audience to realize a mistake had been made, but surely 10 years in the chorus has taught Hilty a little more grace under pressure!
#872Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:06pmI kinda took those reactions as the catalyst for Jack to yell at her during intermission.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
mcdjustin
Chorus Member Joined: 3/16/12
#873Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:06pm
"But speaking of Hilty, I couldn't believe how instead of covering her minor mistakes during the performance, she did a big "Oopsie-Daisy! spit take" for each one. Yeah, I get that they wanted the audience to realize a mistake had been made, but surely 10 years in the chorus has taught Hilty a little more grace under pressure!"
well that's not worse than Katherine falling off the bench. lmfao!
but that's all scripted. so you're talking about Ivy, not directly about Hilty.
Updated On: 3/22/12 at 05:06 PM
#874Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:12pm
I'm glad it's renewed. I was going to miss all the bitching.
But I do hope they bring on Rachel Shukert as a writer.
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