NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 44
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
Smash - Series Discussion #1075
Posted: 3/30/12 at 12:15amIvy is a big, fat pig! All that's missing in that pic above is an apple in her mouth.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Smash - Series Discussion #1079
Posted: 3/30/12 at 8:54am
^ Umm..I already linked that article...yesterday. 
Updated On: 3/30/12 at 08:54 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/08
Smash - Series Discussion #1080
Posted: 3/30/12 at 9:26amMegan Hilty is not fat at all. She's a girl. Deal with it.
Smash - Series Discussion #1081
Posted: 3/30/12 at 2:00pm
"Megan Hilty is not fat at all. She's a girl. Deal with it."
She is luscious and amazing.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/9/10
Smash - Series Discussion #1082
Posted: 3/30/12 at 8:30pm
Just watched the clip for Monday's episode. PLEASE, PLEASE stop advertising older shows. In the background, is a HUGE marquee for GYPSY that starred B.P. and next to it is a marquee for American Idiot. And if you watch closely you can then see the MEMPHIS marquee....so unless you are not a theater geek (or queen to some), like me,then it would not make a difference...I know that two out of three shows are currently NOT playing on Broadway!!! Advertise current shows...that will sell tickets (hopefully).
Smash - Series Discussion #1083
Posted: 3/30/12 at 8:44pm
I agree with that DailyBeast article, although obviously I am enjoying the show enough to keep watching (and endlessly posting about it :P ). I don't think it's so inexplicable that it's found an audience as he says--granted it's not a massive audience anyway, but it's different enough from other network offerings and has enough appeal to catch something, anyway. The one line I think that does get it right is:
"Even in that retreat, Smash has proven itself to be weak-willed, attempting to cram earnest drama and over-the-top soap operatics into 40 minutes." I think that's exactly the problem--they try to both be a "real" drama and a soap--as we've discussed here, and the mix just isn't working. Beyond that, it's also meant to be a serialized drama and it is, but plot obstacles, interesting or not, are brought up at the start of one episode and then hastily dealt with by the end, which isn't how you do that kinda show...
Smash - Series Discussion #1084
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:04pm
I have to admit that I'm really enjoying the show, I'm not sure whether that's because or in spite of all it's ridiculousness but it's definitely a guilty pleasure. But possibly the most frustrating part of the whole thing is that, after dragging it out for another season, we're not going to see the full musical! I don't know about anyone else, but I sort of want to see the finished product once the inevitable happens and they get it to Broadway. For me the Marilyn numbers have pretty much been the highlight.
Smash - Series Discussion #1085
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:10pm
i kinda like that the show mixes it up with over the top soap and then slamming it down with a musical number or two..
bernadette episode has been my favorite as it combined, smashingly, the elements that ive grown to love with this show; classic broadway musical number (not so much into the faux bruno mars @la mama thing) with all that crazy angelica houston and elias stuff - plus a chance to see some amazing actors working on TV
and of course a crazy disco marylin number
Smash - Series Discussion #1086
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:47pm
Any guesses where Shaiman and Wittman will steal their next song title from?
Link
Smash - Series Discussion #1087
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:48pmJovie-If I am correct that scene is a "dream" sequence and the boards were made to be different I guess to fit the dream?
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
Smash - Series Discussion #1088
Posted: 3/31/12 at 8:32pm
I always thought Smash would pull a "Light at the Piazza" and reveal the son was a little slow at some point. I am still waiting.
Edit: and with this post I have become a Broadway Star - ha, I was a leading actor for YEARS!
Smash - Series Discussion #1090
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:13pmoh my god, Norbert Leo Butz song in tonights episode is the best thing ever (an added bonus is I worked on the episode lol)
Leading Actor Joined: 3/26/10
Smash - Series Discussion #1091
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:41pmBrian D'arcy James makes this unwatchable show watchable.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
Smash - Series Discussion #1093
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:49pm
The best line in the series so far:
"You wanna be nice to me, the give me a twenty..."
Also... Where did the 2003 Gypsy poster come from?
Smash - Series Discussion #1094
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:49pmDrunk duet in Times Square? WTF???!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
Smash - Series Discussion #1097
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:55pmNorbert Leo Butz is so awesome at everything he does. His scene was the only time I didn't roll my eyes!
Smash - Series Discussion #1098
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:56pmPLOT TWIST!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
Smash - Series Discussion #1099
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:56pmIt would be awesome if the remainder of this season consisted of Ivy and Karen trying to sabotage Uma and the Marilyn musical Meg Ryan/camera obscura/Addicted to Love style.
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