NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 44
#1079
Posted: 3/30/12 at 8:54am
^ Umm..I already linked that article...yesterday. 
Updated On: 3/30/12 at 08:54 AM
#1080
Posted: 3/30/12 at 9:26am
Megan Hilty is not fat at all. She's a girl. Deal with it.
#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.
She is luscious and amazing.
#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).
#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...
"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...
#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.
#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
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
#1086
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:47pm
Any guesses where Shaiman and Wittman will steal their next song title from?
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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#1087
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:48pm
Jovie-If I am correct that scene is a "dream" sequence and the boards were made to be different I guess to fit the dream?
#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!
Edit: and with this post I have become a Broadway Star - ha, I was a leading actor for YEARS!
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
Updated On: 3/31/12 at 08:32 PM
#1090
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:13pm
oh my god, Norbert Leo Butz song in tonights episode is the best thing ever (an added bonus is I worked on the episode lol)
#1091
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:41pm
Brian D'arcy James makes this unwatchable show watchable.
#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?
"You wanna be nice to me, the give me a twenty..."
Also... Where did the 2003 Gypsy poster come from?
#1094
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:49pm
Drunk duet in Times Square? WTF???!!!!!
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#1097
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:55pm
Norbert Leo Butz is so awesome at everything he does. His scene was the only time I didn't roll my eyes!
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#1098
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:56pm
PLOT TWIST!
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
#1099
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:56pm
It 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.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#1100
Posted: 4/2/12 at 10:57pm
While this episode was completely crazy, I have to say I enjoyed it a lot, and definitely more than most of the other episodes.
Brian Darcy James got to show that he could do more than be a weak husband, and we finally saw Karen fight back, and then in a very Karen way she has a random moment with Ivy.
Brian Darcy James got to show that he could do more than be a weak husband, and we finally saw Karen fight back, and then in a very Karen way she has a random moment with Ivy.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
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