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#1301

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 6:06pm

"Interior-songolgue" is some pretty damn fine neologism coinage, Rachel Shukert. We also enjoyed the Ben Rimalower name droppage.

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#1302

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 6:09pm

TxTwoStep---The choreography is kinda similar I must agree. Also, we have yet to see Megan Hilty dance on this show. Every time she is performing she's always just getting tossed all over the place.

#1303

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 6:57pm

http://www.nbc.com/smash/video/rebecca-takes-over/1395582/

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

#1304

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 6:59pm

I know nothing on this show makes sense, but I was just thinking of how absolutely ridiculous the whole bartender thing is. Puh lease. Bartender starts flirting with woman (and we don't know why). Bartender decides to get hundreds of thousands for her, from his rich rocker friend who literally says "I do not need the money." Then woman accepts money on the spot and bartender kisses her.

Maybe to some people, this plotline makes sense but for me it might just take first place for the stupidest thing I ever saw. More laughable than anything else I saw on that show! OYOYOY

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

#1305

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 7:13pm

sorry, i also didn't count the Finale of THREE ON A MATCH as "an original song" either.

#1306

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 7:25pm

That bartender and Frank N Furter have to launder their illegally gotten money somewhere.

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#1307

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 7:33pm

Namo, if that's the plan, then the stupidity isn't as stupid as I thought. But I still had to cringe at the kiss.

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#1308

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 7:39pm

They're setting the stage for a scandal of Drabinsky-esque proportions.

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#1309

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 7:47pm

Maybe Garth can produce Bombsmell from jail.

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#1310

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/10/12 at 8:46pm

i don't get why they demonized the investors. they were putting a lot of money into a mess of a show. they ask for a meeting with the star... the producer feels vindictive and burns their contracts in the basement of a bar.

the problem with this show is the same as many a show, book, movie, etc. especially when there is a series. we come to know and think we understand a character and then the writers need to fill space, so they make the character do as many things as possible. when those things end up being crazy, ridiculous and STILL predictable, the viewer loses all connections with that character and cuts ties.

for me, it's already happened with ivy, deborah messing, anjelica huston, ellis, and the director. i am basically just watching the show for the (original) songs, which i think are actually quite good. the show itself is crap.

#1311

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/11/12 at 9:28am

Assuming those were 20's and 10's, that was about $50K.

Not sure how much time $50K would buy you.

And nice of them to tease Uma for the past two weeks and we get what, one line out of her?

I expect we've seen all of her lines from next week in the preview.

#1312

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/11/12 at 12:50pm

I had a ton of homework on Monday and Tuesday so I was not able to watch the show until today. I really enjoyed the musical number that Borle did, plus I think Hilty did a pretty good job with singing "Breakaway". Of course it is extremely difficult to top Kelly Clarkson's version. I also thought it was great to see Terrence Mann on the show.

#1313

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 4:20pm

reminds me a bit of her number in Batman & Robin (where she was Poison Ivy) except better surrounding choreo. Was she dubbed in PRODUCERS THE MOVIE?

Updated On: 4/12/12 at 04:20 PM

#1314

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 4:59pm

TX, you've ripped a hole in the time/space continuum.

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#1315

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 5:09pm

Uma didn't even do her own dancing in the film. She had a lovely woman named Angie doing all of the hard stuff...

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#1316

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 5:10pm

reminds me a bit of her number in Batman & Robin (where she was Poison Ivy) except better surrounding choreo.

And THAT scene from Batman & Robin was directly ripped off from Dietrich's Hot Voodoo number in Blonde Venus!

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#1317

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 5:23pm

It seems that she is dancing badly on purpose as to show that she is not right for the role. If you take a closer look at the clip they focus a lot on how slow her feet and how awkward she is.

"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-

#1318

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:39pm

Now that Uma is on the show...doesn't this mean that they will be performing that Bollywood number they mentioned back in February in one of the coming episodes?

#1319

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/13/12 at 2:51am

The problem with the show, in a nutshell, is that it never allows any of the character's to be as cute and charming as McPhee and Davenport are in this interview. It lacks an authentic humanity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32TallOkmrM

"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

#1320

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 11:59am

The biggest problem with the show IMO is Anjelica Huston as the producer. The throwing the martini in her ex husband's face got old real quick and this latest stunt was very lame. If you were a real producer, you would never do that to investors because there may be another show some day you might need to raise money for.She has now just lost these people as potential investors because of your child like actions.

#1321

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 2:43pm

I can't even enjoy the new number because of how badly Uma Thurman sings it in that clip BWW posted.

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

#1322

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 3:02pm

Call me crazy, but I enjoyed that clip with Thurman (even though, again, BOMBSHELL appears to be nothing but super specific and non-narrative production number after production number.) Her character isn't supposed to set the stage on fire. They make it a point to say she's never done live theater, and I'm sure her potential for being ill-equipped to handle the show is going to be a plot point as her arc continues.

Say what you will, but she sure has a hell of a lot of star quality, which is more than I could say for either of her predecessors in the role of Marilyn.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

#1323

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 5:49pm

In an earlier episode Karen asked "Will numbers be on the stage when get to a theatre" and someone replied "Yes Iowa". What numbers what she talking about?

#1324

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 6:09pm

On the front of most stages there are numbers. Center Stage is 0, and then it there is a 1 on both sides of it (anywhere from a few inches to a foot away, though it could be a little more), then a 2, then a 3, etc etc.

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

Updated On: 4/15/12 at 06:09 PM

#1325

Smash - Series Discussion

Posted: 4/15/12 at 6:37pm

Gotcha. Thank yah.

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