NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 68
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#1675Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 5:01pm
I dunno. I feel like if there's a scene saying "We need to wait cause I love Jesus and waiting is better than not waiting" there should be a follow up to that.
They need to get to doing it!
Updated On: 5/2/12 at 05:01 PM
#1676Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 5:06pmPhyllis honey, in my version of the Smash, they have!
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#1677Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 5:15pm
I feel like we should create a tumblr dedicated to photoshopping alternate storylines for Wesley Taylor's character.
Wes - Tiny Dancer
"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
#1678Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 8:58pm
"{Wes Taylor]KatLady, he was in the original Rock of Ages cast and The Addams Family. He also had a web series called Billy Green."
Don't forget he played Mouse in the San Francisco production of Tales of the City last year. Apparently he really likes to film himself because here he is with Judy Kaye and others backstage during its run (and hanging out with some homeless guys... ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-JT3cxhTew
#1679Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 9:01pm
As for the dropped Karen orange juice/pop producer etc stuff, that seemed to be at the point in the show where the writers apparently (according to an interview) caught up with the audiences and started to try to tweak the show and avoid what wasn't working. I assume it was simply dropped (there really are too many minor story threads and characters which leads to a lot of things being not remotely fleshed out) but maybe it'll pop up again... Orange Juice commercials in particular scream much story potential.
I was surprised after last week ending with Uma saying she should sing White Baby Grand or whatever, we didn't get even one throaway line from her, or Ivy, or anyone about it.
#1680Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 9:08pmBut we did Eric. They said the inner voices were not going to sing anymore when Tom said he has a song for Ivy and Karen.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
#1681Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 9:14pmOh that's right! Because I did make a mental note, that I promptly forgot, wondering how a cut song written for Heaven on Earth which so far looks to be the most lightweight musical of all time would suit Bombshell (not that its material is particularly heavy)--if they were still playing the Shadow Marilyns or not.
#1682Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 9:21pmI don't know if you saw it but there is a shot of Ivy and Karen on both sides of what I can only assume is Zanuck. So I am wondering if that is the new song or another version of "Finish Talking"
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
#1683Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 9:33pm
Never mind, I just found out online after a little digging that it is from a number called "SMASH".
The number called
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1685Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 10:16pmThanks for the links E Davis (usually NBC won't let me see their links on Canada, but for some reason they seem to have forgot to region code this week's Smash previews). I'm glad it looks like we'll be seeing a lot of the show, although the gospel number in Sam's church looks a bit like a waste of time (as I usually feel about the cover songs).
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1686Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 10:22pmAh, the gospel scene. The episode has not even aired yet, and already, Dev is annoyed and wounded.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1687Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/2/12 at 10:30pm
I hope Hunter Christian from Weeds is in the gospel number.
Hey everybody, just so you know, Angelica H is on Craig Ferguson tonight.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#1688Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 2:25amDid she curl her hair?
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
itsahopi
Understudy Joined: 11/19/06
#1690Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 5:05am
To answer a post from 12 pages ago about Eileen traveling down to New York for part of the day.... Business people take the shuttle to DC and Boston for short day trips all the time. This detail made sense to me... The flight is probably 30 min.
Tony Yazbeck RUNNING out of a tech rehearsal to shoot a pilot that films "next week" without so much as a "let's sit down and talk about this," was the most egregious part of this episode to me. It would have been better if they were called by his agent, and then of course, Eileen could threaten the agent by saying their client will never work with them again (or this city!!!)...Unless, of course, "Ted" had worked a "6 MINUTE OUT" instead of a "6 WEEK OUT" into his contract.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#1691Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 5:16amsomeone please assure me we'll get to see Kudish actually SING.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
HopeChanged
Stand-by Joined: 10/2/10
#1692Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 5:51amI only watch Smash when Will Chase is on. What can I say? Christian, Dev, and the salad-chopping husband just don't do it for me. Nor does the retarded son.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1693Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 8:59am
^ I like how you switched back and forth calling the actors by their names, their characters' names, and nicknames. Please, tell me more about this show you know so well.
Updated On: 5/3/12 at 08:59 AM
#1694Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 10:08am
"Because I did make a mental note, that I promptly forgot, wondering how a cut song written for Heaven on Earth which so far looks to be the most lightweight musical of all time would suit Bombshell (not that its material is particularly heavy)"
Hmmm. Isn't that obvious? Yes, Heaven on Earth is totally lightweight and that "wonderful, inspirational and deep" song they wrote just didn't fit it -- but fits perfectly with Bombshell. When they wrote it for Heaven on Earth it involved an angel falling asleep in a deep drug como and reflecting on the mistakes of her life. They quickly decided it wouldn't fit in such a fun musical like Heaven and Earth, but when Bombshell came up they immediately thought of Marilyn as she's dying reflecting on her life.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#1695Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 10:25amAttention please! Logic like that has no place in this thread.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1696Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 10:25am
NOTE TO THE PRODUCERS OF SMASH:
You can't get to Boston via Grand Central Terminal/Metro North. Everything out of GCT is a commuter train.
(I can't remember, did they officially say they were going to Boston? Because if they were in New Haven, then GCT/MN would be fine).
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.
#1697Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 10:48am
It has been pointed out that you CAN in fact get to Boston from GCS...if you change in New Haven.
It drove me crazy for a second...but then I realized I would have been angrier having to see the ugliness of Penn Station on my 42" screen.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1698Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 11:00am
"It has been pointed out that you CAN in fact get to Boston from GCS...if you change in New Haven."
Yes because we all know that Actor's Equity wants producers to find the most inconvenient way to travel.
Your point is taken about GCT being more photogenic than Penn Station, but in reality, the actors would have been put on Amtrak to Boston, not Metro North.
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.
#1699Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 11:01amI wouldn't have been surprised if the actors weren't put on the Fung Wah bus.
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