NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 69
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1700Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 11:10am
"I wouldn't have been surprised if the actors weren't put on the Fung Wah bus."
Which brings up a whole other point that the writers completely missed.
Uma Thurman's character would have definitely been driven in a car from NYC to Boston. Since she is BFF with Karen, she probably would have asked Karen to ride along, yet we see no scene where Karen is torn between schmoozing with the star and saving face with the chorus. Big missed opportunity for Ms. McPhee to earn an Emmy nomination.
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.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1701Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 11:21amThat's already a lock.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1702Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 11:53am
Scene: Exterior of Joe Allen's. Karen can be seen looking inside at the chorus kids having a good time with Ivy. She hears the squeal of tires and turns around to see Rebecca Duvall's car streak past. The car hits a puddle splashing water on Karen.
Music intro begins and Karen starts to sing:
Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow
Wish me luck the same to you
Karen heads down 8th Avenue, toward Port Authority and a bus back to Iowa.
But I can't regret, what I did for love
As she reaches 43rd Street, she glances down the street to see Bernadette Peters leaning against the Hotel Carter smoking a cigarette.
Bernadette: Hey kid, c'mere. Weren't you wanna Ivy's pals?
Karen: I used to think so.
Bernadette: Well I gotta plan. Let me finish performing at The Hooker's Ball and then I'll tell you how I'm gonna get you to Broadway. (They both enter The Hotel Carter).
LET ME BE YOUR STAR!!!!!!!!!!
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.
Updated On: 5/3/12 at 11:53 AM
#1703Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:16pm
Oh, my goddess...Anjelica Huston to sing "September Song" next week!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/anjelica-huston-on-her-smash-singing-debut-and-an-audition-debacle/
With Marc Shaiman at the piano!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1704Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:20pmWell, she's no Sweeney Sisters, but I'll take it.
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#1705Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:21pmI listened to it last night. It isn't really that bad. She also looks stunning in that picture.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1706Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:25pm
"She also looks stunning in that picture."
A stunning re-creation of Lypsinka.
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.
Updated On: 5/3/12 at 12:25 PM
#1707Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:45pmI cannot WAIT to hear her sing the full song!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1708Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:47pmYou've got to finish up Tech before you can hear it.
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Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1709Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:50pmYou cannot emotionally process music. You're in TECH!
#1710Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:51pm
Well, she's no Sweeney Sisters, but I'll take it.
"Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you...
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! went the trolley..."
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1711Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 12:59pm
"... THANK YOU!
Ding ding ding went the bell...
Doot dee dee doot doot..."
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#1712Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 1:27pm
I haven't seen the video so maybe it's been mentioned, but didn't Walter Huston, Angelica's grandfather, perform September Song in Knickerbocker Holiday? In fact wasn't it actually written for him? It's nice that she got to sing it.
Updated On: 5/3/12 at 01:27 PM
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1713Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 1:45pm
"I haven't seen the video so maybe it's been mentioned, but didn't Walter Huston, Angelica's grandfather, perform September Song in Knickerbocker Holiday? In fact wasn't it actually written for him? It's nice that she got to sing it."
In a show full of Rihanna and Kelly Clarkson covers, that may be the main reason she's doing it.
#1714Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 5:09pm
"Oh, my goddess...Anjelica Huston to sing "September Song" next week!"
Very cool! I'm looking forward to it!
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HopeChanged
Stand-by Joined: 10/2/10
#1715Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 5:53pm
Hey there Wynbish,
Re your reply to me ("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.") ... I never claimed to know the show so well. I'll leave that to you. Just said I only watch the episodes Will Chase is in. Have a nice night :)
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1716Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/3/12 at 6:42pm
Julia Huston is on Twitter, thank GOD!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
lovepuppy
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#1717Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 8:40am
Speaking of Debbie, I'm surprised no one here noted the fact that she bellowed "I- AM-FAMOUS!!!" to her kid's best friend when he was hiding the fact that he was hiding Leo from Julia and her husband. We've all acknowledged the "cheese" factor with this show, but some things they have Debra Messing do and say...I'm so surprised she's gone for it. Even if a character IS famous and stressed out because her kid is missing, and even if she IS irrationally threatening his secretive, piss-ant best friend, it doesn't seem to be of the usual(public) decorum often becoming this character to yell "I-AM-FAMOUS!" out on the sidewalk. Seething eyes and quietly intense, breathy, angry speech would have seemed more likely, and probably would have legitimately scared that kid. Debbie could have done that. Julia could have done that. Though the writers keep making some other characters stupid, she's not one of them.
Just noticed. Carry on. This thread is hilarious.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
Updated On: 5/4/12 at 08:40 AM
#1718Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 9:01amWhat a person would shout on the street, can you get the train from a certain station etc etc, gotta love Broadway World
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#1719Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:28amSo these characters are SO stupid they don't even notice the huge cameras filming their every move? HOW CAN THEY NOT NOTICE THEY ARE ON A TV SHOW!?
#1720Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:34am
'can you get the train from a certain station etc etc, gotta love Broadway World'
Well...this is a fun little game a lot of New Yorkers like to play when watching shows set and filmed in NY. The number I've times I've watched someone walk down the street on E74th street, turn the corner and end up in front of Magnolia Bakery in the West Village (just as an example) is remarkable. When shows get the geography of the City right, we consider it a small triumph. It's not just SMASH.
#1721Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:42am
Love Magnolia Bakery. I live so close to the one in Chicago, I could skip there. And I do.
And yeah, I play the same game with Chicago geography in TV shows and films. But the one that really got me was the latest episode of GCB. Since when are there mountains in Dallas?!?! It's like a beach surfing scene taking place in St. Louis.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1722Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:42am
Reminds me of the uproar in Chicago when some movie showed the Brown Line going by Graceland Cemetery. I mean, REALLY?
Back on topic...that SMASH number is just tragic. Do they really think that having TWO people playing Marilyn at the same time is a good idea? And do we get to see Daddy Kudish in the towel number, please?
PEACE.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#1723Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:55am
I don't think they were meant to be playing Marilyn at the same time. I think they were just showing how actresses got Zanuck's attention, maybe as a prologue for a later Marilyn/Zanuck scene.
It's weird seeing Hilty and Kudisch in an office setting again without her wanting to turn him from a rooster to a hen.
#1724Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 5/4/12 at 10:58amYa, it had me flashing back to 9to5 throughout the entire number.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
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