#2676
Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:24pm
Exactly and I can tell you that they've asked Hilty to perform if she comes. For irony sake I hope she performs "They Just Keep Moving The Line".
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#2677
Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:25pm
I did say IF.........
Although all the predictions point to it being so...am really hoping they are wrong! For all its faults I love SMASH and I will miss it if its cancelled
Although all the predictions point to it being so...am really hoping they are wrong! For all its faults I love SMASH and I will miss it if its cancelled
#2678
Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:27pm
TVLine spoiler on SMASH Tony Awards...
Question: Call me paranoid, but the latest Tonys development on Smash — that Ivy Lynn is now also a contender for Supporting Actress for the short-lived Liaisons — has me worried she’s going to lose Lead Actress in a Musical race to Karen “Iowa!” Cartwright. Say it ain’t so! –Rose
Ausiello: Lest we forget, the Tonys are like most other industry awards shows: Politics plays a part. And let’s just say a little blind item in the Village Voice concerning a certain leading lady’s extracurricular activities — including an affair with a former costar’s fiancé — might have an adverse effect on her chances at taking home a statuette for either side of her mantle.
http://tvline.com/2013/05/07/greys-anatomy-season-9-finale-death-ask-ausiello-spoilers/
Question: Call me paranoid, but the latest Tonys development on Smash — that Ivy Lynn is now also a contender for Supporting Actress for the short-lived Liaisons — has me worried she’s going to lose Lead Actress in a Musical race to Karen “Iowa!” Cartwright. Say it ain’t so! –Rose
Ausiello: Lest we forget, the Tonys are like most other industry awards shows: Politics plays a part. And let’s just say a little blind item in the Village Voice concerning a certain leading lady’s extracurricular activities — including an affair with a former costar’s fiancé — might have an adverse effect on her chances at taking home a statuette for either side of her mantle.
http://tvline.com/2013/05/07/greys-anatomy-season-9-finale-death-ask-ausiello-spoilers/
#2679
Posted: 5/7/13 at 6:42pm
What is an "upfront"? I am unfamiliar with that term. TIA.
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#2680
Posted: 5/7/13 at 7:02pm
An upfront is when a network (NBC) presents their new fall schedule to advertisers in the hopes that those advertisers will invest and buy commercial air time in the shows. I went to last year's at Radio City where Hilty and McPhee sang "Let Me Be Your Star" while the judges from The Voice (except for Blake Shelton, who I believe was celebrating his anniversary) came out in their red chairs and pressed their buttons for the ladies. I have it on video, but I don't know how to post it.
#2681
Posted: 5/7/13 at 8:05pm
@DramaTeach how did you get to go to the upfronts? Do you work in the biz?
#2682
Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:01pm
Robbie, when I got home from the RENT movie the night it opened I had a message that my mom had had the aneurism that killed her a few days later so there is NOTHING anybody can complain about in that movie that has any resonance to me. Despite my knowing its shortcomings.
I found myself not minding the RENT aspects of the story, and obviously we knew that was where they were headed.
I found myself not minding the RENT aspects of the story, and obviously we knew that was where they were headed.
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#2683
Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:07pm
Why is it so terrible that they're doing a RENT theme? I sure don't think it's the worst thing about this program, lol. It's fun to watch, but come on, the whole thing is so stupid!
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#2684
Posted: 5/7/13 at 11:25pm
Exactly and I can tell you that they've asked Hilty to perform if she comes. For irony sake I hope she performs "They Just Keep Moving The Line".
Forget irony. She should tweak the lyric to "They just keep moving the time" with a nod to the network execs.
Forget irony. She should tweak the lyric to "They just keep moving the time" with a nod to the network execs.
#2686
Posted: 5/8/13 at 11:09am
'Why is it so terrible that they're doing a RENT theme?'
I don't know. It didn't bother me in the least. But I know others are bothered by it.
I don't know. It didn't bother me in the least. But I know others are bothered by it.
#2687
Posted: 5/8/13 at 11:18am
Yeah, I don't get the venom of it. I think it's silly that they haven't at least mentioned it if even with a throw away line like, "This feels like Jonathan Larson all over again."
Rent clearly exists in that world and for none of these Broadway people to mention the similarities of Hit List, the Line, Kyle's death etc to Rent is what I think people take offense to.
Rent clearly exists in that world and for none of these Broadway people to mention the similarities of Hit List, the Line, Kyle's death etc to Rent is what I think people take offense to.
#2688
Posted: 5/8/13 at 12:04pm
The Jonathan Larson parallels are reaching a bit in my opinion. It all feels like false outrage to me so a few people can come here and have something else to bitch about and find further fault with the show. Some people are so desperate to have people agree with them so they can feel like they belong to something no matter how insignificant.
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#2689
Posted: 5/8/13 at 12:13pm
^ Well...I'm not about to tell anyone else how to feel. I just don't feel the same.
And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?
And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?
#2690
Posted: 5/8/13 at 5:39pm
Kyl3Fong2, a friend of mine is in the business, so I was able to go along.
#2691
Posted: 5/8/13 at 5:42pm
I just think it's lazy storytelling. At least L&O SVU changes more than one thing about the story they copy from real life.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#2692
Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:18pm
And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?
I'd say probably not, because it would be the first and only time Smash has shied away from stating the glaringly obvious.
I'd say probably not, because it would be the first and only time Smash has shied away from stating the glaringly obvious.
#2693
Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:38pm
And perhaps no one is mentioning the Larson parallel on the show because it's so glaringly obvious, no one needs to say anything?
You might think that but I read an awful lot of tweets during the last episode where it seemed to be only dawning on a lot of people!!! :)
I just think it's lazy storytelling. At least L&O SVU changes more than one thing about the story they copy from real life.
erm, they did change more than one thing, the composer didn't die, the names are different, the show is different, it happened after the off broadway opening, the cause was a car accident.......etc etc
You might think that but I read an awful lot of tweets during the last episode where it seemed to be only dawning on a lot of people!!! :)
I just think it's lazy storytelling. At least L&O SVU changes more than one thing about the story they copy from real life.
erm, they did change more than one thing, the composer didn't die, the names are different, the show is different, it happened after the off broadway opening, the cause was a car accident.......etc etc
Updated On: 5/8/13 at 06:38 PM
#2694
Posted: 5/8/13 at 6:59pm
But all of the things that they changed are superficial.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#2695
Posted: 5/8/13 at 7:02pm
I can't speak for anyone else, but I was never "outraged," though I did think it was a little tacky, just because - like others said - it was pretty lazy. Frankly, if Smash were a better constructed show, I think the response would have been less "outraged." And I again I can't speak for anyone else, but my opinion on of this show are formed on my own and I've never been desperate for agreement from anyone on them.
#2696
Posted: 5/8/13 at 7:11pm
The AV Club gave this episode an F and they didn't even mention the Larson thing.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#2697
Posted: 5/8/13 at 10:35pm
You have to admit its interesting that NBC just hasn't come right out and made a decision.
#2698
Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:12am
"And I again I can't speak for anyone else, but my opinion on of this show are formed on my own and I've never been desperate for agreement from anyone on them."
Phyllis...I did not have you in mind when I said "Some people are so desperate to have people agree with them"...You always state your opinions with reasons to support the way you think.
Phyllis...I did not have you in mind when I said "Some people are so desperate to have people agree with them"...You always state your opinions with reasons to support the way you think.
#2699
Posted: 5/9/13 at 12:15pm
My cable provider finally got the last two episodes up on their "OnDemand" menu so I'm all caught up now.
I have to admit that I felt a little "let down" by Kyle's death. I knew it was coming and for a show that can be as dramatic as Smash walking off a curb without looking simply seems anticlimatic. I was hoping Jimmy's brother was going to be involved.
Photo Flash: First Look - SMASH Goes to the Tonys on Season Finale
I have to admit that I felt a little "let down" by Kyle's death. I knew it was coming and for a show that can be as dramatic as Smash walking off a curb without looking simply seems anticlimatic. I was hoping Jimmy's brother was going to be involved.
Photo Flash: First Look - SMASH Goes to the Tonys on Season Finale
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#2700
Posted: 5/9/13 at 12:16pm
Arghhhh!! Looks like Hit list is going to win.
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