NBC's SMASH, Season 2 -- Discussion- Page 49
NBC's SMASH, Season 2 -- Discussion
SMASH#1200
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:10am
There's still hope:
PC: Are you considering a stage role this summer now that SMASH has wrapped for Season Two?
MH: Well, I'm still not sure what's happening with SMASH, so I can't really make any plans yet - I would love to, though.
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PC: Will you be doing some concerts in support of IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME over the summer - maybe a mini concert tour?
MH: Well, I can't actually make any plans like that since I am under contract to SMASH right now, so we will see what happens. I do have a bunch of symphony dates, but those don't have a lot to do with the album or anything, of course. I would love to go out and do some concerts. I am doing Joe's Pub as an album release thing on April 23 - I have two little shows there on the same night. But, that's it for now - hopefully I'll get to plan something else later.
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SMASH#1201
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:13am
It's the new McPhee:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2300439/Katharine-McPhee-Smash-spectacles-steps-wearing-glasses.html
SMASH#1202
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:16am
Abby Lee Miller has a few words about season 3 of SMASH.
SMASH#1203
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:21am
Yes! There's still hope for a new season! Thank you Debra and Megan, I'm so excited.
Clyde, I couldn't agree more about the "If I Were a Boy" scene, it was so silly and I feel like its such a ridiculous idea that out of that performance (which was just okay, nothing against Rodriguez, it was just a terrible concept for a number, from the song to the way it was shot to the fact that she sang it at a random bar) she'd all of the sudden get cast in this role. Also, remember when SMASH was supposed to be the adult answer to all the GLEE nonsense? Yeah, that scene was something that even the GLEE writers would discard in the drafting stages.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
SMASH#1205
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:29amWhy so much negativity here? Didn't you all read those ratings. Hell, SMASH even beat out "Here Comes Peter Cottontail"!
SMASH#1206
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:29amHa Wynbish! I wish just going type six seasons and a movie!
SMASH#1207
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:38am
*DOWNTOWN ABBEY SEASON 2 SPOILER AHEAD...though everyone knows about it*
Can Jimmy die like Cousin Matthew? Please? (Though I don't think that happened on a Christmas special but still)
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
SMASH#1208
Posted: 3/28/13 at 10:55amDEClarke - It would be nice if they could get a 3rd season because with all of it's "faults", I still enjoy it. The positives IMO have been Hilty, the original music of "Bombshell" and having a TV series with Broadway as the backdrop.
SMASH#1209
Posted: 3/28/13 at 11:11amAt this point, the only way Smash will get a third season is if Jon Hamm appears nude on the show.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
SMASH#1210
Posted: 3/28/13 at 11:17amIf only Ken Davenport was producer... who knows the hijinks and publicity he'd do to ask people to watch it?
SMASH#1211
Posted: 3/28/13 at 11:17am
I just caught up on the past two episodes and I think I've lost all faith in the show. I don't demand absolute realism in my television, but these two episodes pushed all boundaries of suspended disbelief.
I'll also say that Tom is the type of director that I absolutely dread working with. So far, from what we've seen, his style of directing is to have his cast reference what famous actors/actresses have done in their classic roles. And the director who wants to be best friends with everyone in the cast is the director who will quickly lose all control of his show (which, to her credit, they did have Julia tell him). Then he just starts adding characters and actors to a show that is well into rehearsals without consulting the producer? Yeah, that's not going to go over well with anyone. And any actor who quits a job based on a drunken promise at a party deserves to be out of work.
The whole handling of the Liaisons plot was just wrong. Ivy kept arguing about what a serious drama this show was, a tragedy even, and there was nothing we saw of it, or from what we were told of its history, that indicated that she was right about that. The number we saw in performance sounded like it was plucked from the stage version of History of the World, Part 1, not a song from a serious drama. So basically, judging from her perception of what Liaisons "was supposed to be" I have to question her ability to read and analyze a script.
Like I said, I don't demand 100% realism, but I do want them to avoid stupidity and pandering.
SMASH#1212
Posted: 3/28/13 at 1:00pmIt amazes me me how you people will bend over backwards trying to defend the HORRIBLE "Smash" while at the same time dissing the much, much better "Glee".
SMASH#1213
Posted: 3/28/13 at 1:02pmHow long ago did you suffer that head injury?
SMASH#1214
Posted: 3/28/13 at 1:08pmOwen, I'm as Gleek as they come, but I'm obsessed with SMASH as well. While I prefer Glee, because it was the original, there's no denying the brilliance of SMASH, and I don't think you have to choose between this two wonderful shows, which so delightfully (when Jordan is not on screen) celebrate Theatre.
SMASH#1215
Posted: 3/28/13 at 1:12pmI gave up on Glee about three or four episodes in to the first season. I couldn't even muster up enough interest to hate watch that show.
SMASH#1216
Posted: 3/28/13 at 1:57pmExcept for the songs for Bombshell (and those couple for Liasons) "Smash" is, for the most part badly written, acted, conceived and plotted. While "Glee" can be less than brilliant at times, at times it achieves brilliance. "Smash" has never come close.
SMASH#1217
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:04pm
Do any of you watch Nashville? I think what that show does right is balance its music and make it "make sense" in the context of the storylines that exist in the world of that show.
A part of me wishes that SMASH did what Nashville has been doing, which I believe some other posters have mentioned on here... "a soapy drama with a Broadway backdrop"
SMASH#1218
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:24pm
So basically, judging from her perception of what Liaisons "was supposed to be" I have to question her ability to read and analyze a script.
AEA, this is one of my biggest problems with SMASH, I think I mentioned it earlier but it just bothers me how many of the characters are so bad at their jobs. We are told over and over that these people are brilliant but McPhee can't go without autotune for a single bar of music and disappears on camera/stage, Julia's book was a mess for the longest time, Tom does things as a director that would easily get him fired on day one, Eileen uses mob money to pay for her first show alone, and Ivy has that moment where she apparently completely misses the mark on what LIAISONS should be like, not to mention her random inconsistent behavior in the last episode trying to change the show. It's one of the many reasons the show is a disaster.
And I'd like to know when was the last episode GLEE achieved brilliance, I hate-watch it but when you have Rachel singing "Torn" as a duet with herself, and one of the characters turns out to be a gigolo (and they refer to him as such), it's time to throw in the towel.
SMASH#1220
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:34pm
Julia's book was a mess for the longest time
I was never got clear on what was so great about the workshop book, particularly since that would have been the one the Boston book (which was universally panned, right?) was based on.
SMASH#1221
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:36pm
It achieved some brilliance on the episode after that.
And I beg to differ, no matter how much auto-tune and acting lessons Kat McPhee needs, there is no denying the camera completely loves her. And, unfortunately, it doesn't the more talented Megan Hilty.
SMASH#1222
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:42pmAnd I won't say it with 100% certainty, but I doubt the cast has much say in whether or not the music producers decide to auto-tune them. It was used last night on Jeremy Jordan just as much as it was for Katherine McPhee and I don't hear anyone jumping all over him for it the way they are on her.
SMASH#1223
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:50pm
"... there is no denying the camera completely loves her. And, unfortunately, it doesn't the more talented Megan Hilty..."
I'm denying it right now. So there is some denying it.
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