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NBC will present THE GRINCH musical this December starring Morrison
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Posted: 12/5/20 at 3:49pm
I do not agree that Morrison is talented. He seems like a nice enough guy who genuinely loves performing and he can carry a tune, but his voice is nasal and he plays every role the same - like a former member of a boyband. That worked for Link, but I've never seen it work for anything else that he's done. They would even comment on Glee about how he seemed like a teacher who wanted to be part of the group of kids. There's no depth or variety to him.
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Posted: 12/5/20 at 5:58pmAccording to IMDb, julia knowles, the screen director of this also directed the British reality show the greatest dancer. Matthew Morrison was a judge on that for both seasons. The last episode aired just before the pandemic hit. That might explain how that casting originated.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 6:19pm
Who likes Christmas? WHOS like Christmas!
We're less than 2 hours away... thoughts below. Tonight should be an interesting one, to say the least.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 6:55pmI’m really looking forward to this. Thank God the UK continues to provide us with theater content this year.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 6:58pmI just want to say please don't be a miscast Morrison. But i will mainly watch for Bobo and the sets/costumes.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:09pmThat was a fast cut to commercial
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:11pm
Underwhelmed. Sorry
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:13pm
You know it's bad when you are begging the story to get to Morrison because this is cringy. I really had hopes for O'Hare but... woof. Like wooooooof.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:17pmI think it’s delightful
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:21pm
Grinch portrayal to be bitter bitchy queen party of 1 because his hair, make up, and uh costume comes from community theater fire sale- no gravitas, no voice, no idea who this character is he is trying to portray and it’s slow and lazy and pick up the lines.
No
PS -Think Pink? Fail
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:29pmYeah it’s a no from me all around. The set needs some depth and it’s just super slow. Morrison doesn’t suit the part. He’s a romantic lead not a character actor.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:30pm
I give it this so far, the children performers are working their little behinds off and making it enjoyable whenever they are on the screen. Their joy reminds you this is suppose to be a family Christmas musical event.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:33pmThis loses all momentum with the commercial breaks. The first 20-30 minutes of the show are one big sequence that ends with the Grinch deciding to steal Christmas. The pacing here is hard to get past.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:39pmI think for these musical events they should follow the pbs model of having fewer but longer commercial breaks.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:40pmThey’ve also adapted the script to include more dialogue, which slows the pace. Several moments of lyric changes as well.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:45pmJust made it through the song with all the kids, max, and the grinch (I don’t know the name of it). The kids and Booboo are KILLING IT. Denis seems so disinterested. Matthew seems like... uncomfortable?
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:51pm
beatofthedrum27 said: "Just made it through the song with all the kids, max, and the grinch (I don’t know the name of it). The kids and Booboo are KILLING IT. Denis seems so disinterested. Matthew seems like... uncomfortable? "
His interpretation of the grinch seems like what a romantic lead thinks playing a villain is suppose to look like. Like. The last little bit when he popped out of nowhere right in front of the camera before commercial break was just SO CRINGE
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 8:55pmReminding me of Michael Jackson in The Wiz
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:05pm
I’m enjoying it. *shrug*
But this (and all these types of shows) needs an audience or at least a reaction track.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:05pmI'm not familiar with the stage version of this story and I'm enjoying it. The sound bothers me, though. Is the whole performance being lip synched?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:11pm
None of it is lip-synched.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:16pmFor whatever reason Cindy Lou’s mother I think is really shining in this. She’s charming and who like without being annoying (like the grandpa)
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:19pmThat song with the parents and grandparents was so cute tho
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:28pm
Cindy is precious.
In all of these musical presentations there’s a moment where the so so star watches a supporting character nail a song while crying.
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Posted: 12/9/20 at 9:29pmCindy Lou is just darling. That number was so sweet.
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