"Once Upon a Mattress" Time — Page 3

#51

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:25pm

"oh my god. tracy is unbelievable! "

You have GOT TO BE KIDDING.

She's passable. Her acting might get her by this one, but her voice is incredibly lacking.

Kathleen Marshall should not direct for TV - or film.

This is terrible so far.

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"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#52

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:28pm

i loved tracy's whole opening number and think she's fabulous. in fact, i'm really enjoying the whole thing so far!

#53

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:29pm

Munk - sometimes it's ok to have a "just passable" voice. Get over it.

"The wizard and I" - oy!

#54

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:30pm

"the wizard and i"- yay!

#55

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:31pm

No it's not okay to have just a passable voice. Too many millionaire singers have barely passable voices~_~

Although I for one really enjoyed Tracy's singing.

I'm waiting for Carol to start riffing Idina style now.

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#56

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:32pm

that'd be awesome.

#57

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:33pm

Haha, "The Wizard and I"!

I caught that as well.

It's enjoyable. Sometimes things need not be works of art to be enjoyable. This is supremely so, so far.

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Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.

#58

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:34pm

Amen!

I think it's fun.

#59

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:35pm

It is, most surely!

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Me, I like to live.
Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.

#60

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:37pm

Lady Larkin has a nice voice, but she seems bored out of her skull when she's singing.

#61

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:37pm

They both do.

::finds shelter::

#62

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:41pm

i mean, tracy is in a different league than everyone in life.

dennis is doing pretty well and funny too.

and matthew's scene with whiney larken was good. he's such a cutey.

#63

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:41pm

TRACY IS CRAZY- i love her.

#64

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:43pm

I don't like the music.

Carol is saving this movie. And Denis is good too!

#65

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:43pm

that "swamps of home" scene, i don't know what to even make of it. i think i'm enjoying it because i wasn't expecting anything, you know?


and then, that's EXACTLY what i was thinking.. especially after reading so many reviews of her "stellar" performance.. but i'm not one to judge yet.

#66

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:44pm

i thought it started at 8! i am so upset!!!! oh man i missed 45 minutes!

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"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

#67

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:48pm

Denis doesn't have his little bald spot! Must be magic!

#68

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:49pm

OK, this is really random but in the "Swamps of Home" scene, Tracey's hair/wig was tight curls and now in the scene where Carole Burnett is talking about the "Spanish Panic", her hair is messy again.
Wouldn't it be reversed the longer she's been at the castle?
I know... crazy picky....
:)

#69

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:50pm

Did anyone order the Bombie Samba?

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#70

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:52pm

Far away in South America
There's a hot new rhythm sizzling...

#71

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:53pm

Though I'm enjoying the material and the performances, it's another dreadfully filmed television production: poorly staged, framed, lit, and edited. Awful, awful, awful!


Wilhelm Grimm
Bavaria, Germany

#72

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:53pm

i mean. how hilarious.


also, ibdb has this set of listings for the original production of ouam:
Alvin Theatre, (11/25/1959 - 2/22/1960)
Winter Garden Theatre, (2/24/1960 - 4/23/1960)
Cort Theatre, (4/25/1960 - 5/7/1960)
St. James Theatre, (5/9/1960 - 7/2/1960)

it never stayed more than 3 monts at the same theatre? i found that interesting. who would want to move around for 8 months? poor stage crew.

#73

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:54pm

woah, that was ALOT of dancing.

#74

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:54pm

*falls over. flops a bit.* They're bringing it to America....

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"The tick BOOM tick BOOM is so loud I can't hear the rain on the grass. I can't hear the wind. I'm about to scream. But I realize I'm not alone."

#75

re: 'Once Upon a Mattress' Time

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:54pm

That dance should have been more...panicy