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Posted: 4/25/04 at 11:09pm
ok i saw the RENT matinee yesterday. I thought i'd share my thoughts on the show/scary spice. Since there has been so much speculation as to her performance, ill try to give a detailed review - unbiased as possible.
Overall the show was great. Its one of my favorite shows. I saw it a couple weeks ago so i knew i would love the rest of the cast. Now onto MelB.
She did look older than 19 - as most the Mimis do. but she still pulled off the "mimi look" although no blue pants - tad bit disappointed there.
LIGHT MY CANDLE: she was decent in the number, as someone previously stated her accent made some words come out weird. it almost seemed like she was concentrating so hard on not letting her accent show that it took away from her singing.
OUT TONIGHT: She didnt dance as much as i thought. instead she stayed longer in the different positions on the bars so she didnt ahve to do as much. vocally she just hit the notes. you could tell that she was reaching for them and wasnt comfortable in the range. but not to much cracking or flat notes. there were a few here and there.
ANOTHER DAY: omg, i wanted to cry. This was one of my favorite songs and it was butchered. during the other numbers her voice was raspy and you could tell that she was recovering from a soar throat or something. but Out Tonight took everything out of her voice. She couldnt even get the words out. If she did she cracked on them. and if she didnt crack it was flat or sharp. after hearing LIGHT MY CANDLE i was thinking "ok this might be good" but after this song i def. lost my confidence in her. when the rest of the company joined in with her they were louder than usual, it sounded like they were trying to drown her out.
I SHOULD TELL YOU: it was ok. nothing wrong with it besides the raspiness of the voice. just that it sounded awkward with the harmony.
WITHOUT YOU: she started off good in this song, i think during intermission she had some honey or somthing for her voice because she got better. but in the middle of the song she starting messing up again. it was hard to watch angel and collins and feel sympathetic/empathetic with hearing a flat note every other measure.
GOODBYE LOVE: alot of crackin, flat and sharp notes in this.
her accent was a hinderance to her performaance. it seemed to increaase as the show went on. when she says "if you close your eyes" during la vie boheme, was in a full out british accent. i could see the people around me w/ the same confused expression on their face. "Mimi's british?"
Acting wise i have absolutely no complaints. she wasnt the best actress i have ever seen but i didnt go in thinking she was experienced in that field. But she def pulled off the part in this aspect.
I hope and semi-believe that her vocal problems are due to the fact that she still isnt back to her full health. i would have like to see her w/o being sick the previous week to see if her off notes were just her or due to her sickness. i do believe that over time she will learn to say the lines w/o the accent yet dont kno how long that will take.
i went w/ 22 of my friends from our Performing Arts company in our school. all seemed to agree with me on her performance, accept one who is totally in love with her to begin with. her performance was def. the weakest in the cast yet i think she will improve over time.
Overall the show was great. Its one of my favorite shows. I saw it a couple weeks ago so i knew i would love the rest of the cast. Now onto MelB.
She did look older than 19 - as most the Mimis do. but she still pulled off the "mimi look" although no blue pants - tad bit disappointed there.
LIGHT MY CANDLE: she was decent in the number, as someone previously stated her accent made some words come out weird. it almost seemed like she was concentrating so hard on not letting her accent show that it took away from her singing.
OUT TONIGHT: She didnt dance as much as i thought. instead she stayed longer in the different positions on the bars so she didnt ahve to do as much. vocally she just hit the notes. you could tell that she was reaching for them and wasnt comfortable in the range. but not to much cracking or flat notes. there were a few here and there.
ANOTHER DAY: omg, i wanted to cry. This was one of my favorite songs and it was butchered. during the other numbers her voice was raspy and you could tell that she was recovering from a soar throat or something. but Out Tonight took everything out of her voice. She couldnt even get the words out. If she did she cracked on them. and if she didnt crack it was flat or sharp. after hearing LIGHT MY CANDLE i was thinking "ok this might be good" but after this song i def. lost my confidence in her. when the rest of the company joined in with her they were louder than usual, it sounded like they were trying to drown her out.
I SHOULD TELL YOU: it was ok. nothing wrong with it besides the raspiness of the voice. just that it sounded awkward with the harmony.
WITHOUT YOU: she started off good in this song, i think during intermission she had some honey or somthing for her voice because she got better. but in the middle of the song she starting messing up again. it was hard to watch angel and collins and feel sympathetic/empathetic with hearing a flat note every other measure.
GOODBYE LOVE: alot of crackin, flat and sharp notes in this.
her accent was a hinderance to her performaance. it seemed to increaase as the show went on. when she says "if you close your eyes" during la vie boheme, was in a full out british accent. i could see the people around me w/ the same confused expression on their face. "Mimi's british?"
Acting wise i have absolutely no complaints. she wasnt the best actress i have ever seen but i didnt go in thinking she was experienced in that field. But she def pulled off the part in this aspect.
I hope and semi-believe that her vocal problems are due to the fact that she still isnt back to her full health. i would have like to see her w/o being sick the previous week to see if her off notes were just her or due to her sickness. i do believe that over time she will learn to say the lines w/o the accent yet dont kno how long that will take.
i went w/ 22 of my friends from our Performing Arts company in our school. all seemed to agree with me on her performance, accept one who is totally in love with her to begin with. her performance was def. the weakest in the cast yet i think she will improve over time.
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
