The Blonde in the Thunderbird Reviews- Page 3

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 11:35am

What does her PLAYBILL bio read?
Does it thank her plastic surgeon and botox supplier?

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 11:35am

Sueleen--You are so funny! And correct...

I think that the issue is these "stars" are so isolated from reality that they think that their experiences are "special" and "unique." I mean Somers no harm, but who hasn't been through so much of what she has? It's called "life."

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 11:53am

Thanks, Gymman. I don't mean to make light of people's problems, but that is what therapy is for. If Somers had the kind of career of a Stritch or a Chita, then I say she might have at least a small excuse to bring it to Broadway. But the fact that she has NEVER done a Broadway show really makes it clear that this is an ego induced show. The fact that she named it "The Blonde in the Thunderbird" reeks if desperation, to me. It is as if she is saying, "Hey, World, I did a really really really good movie once. And don't you forget it!"

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 12:00pm

Exactly.

There's nothing there but an ego.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 12:04pm

I'm sorry, Suzanne...but those are some of the most DELICIOUS reviews I've ever read.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 12:10pm

Looks like Sommers is being sizzled out.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 12:46pm

More reviews ---

Winer in Newsday is surprisingly rather postitive (if slightly sarcastic in tone at times):

"Somers has a likeable, ebullient, up-for-anything quality, which serves her well in another repetition of her oft-told, best-selling saga of her alcoholic father, her teen pregnancy, her arrest for check bouncing, her married boyfriend, her surprise breakthrough as a silent blonde in a Thunderbird in the 1973 movie "American Graffiti" and, of course, her jiggle-TV stardom as Chrissy on "Three's Company." This is the sort of event in which people clap when told how many years she has been free of breast cancer and how many years she has been married to the man who, at first, neglected to tell her about his wife and children."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etblonde4348310jul18,0,442882.story
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Variety is negative:

"David Rooney of Variety: "Self-absorption masquerading as self-exploration and self-irony, this so-called 'one-woman musical joyride' chronicles Somers' evolution from zero self-esteem to a level that's surely off the chart… Suzanne then promises, and delivers, the good, the bad and the ugly. The good is the short running time and pre-10 p.m. exit; the bad is everything between first entrance and final bows, except for an occasional climb into mediocrity. And the ugly? Those pants! Let's just say a certain expression pertaining to dromedary hooves can never be far from the minds of those sitting down front."
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The Journal News is Negative:

"But the moment that really hits home with much of the audience is a lighthearted one, when Somers brings out a pushcart laden with not just her books but the dizzying array of Somers stuff she sells on the Home Shopping Network, including "the granddaddy of them all — the Thighmaster!"

If you notice that Somers' laughter is weirdly derisive here, no matter.

Just keep laughing, and buy something.

It's the American way."

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050718/LIFESTYLE01/507180303/1031
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The New York Post is Mixed-To-Negative:

"The story is obviously courageous, but its telling is remorseless — with stridently sung Broadway show tunes inserted inside the upbeat, relentlessly perky monologue.

I found the show smug, but she has guts, and I'm sure if you really, truly love Suzanne Somers, you'll like her show. But if you just like Suzanne Somers, maybe you should think about not going.

Billy Crystal she's not."

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/50024.htm

[ken8631]

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

I agree - Billy Crystal she's not.

[SueleenGay]

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

And the ugly? Those pants! Let's just say a certain expression pertaining to dromedary hooves can never be far from the minds of those sitting down front."

Well, there goes my lunch. That is too funny.

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:00pm

Oh, my....I just realized what Rooney means...
What the hell kind of costume is she wearing???

I loved Clive Barnes--she "announces she is 58" but doesn't look a day over 57.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:04pm

I'm told she has major camel toe!!!

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:15pm

Buy why would she wear a costume that shows it?

God, I wanna see this show.
It's gonna be a classic.

[Mimi Imfurst]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:16pm

I felt those reviews were very appropriate.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 1:34pm

"The show more closely resembles something Somers might do during one of her Las Vegas engagements, if the city's sense of propriety and artistic integrity suddenly bled away."

eeee-YOUCH!!!!

One of my favorite slams EVER!

P.S. I must agree that Margo is THE go-to girl for opening night review threads! All you other Slim Shady's are just imitatin'.

Updated On: 7/19/05 at 01:34 PM

[zelda]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 2:43pm

suleen..gosh are you a major B

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 2:56pm

Why would she show camel toe on stage?

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 3:07pm

Playbill.com has her psychiatrist at her opening...
also, Frankie Avalon (yes, really).

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 3:15pm

Now, now! Frankie Avalon is a LOVELY man. Don't drag him down with this particular camel-toed ship!!!

[gymman]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 6:07pm

LOL!

Posted: 7/18/05 at 7:06pm

My life story is better than hers! Now all I need a high power agent and a coat rack: HEY SUZZANNE CAN YOU HELP A KID OUT?!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 10:35pm

SueleenGay mentioned Elaine Stritch and her career justifying her one-woman show. She did have a great story to tell. But Billy Crystal isn't a "legend" and his show was supposed to be great. (I have no opinion; I didn't see it.)

I think what truly made Stritch's show compelling is that she can ACT and evoke pathos. A talented actor can make just about anything worth seeing (e.g., Hugh Jackman in the Boy from Oz, which I thought was pretty awful even though he was magnificent).

Actors doing these "autobiographies" have to be extraordinary at their craft or they will just devolve into embarrassments.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 10:46pm

Another problem is that EVERYBODY from Oprah to Roseanne has made a fetish of exposing their innermost darkest family secrets for the past decade or more. And for marginally talented "celebs" like Somers, it's more an act of desperation to remain in the public spotlight at any cost. It's as predictable and as tiresome as posing for PLAYBOY.

What started out as therapy has morphed into a strange, boring hybrid of ego gratification and public "entertainment".

Updated On: 7/18/05 at 10:46 PM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/18/05 at 11:23pm

MasterLcZ, you are so right. I mean, look at all the attention Suzanne Somers is getting. Nobody even MENTIONS Jackie Mason. So she's getting A LOT of publicity, and I think PT Barnum said that the only "bad publicity" is "NO publicity."

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 9:50am

It's true. Don't people realize? Rather than make you unique ... you really can't get ahead in show biz unless somebody beat you upside the head and left you in a closet with nothing but a Ritz cracker and a troll doll to play with. Everyone thinks their particular details are poignant and fresh, but in fact, its kind of a Dysfunction Olympics (You may have had an alkie dad, but mine drank AND got high from sniffin' aerosol cans!)

I haven't sween critics so droll in a couple of seaons. Even small observations have had me howling. Isherwood called her outfit "cruelly clinging..." That's small beer bitchery, but I giggled. {Okay, and who among us hasn't checked himself in the mirror before leaving home and come to the same conclusion?}

Updated On: 7/19/05 at 09:50 AM