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The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
#975re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:21amNo more wrong than me watching I Love the New Millennium on VH1 during the commercial breaks.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#977re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:26am
Is it just me, or does Heather Hach seem overly pleased with herself? Her comments are incredibly snarky and she seems (to me, at least) to think that because she wrote the book it automatically makes her an expert on the performance side of musical comedy? Based solely on her portrayal on this show, I can't say I much care for her. Could be the editing, though. At any rate, just thought I'd put in my two cents.
~Joshua
P.S. - I'm still rooting for Autumn, but Lauren impressed me. She comes across as very "young" onstage, but with some direction she could be fantastic!
My lip gloss is poppin'...
#978re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:29amThe interesting thing about Heather Hach is that some of her comments (not so much tonight, but definitely the first two weeks) indicate to me she knows a lot less about Elle Woods than she thinks she does. She once made a comment to a girl about how she "wouldn't fit in" at Harvard Law. I didn't think Elle really "fit in" either.
#979re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:42amTotally agreed, adamgreer. Sometimes it seems as if someone told her, "When in doubt, just say 'it doesn't really strike me as Elle!'" and that she took that to heart. Whatever the situation may be, I'm not sure she should be the judge of someone's acting/singing ability. It's one thing to offer an opinion, and it's a completely different thing to offer it as fact.
My lip gloss is poppin'...
#980re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:46am
While Emma Zaks has been on Broadway. It was in her father's show as an understudy.
She's a big freaking complainer. I think she lacks the genuine warmth for Elle. So she quit smoking! That's her deal. Would she sound better if she was still smoking? Don't get her at all. I hope MTV didn't foot the bill for that Dr's visit.
Cassie is very cardboard, though, she's cute as a button.
#981re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:50amRhiannon is my favorite. But I worry about her vocals.
#982re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:04am
Heather Hach is getting on my last nerve. She's snarky and completely off base with just about all of her comments.
It doesn't help that I've always thought that the book for LB is the absolute weakest thing about the show. The music's lyrics are genuinely funny, but very VERY little of the book is. Hach is a hack. I think that the reason O'Keefe's Bat Boy was so good was that the book was as witty as the music. Blonde just doesn't hold up in the script department.
As for Emma... clearly there's some major nepotism going on. But it's starting to get ridiculous. She's wretched. No two ways about it. She probably has the weakest voice of them all and her acting is uninspired. When they gush over her it just makes me lose just a little more for Bernie Telsey. And where the hell is Jerry Mitchell?
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#983re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:11am
I've complained about Heather Hachs many times. If you watch her interviews on the show's website, it's even worse (I agree that LB's book is the worst part of it). She seems to think that she improved upon the movie so much when really she made the musical adaptation worse. Also, she has NO love for the source material. I don't care that it's not Citizen Kain--you have to at least grudgingly respect something to make a good adaptation. Even the creators of the Xanadu musical seemed to enjoy the movie on some level. For instance, she commented that all Emmett does to "win" Elle in the movie is drive a car. Umm, way to miss the point of his character completely. And the fact that their relationship stuff happens offscreen. Actually, the musical suffers because they try to put Elle and Emmett together too quickly, IMO.
God, I could write an essay on how she screwed up the adaptation with her attempts to "improve" upon the movie.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Updated On: 6/24/08 at 02:11 AM
#984re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 3:50amI was just thinking about the fact that Jerry Mitchell hasn't been on since the first episode. I don't know about any one else, but when he said that he was going to leave it to the judges and that they knew what he was looking for I thought he just meant for the cut from 15 to 10. I mean, is he just going to come back for the finale or what?
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#985re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 4:14amhaha, just watched Emma's audition; what a joke. Boring as hell and her voice is clearly not up to Elle standard. They are working so hard to make her look like a hero is sickening; and the whole Seth scene "oh my friend in Rent quit smoking too . . ." so scripted it made me puke. Over it.
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
musicnmath
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/13/05
#986re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 4:38am
posted "recently" on the mtv site by Autumn attesting to the editing on the show. A classy move, I think. (Currently, I'm loving Autumn)
"we LOVE cassie s!!! and you should too!!
no more mean comments, dudes! she is a rad chick and one of the most generous, eager, ambitious girls ever.
sure, she made some mistakes on the show, but we ALL did ... they just might not have shown it. and they def don't show enough of her wacky, bright, funny spirit! but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
show her your support and just know that each of us girls learned SO much about ourselves and we are literally "SO MUCH BETTER" for it!
you are all GREAT fans and the love, compliments, questions and chats have been really a-mah-zing. thank you... you are the bomb diggity!!!
autumn"
#987re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 6:58amThe scary thing about that is that Autumn is actually 27, but that post sounds like it was written by an 11 year old.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#988re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:02amCassie S is going to have to work very very hard now to get a Broadway gig. The edit she got - and the material she gave them to include - may hold her back, no matter how talented she is. Not willing to be an understudy? Cassie, you're 19 - you have a long potential career ahead of you and you've indicated on the show that you don't want to pay any dues. Cassie obviously has not seen A Chorus Line or read "On the Line". The show depicts her as not a team player, as somone who pouts when they don't get what they want, and as a prima diva. She's going to have to be twice as good as anyone else to get a part. And, she's not that good. Someone needs to sit her down and have a talk with her about attitude, and how she's going to defend herself in auditions from now on, because she's going in with a mark against her.
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#989re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:31am
Cassie really made me angry. She deserved to go home. I would love to be a swing/understudy.
Anyway, Rhiannon was totally adorable tonight. I think she, out of all the girls, is the most right for Elle, but I also worry about her singing, but that's nothing that some really great voice lessons couldn't fix. I also love Lauren and Natalie, I hope they are the final three. Emma was definitely better than before, but she comes off as really cold to me. I cannot stand Bailey, and I'm glad some of the judges are seeing that she is repetitive. I think she's just a one-trick pony. Plus, she comes off as super-vain and bitchy in interviews, but just tries to hide it with her "southern charm." You're not fooling anyone.
theminutepast
Broadway Star Joined: 2/1/06
#990re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:25amApparently MTV isn't re-airing or posting the episode online until Thursday. Before this they were re-airing three times a day and the episode was up right away. Anyone know why?
FosterChild
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/03
#991re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:37amIt's highly likely the show is not pulling the ratings that would warrant repeat airings. As for Hach, who is as another poster said, a HACK, is so incredibly full of herself for someone who's made a career on adaptations. There's nothing good or original about her work.
#992re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:44am
"Cassie S is going to have to work very very hard now to get a Broadway gig."
Absolutely. And even if she made it further along in the show, I'd imagine very few people would even want her to win based on all the nasty clips they showed of her.
"My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- David Mamet on Jeremy Piven's early departure from the cast of Broadway's 'Speed-the-Plow'
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#993re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:03amI may get some flack for this, but I think Rhiannon is no worse of a singer than LBB.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#994re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:07am
I'm ashamed to say that I've gotten hooked on this show. Geez.
Anyway, regarding Cassie S.: True, she may not have gotten the best edit, but she also gave them the material to allow a bad edit. She's young, that's all. And not undifferent than a gazillion other girls out there that are talented, full of themselves, and don't think before they speak. With apologies to Sondheim, Sweeney and Anthony: "She will leeeeeaaaarnnnnnn..."
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#995re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:40am
lauren gets my vote!
i think she has the right look, the acting chops, and an awesome voice 
my second choice would be autumn...
#996re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:57ami wish they had the public vote for this show
#997re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:03pmAfter watching the full performances Lauren was my favorite of the week.
#998re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:05pmi really liked how rhianon did serious, that was the first time I really saw her perform
#999re: The Search for Elle THOUGHTS!
Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:12pm
Although she was off, my favorite is still Autumn.
I predict that Emma will be out next week, since it's a dancing episode.
I still predict it will be Autumn, Rhiannon, and Bailey in the top three, with Bailey winning it.
Spork, Bundy is WAY better than Rhiannon, imo. Bundy may not have better technique than Rhiannon does, but Bundy has much better pitch. Remember, early in the run Bundy was flawless vocally, and she sings "So Much Better" in a higher key than the girls on this show did a few weeks ago. It took bundy half a year to start to lose steam, but Rhiannon is showing vocal problems before the show even has started.
Not that i don't LOVE Rhiannon, because i do. She's so cute.
autumn to win!
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