The Search for Elle THOUGHTS! — Page 40

No more wrong than me watching I Love the New Millennium on VH1 during the commercial breaks.

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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!

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Totally 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.

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Rhiannon is my favorite. But I worry about her vocals.

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.

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Updated On: 6/24/08 at 02:11 AM

haha, 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.

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The scary thing about that is that Autumn is actually 27, but that post sounds like it was written by an 11 year old.

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.

It'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.

I may get some flack for this, but I think Rhiannon is no worse of a singer than LBB.

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lauren gets my vote!
i think she has the right look, the acting chops, and an awesome voice
my second choice would be autumn...

After watching the full performances Lauren was my favorite of the week.

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!