What went right?
What went right?
Larcen26
Stand-by Joined: 5/21/04
#1What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 10:48am
Ok, So I think everyone universally agrees that The Wiz Live was the first new NBC live musical that actually worked.
So where did they go right?
The most obvious thing that I saw was that with the previous two years, the lack of a live audience was palpable and awkward. But I didn't get that same feeling with this one...no idea why, but my guess was better placing of commercials after big numbers.
Thoughts?
Larcen26
Stand-by Joined: 5/21/04
#4What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 11:15am
Sorry, I saw the thread about the show, but nothing specifically focusing on my original thought...
If that's what the other thread has become, cool.
#5What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 11:18am
If you had posted this in the other thread, people would have answered you and you wouldn't have relegated
Andy Mientus's tweets to page two.
#6What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 3:15pm
I personally disagree RE: universal opinion.
ARTc3
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
#7What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 6:39pm
I thought The Wiz mediocre at best. The cast was good, but the camera work, sound and direction were dreadful. The decision to not include a live audience was a huge mistake. The revised book was horrific, and I'm a huge Harvey fan.
Now having typed the above, there were some very magical moments, but nothing about The Wiz was consistently good.
Nefertiti
Understudy Joined: 8/8/15
#8What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 7:31pm
I have just described some facts on another thread about this. Although some enjoyed it and got support from the community that has cultural reference too, does not mean it went right.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 7:48pm
The revised book was "horrific"? Come now, could that possibly be a bit over the top???
#10What went right?
Posted: 12/4/15 at 7:48pm
Every Party has a pooper, that is why we invited you! The show did go right and you are just as wrong in this thread as you are in the other. Thanks for sharing!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
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