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Post by Neurochick on Mar 23, 2013 19:00:19 GMT -4
Yeah, Jeremy's character is horrible, which is too bad as he is in the only part of the show I find interesting. The new show is interesting. I am over Bombshell and its drama. And I've never really gotten the praise for Hilty. She is so mannered on the show that I don't enjoy her. On a side note, I still want Karen to end up with Derek. I've never gotten the praise for Hilty either, the folks on TWoP practically salivate over her like she's some goddess or something, but, I get why they do. See the folks on TWoP see themselves as underdogs, as the middle children, as the ones the teacher never called on even though they knew the answers. They hate McPhee because Spielberg likes her, and built the show around her, I believe. To them any time a man actually likes a woman, they see it as a betrayal so they went into the show hating McPhee before the first episode even aired. Hilty is talented but she's no Sherie Rene Scott or Sutton Foster. |
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Post by GoldenFleece on Mar 23, 2013 21:34:40 GMT -4
TWoP posters are hardly the only people who think McPhee is horrible on Smash--several professional reviewers feel the same way, but they also think the show is an all-around trainwreck, so you could say she doesn't have a lot to work with. But I have seen other things where good actors manage to rise above poor material, but with McPhee here, not so much. I think she's out of her depth as the star of a drama series and wildly implausible as the great undiscovered Broadway talent. Spielberg may have cast her but nobody bats 1.000.
Megan Hilty is very Broadway to me, so it makes sense that a lot of fans of a show set in the stage world would enjoy her acting, even if it's not the most naturalistic. When I did watch Smash, it felt like the writers were making Ivy such a screw-up so Karen would seem that much more perfect in comparison and that kind of lazy, cheap writing does a lot to turn viewers against a character/actor.
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mrsvetes
Lady in Waiting
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Post by mrsvetes on Mar 24, 2013 15:32:40 GMT -4
The problem I've had all along is that Karen is set up as this amazing talent who shines above Ivy but, whenever they are called upon to sing, Karen can't hold a candle to Ivy. It's not that Hilty has a better voice (they both are powerhouses) but she tells the story of the song while McPhee sings pretty or sings the emotion of the song. Singing to the emotion works for pop singers or recording artists but it would very rarely play in a theatrical venue when the story is everything.
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boxofrocks
Blueblood
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May 10, 2013 0:49:24 GMT -4
Post by boxofrocks on May 10, 2013 0:49:24 GMT -4
So, regular episodes have been moved to Saturday nights, which is supposedly the show's death knell. The season (and likely series) finale is on Sun., May 26. The last episode had some pretty ghoulish references to "Rent." Poor Kyle gets hit by a car and dies, and his groundbreaking off-Broadway show goes on in his honor. Jesse L. Martin advocates for the show to go on from a business perspective while the camera very obviously catches a "Rent" poster in the background. I wonder how Martin felt playing the corporate boss in that scene. |
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May 10, 2013 8:43:06 GMT -4
Post by chitowngirl on May 10, 2013 8:43:06 GMT -4
You might want to put spoiler tags around that!
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boxofrocks
Blueblood
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Aug 25, 2007 11:01:39 GMT -4
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May 10, 2013 9:00:47 GMT -4
Post by boxofrocks on May 10, 2013 9:00:47 GMT -4
You might want to put spoiler tags around that! The episode already aired almost a week ago. |
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May 13, 2013 11:25:20 GMT -4
Post by Spinderella on May 13, 2013 11:25:20 GMT -4
So was Saturday nights episode the last one? Since the show was announced as canceled, I think it's funny to have it end with Ivy getting a phone call saying she's pregnant. Oops!
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Post by forever1267 on May 13, 2013 13:45:11 GMT -4
No there is just one more, in 2 weeks, during Memorial Day weekend. It's the Tonys 2 hour episode, and that will finish it, and I read somewhere that plot lines will be cleared up.
It is a "bad" show, but it's also a "fun" show, and it's also a "different" show than anything else on TV right now. I really wish Bravo or Logo or someone would have picked this up. Instead, we'll probably get CSI: Des Moines this fall!
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May 25, 2013 14:19:55 GMT -4
Post by forever1267 on May 25, 2013 14:19:55 GMT -4
Songs from the Musicals (Found this. Might be useful for someone.) So Long, Farewell to this very entertaining mess of a show, which ends tonight with The Tony Awards. Will the show give it's favorite girl, Katherine McPhee, the Tony for Best Actress, or will the show FINALLY acknowledge it's audience, and give it to Internet Favorite Megan Hilty? Tune in tonight....
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May 25, 2013 14:34:29 GMT -4
Post by Neurochick on May 25, 2013 14:34:29 GMT -4
Songs from the Musicals (Found this. Might be useful for someone.) So Long, Farewell to this very entertaining mess of a show, which ends tonight with The Tony Awards. Will the show give it's favorite girl, Katherine McPhee, the Tony for Best Actress, or will the show FINALLY acknowledge it's audience, and give it to Internet Favorite Megan Hilty? Tune in tonight.... What audience are you referring to? Oh, I guess the ones who like Hilty, who for some reason keeps wearing clothes two sizes too small. BTW, the finale isn't tonight, it's tomorrow. |
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