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re: Underwood and "Attempting"

Posted by: LegitOnce 05:48 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Underwood and "Attempting" - Michael_Portantiere 05:22 pm EST 12/06/13
Another thing you have no way of knowing for sure is whether Hathaway or Gaga could "cut the mustard" in the unique challenge of singing, dancing and acting a stage musical on live TV. Neither one has ever tried. It's fair to say that these two would seem to show great promise for such a project, but the point is that right now you are comparing an idealized imaginary experience to a real one, and naturally reality suffers in comparison to your fantasy.

People are being extremely rough on Underwood, mostly because she was (I think) essentially miscast in a part that needs a high level of charm and star quality to paper over what is otherwise a not very interesting character dramatically. But she didn't cast herself: she was offered the job by people who are experts in the field of musical comedy. Why should she doubt their expertise, after all: that's their job, and she really knows very little about the subject.

From my point of view, her acting was passable in the lighter scenes, her singing was solid if not particularly idiomatic, and she danced gracefully. She clearly needed more direction, but again, that's not her problem: she wasn't the director.


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