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re: Underwood and "Attempting"

Posted by:	enoch10 06:07 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to:	re: Underwood and "Attempting" - Ann 05:44 pm EST 12/06/13

you know, it didn't help that i saw fantasia in AFTER MIDNIGHT last night. now if she is to be believed (and i don't have any reason not to) she first went to b'way with almost no training. she got a good reception in COLOR PURPLE and i don't doubt it after what i saw last night. i know it is a cliche and i know i wrote it in another thread but i am being as accurate as i can when i say she had that theater in the palm of her hand and in a way i've seldom experienced from performers with more experience and much, much more training. throwing a performer (especially one untrained) out of their depth is almost always a bad idea. but when it's not, it's a beautiful thing to experience. oddly enough i saw two american idol contestants last night both playing in the big league. and i do understand that its apples and oranges - it all had to be new and unnerving and disconcerting for underwood. but it doesn't change the fact that one shined, one didn't.

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