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re: Underwood and "Attempting"

Posted by:	mikem 06:47 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to:	re: Underwood and "Attempting" - Michael_Portantiere 06:09 pm EST 12/06/13

Underwood in a musical would be a much bigger draw for a TV audience than Benanti in a musical. The network TV audience, of all of the popular arts media, is the largest and broadest, and that means hiring broadly popular names. It's rare to have a one-off special on network television without some kind of name attached, especially nowadays. Also, there was the curiosity factor with Underwood performing here -- I'm not a particular fan, but I was curious how she would do. She is very broadly popular -- not just a big seller (her debut album is the biggest-selling country album of the last 10 years, and she has had 16 consecutive #1 or #2 hits on country radio), but she also has a very likable persona. And she had had some live experience, having hosted one of the country awards shows for several years now, where she did well enough and was popular enough to keep getting asked back. And although it may not be true for all of us individually, American popular entertainment is celebrity-driven. Just look at the box office struggles for The Winslow Boy. If Al Pacino or Daniel Craig had been in that production, it would have sold premium tickets like crazy.

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