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re: Great show and performance

Posted by: Chromolume 06:59 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Great show and performance - TGWW 04:09 pm EST 12/06/13
I'm defining "chops" in this case as not really being talent, but being experience/training/etc. True, Underwood the "rookie" could have surprised us with an untapped acting talent that we wouldn't have expected. But...she doesn't have those chops, and we knew she didn't.

Add to that the fact that it's a supremely iconic role, and the performance is being telecast live - there was an incredible amount of pressure on Underwood to deliver - understood. I don't envy her in the least.

But, this is exactly the kind of situation where experience and training can help overcome the pressure - that know-how on how to carry a stage performance - something, again, that Lansbury and Bailey had plenty of experience with. THEY weren't doing it on talent alone, and it should have been clear that it was going to be a long shot for Underwood to pull all aspects of this gig off. It could have happened, sure - anything can, lol. But I think we all know that realistically that was one big gamble.


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