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SOM THING GOOD

Posted by: hugoP 12:00 am EST 12/07/13
Yeah, she isn't an actress. Yeah, he couldn't quite pull off a rounded character. Yeah, the "suits" had some nerve, even attempting such a thing. You know what? This took guts from everybody involved and I think we should appreciate the fact that a lot of successful people (Underwood, Moyer included) who didn't have to put themselves out there decided to do it. My own two cents: this might have been the most "meta" experience of the year-- you couldn't help but think about the whole story behind the production while you were watching the whole thing. Yes, that means the whole enterprise never quite captivated. But it also demonstrates just how surprising it is these days for big entertainment companies to actually take chances and put a lot of resources and reputations on the line. And, in this case, they indicated that America can still fall in love with a Broadway musical....and with live musical theatre on television. I hope, really hope, that this leads to more. And, for those of you who didn't like it, it only took up one channel on your 500+ channel line-up (not including your Netflix, Hulu, You Tube and Amazon accounts) and didn't really hurt you one bit.
OK, I did it. Defended the whole thing. Let me have it.


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