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re: SOM THING GOOD

Posted by:	hugoP 12:46 am EST 12/07/13
In reply to:	re: SOM THING GOOD - PlayWiz 12:29 am EST 12/07/13

I think I am in the ATC minority in that I don't feel Carrie Underwood was a ridiculous notion. She has a wonderful voice and has a lot of stage presence when performing pop and country. That sometimes translates...and sometimes doesn't...into success in acting roles. And Stephen Moyer was also a bet worth making. And casting pros like Audra and Laura likely helped the whole cast find their footing. This production was created with very high standards and very big ambitions...yeah, we can all criticize what didn't work (and plenty did not work) but a lot doesn't work in live television. When you watch old kinescopes from the Golden Age of Television you see lots of static stagings, lots of wooden performances, lots of awkward moments...and lots of powerful, unforgettable things. SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE had a few of those, too. And, even though it only part-way worked, they did it without a net...and without auto-tune....and without re-dos...and without any guarantees. I freely criticize cynical, low-expectation, bottom-feeding television all the time....this, for all of its flaws, was not that.

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