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okay, let me put this another way...

Posted by: DistantDrumming 04:21 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: New ON THE TOWN video - "I Can Cook Too" - DistantDrumming 05:31 am EST 01/19/15

...I know this is just a clip of one song. I get that. But is what we see in this clip representative of her performance? Or, the many of you who enjoy her performance, is this clip in no way a representation of the performance you actually experience in the theatre? I mean, Chip is so full of manic energy and Hildy, to be honest, seems exhausted and out of steam by the end.


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Posted by: Chromolume 05:03 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: okay, let me put this another way... - DistantDrumming 04:21 pm EST 01/19/15

My impressions when I saw the show in November -- I liked Umphress MUCH more than I thought I was going to, given a rehearsal video I had seen of the number. (I don't know what culinary magic Hildy might have with crow, but I would eat it lol.) The night I saw the show, I didn't get any sense that she was out of steam at any point.

Mr. Johnson as Chip - not so enthusiastic. Too much clowning around for me. Yes, he could do a lot of fun things physically, but it was, as a colleague of mine might put it, "too much energy for the task." In fact, I have to say that Ms. Umphress was upstaged TWICE in "Come Up To My Place" - not just by Chip's antics, but also by the video-game-like projections that showed us the trip the taxi was taking. On one hand, it was a fun idea. On the other hand, the song got lost in the shuffle.


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Posted by: enoch10 04:39 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: okay, let me put this another way... - DistantDrumming 04:21 pm EST 01/19/15

it isn't "a representation" of anything. it is what it is. a one minute youtube cilp. as someone explained to you the song is set up a specific way and you can't get the set up or the song or the performance (of anything other than the clip) off youtube.

it gives you an idea of how she sings the song but if you want to determine whether her praise was justified or not you'll have to decide that for yourself and i don't see any way to do that by watching a one-minute clip youtube clip.


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