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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: NeoAdamite 01:52 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - RufusRed 09:13 am EST 11/02/15

It's completely routine for anxious actors in leading parts to have their lines on a monitor or a bug in their ear.

Most of the time the crutch is ignored, so it's ridiculous to assume that the performance is suffering without actually having seen it.


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: allineedisthegirl 02:38 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - NeoAdamite 01:52 pm EST 11/02/15

"It's completely routine for anxious actors in leading parts to have their lines on a monitor or a bug in their ear."

You're kidding, right? Completely routine, as in "the way it's usually done"?

Stritch, Lansbury. . . (maybe James Earl Jones). Who else?

Thanks


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: NeoAdamite 03:38 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - allineedisthegirl 02:38 pm EST 11/02/15

Completely routine, as in "the way it's usually done"?

Completely routine, as in "what you do when an actor needs help."

I have no idea why Willis is doing a Broadway run, but if he needs a bug in his ear to get him through--and the audience can't tell the difference--I don't think he's doing the art of acting any significant damage.

I'm roughly his age, and have been alarmed very recently by some really shocking memory slips of my own.


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: JAllenC3 03:11 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - allineedisthegirl 02:38 pm EST 11/02/15

Val Kilmer in 10 Commandments the Musical. Though those lyrics were so forgettable that you can't really blame him.


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: bwaynut 02:43 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - allineedisthegirl 02:38 pm EST 11/02/15

Supposedly, the great Mary Martin (late in her career) while touring with Carol Channing in "Legends."

I'll have to revisit this book now. I remember howling at certain places the first time I read it.

Link Mary Martin and Carol Channing in "Legends"

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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: allineedisthegirl 02:50 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - bwaynut 02:43 pm EST 11/02/15

Guess what I really want is examples of stars as young as Willis (or, like, under 80) doing this.

db


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: comedywest 03:11 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - allineedisthegirl 02:50 pm EST 11/02/15

Mary Tyler Moore in Rose's Dilemma -- or did it not get that far?


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re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines?

Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:20 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - comedywest 03:11 pm EST 11/02/15

If I remember correctly, Moore played only a single preview of ROSE'S DILEMMA before the infamous letter from Neil Simon was delivered backstage by Elaine Joyce.


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No, she appeared in more than one preview

Posted by: Esther 04:23 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Bruce Willis in 'Misery' Getting Fed His Lines? - JereNYC 03:20 pm EST 11/02/15

Previews started before Thanksgiving & she left right before the December 3rd matinee.

Link Previews begin 11/24/03

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