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| And what a number to begin with. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 10:09 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 10:08 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: "It only ran for a month"? Really? - TimDunleavy 10:06 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| It was a 90s Gap commercial, repurposed to "make sure" no one under 26 changed the channel. It has the opposite impact: it took the very reason we tuned in -- for double nostalgia (both the era of the film, and whatever era we individually fell in love with it) and pretended we needed to be kicked in the ass and reminded it's really 2017. It completely meta-ized a piece of material that didn't require it, and upstaged a genuinely workable format, Broderick's character weaving into his own childhood. It was thus framed twice -- imagine, say a producer waltzing out before the Stage Manager in OUR TOWN -- and it was dreadful. Whoever thought of it should be fired and sent back to advertising. And the song was among the most unmemorable of pop ditties. It set up the Old Navy-ization, per Ann's points (and many on Facebook, who were truly appalled.) |
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| Posted by: SRMHAYES 09:32 am EST 12/19/17 | |
| In reply to: And what a number to begin with. - Delvino 10:08 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| It was TERRIBLE. Who IS that woman? What a gaffe! | |
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| Posted by: gothamplaygoer 12:01 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: And what a number to begin with. - Delvino 10:08 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| It certainly got the evening off to a bad start. As someone who loves the Broadway version of the musical, I was deeply disheartened by what transpired last night. Stretching the evening to three hours with added numbers and, worst of all, those "behind the scenes" segments that destroyed what little momentum the show was generating, was a big mistake. The pace of the first half was glacial. I missed the terrific kid tap dancer and the zany leg lamp number. Matthew Broderick lacked a light touch. On the plus side, Chris Diamantopoulos was a revelation, Jane Krakowski was, as always, an asset and the pace did pick up towards the end. The Chinese restaurant scene was cleverly handled. I fear that the friends that I enthusiastically urged to watch it will wonder why. | |
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| Posted by: twocents 11:31 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: And what a number to begin with. - Delvino 10:08 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| imagine, say a producer waltzing out before the Stage Manager in OUR TOWN Great point. Hell, I loved the song anyway. I simply enjoyed the ride. They got it out of their system and delivered us to the 1940s anyway. |
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| Posted by: MarjorieMae 10:41 am EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: And what a number to begin with. - Delvino 10:08 am EST 12/18/17 | |
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| If that opening number was an Old Navy ad then the Greatest Showman ad was a Dr. Pepper street number ad from the 70's (I'm a Pepper). | |
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