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| re: Julie Andrews | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 06:16 pm EDT 07/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Julie Andrews - PlayWiz 05:19 pm EDT 07/09/21 | |
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| Of course Julie Andrews is a huge star, but she was not known as a Gwen Verdon-type triple threat, even though she moved well and did dances in some of her films. Gwen Verdon danced brilliantly and sang and acted competently. Julie Andrews sings brilliantly and acts and dances competently. Judi Dench acts brilliantly and sings and dances competently. What's the difference? All are "triple threats" in my book. I don't expect the miracle of anyone being able to do all three things brilliantly. I believe a "triple threat" is someone who does all three things with professional competence at a Broadway/Hollywood level, and (preferably) at least one of them with brilliance. |
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| re: Julie Andrews | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:37 pm EDT 07/09/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:33 pm EDT 07/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Julie Andrews - keikekaze 06:16 pm EDT 07/09/21 | |
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| I would classify Verdon's dancing and acting as both brilliant. She studied with Sanford Meisner, and her Anna Christie in "New Girl in Town" was reviewed favorably with Greta Garbo's. Her Roxie Hart, acting-wise was also brilliant. I've never seen Dench dance, though she has certainly done musicals ("Cabaret", "A Little Night Music", "The Good Companions"), though nothing I'm aware of that called for complex or difficult choreography. Andrews' acting has been more than what you call competent; her "My Fair Lady" reviews called out her acting and overall performance in addition to her singing. I think the term "triple threat" refers more to someone who can do all three, but I think it's the dancing par excellence in which the term is most expressly used, at least on Broadway and in films. It can be over-used, too, by PR people when someone is good at at least one of those skills and might take part in a musical number or two and at the very least does some movement. Of course, there's Lina Lamont in "Singin' In the Rain" -- as Cosmo calls her out -- "Can't sing, can't dance, can't act. A triple threat!" So there! :) |
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