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Quote from: John G. on February 28, 2011, 08:43:32 AMQuote from: Jrand60 on February 28, 2011, 08:18:32 AMIs it wrong that I enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH wins even more so because they were at the expense of THE SOCIAL NETWORK?Um, no. I agree with John.
Quote from: Jrand60 on February 28, 2011, 08:18:32 AMIs it wrong that I enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH wins even more so because they were at the expense of THE SOCIAL NETWORK?Um, no.
Is it wrong that I enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH wins even more so because they were at the expense of THE SOCIAL NETWORK?
Quote from: John G. on February 28, 2011, 06:23:15 PMQuote from: Ann on February 28, 2011, 05:45:35 PMHi HHW people! I hope you will forgive me for popping in out of the proverbial blue like this, but I had a question and I thought "Who might know better than the theater-savvy crowd at HHW?" DH Jed and I went to see Next To Normal at the 5th Ave in Seattle last night. The show opened on Thursday, I believe. Alice Ripley was still in as Diana and she sounded HORRIBLE! I had never heard the OCR, so I had nothing to compare it to, and I was astounded at how off-key, raspy, and warbling she sounded. Jed, who knows the OCR pretty well, sat there with his mouth hanging open. The final shocker? They announced over the PA system that her understudy would be taking over for Act 2. Never seen that happen mid-show before. I have seen rumblings on the web that her voice has been having trouble for awhile...So...anyone know what the deal is? Why is she still doing the show?? It it really just illness or is her voice thrashed beyond repair? I once saw a dreadful touring production of "South Pacific" with Robert Goulet as the star. The Nellie Forbush couldn't continue after the first act, so they replaced her with another actress. No one said anything. I think they were all asleep. DR JohnG, was this in 2002 or so? If it was, I was rather surprised at how good the show was.
Quote from: Ann on February 28, 2011, 05:45:35 PMHi HHW people! I hope you will forgive me for popping in out of the proverbial blue like this, but I had a question and I thought "Who might know better than the theater-savvy crowd at HHW?" DH Jed and I went to see Next To Normal at the 5th Ave in Seattle last night. The show opened on Thursday, I believe. Alice Ripley was still in as Diana and she sounded HORRIBLE! I had never heard the OCR, so I had nothing to compare it to, and I was astounded at how off-key, raspy, and warbling she sounded. Jed, who knows the OCR pretty well, sat there with his mouth hanging open. The final shocker? They announced over the PA system that her understudy would be taking over for Act 2. Never seen that happen mid-show before. I have seen rumblings on the web that her voice has been having trouble for awhile...So...anyone know what the deal is? Why is she still doing the show?? It it really just illness or is her voice thrashed beyond repair? I once saw a dreadful touring production of "South Pacific" with Robert Goulet as the star. The Nellie Forbush couldn't continue after the first act, so they replaced her with another actress. No one said anything. I think they were all asleep.
Hi HHW people! I hope you will forgive me for popping in out of the proverbial blue like this, but I had a question and I thought "Who might know better than the theater-savvy crowd at HHW?" DH Jed and I went to see Next To Normal at the 5th Ave in Seattle last night. The show opened on Thursday, I believe. Alice Ripley was still in as Diana and she sounded HORRIBLE! I had never heard the OCR, so I had nothing to compare it to, and I was astounded at how off-key, raspy, and warbling she sounded. Jed, who knows the OCR pretty well, sat there with his mouth hanging open. The final shocker? They announced over the PA system that her understudy would be taking over for Act 2. Never seen that happen mid-show before. I have seen rumblings on the web that her voice has been having trouble for awhile...So...anyone know what the deal is? Why is she still doing the show?? It it really just illness or is her voice thrashed beyond repair?
Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2011, 10:07:27 AMQuote from: John G. on February 28, 2011, 08:43:32 AMQuote from: Jrand60 on February 28, 2011, 08:18:32 AMIs it wrong that I enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH wins even more so because they were at the expense of THE SOCIAL NETWORK?Um, no. I agree with John.I also agreeSocial Network was a decent movie but IMHO was not a great movie
Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2011, 06:35:45 PMDR TCB how is Nicky today?He seems a little better. Hopefully it is just a hairball.
DR TCB how is Nicky today?
Quote from: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2011, 06:47:23 PMQuote from: Jane on February 28, 2011, 10:07:27 AMQuote from: John G. on February 28, 2011, 08:43:32 AMQuote from: Jrand60 on February 28, 2011, 08:18:32 AMIs it wrong that I enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH wins even more so because they were at the expense of THE SOCIAL NETWORK?Um, no. I agree with John.I also agreeSocial Network was a decent movie but IMHO was not a great movieSorry, I guess I don't agree. Why does the THE KING'S SPEECH victory have to be savored at another film's expense? Would you also say that you enjoyed THE KING'S SPEECH win as Best Picture at the expense of TOY STTORY 3? THE SOCIAL NETWORK may not have been Jrand's cup of tea, but millions of people saw and enjoyed the film.
Not real impressed with the new DWS cast
So, I woke up this morning to discover that I had a short paper due today on a movie of my choice from a list of five or six. I had seen "Lean on Me" ages ago and never wanted to see it again. So I ran to the library to get "Freedom Writers" with Hilary Swenk. Then watched the movie, cranked out four pages and was the second one to turn in the paper. Guess the rest of the class failed to notice the deadline, too.
Quote from: John G. on February 28, 2011, 06:26:08 PMSo, I woke up this morning to discover that I had a short paper due today on a movie of my choice from a list of five or six. I had seen "Lean on Me" ages ago and never wanted to see it again. So I ran to the library to get "Freedom Writers" with Hilary Swenk. Then watched the movie, cranked out four pages and was the second one to turn in the paper. Guess the rest of the class failed to notice the deadline, too. This would have been a perfect time to finally see ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, DR John. I would certainly be most curious to see what kind of paper would be written about it.
