The Loudon clips are great. I said that Miss Carter's biggest problem is that she either has been directed to subvert every laugh in A Little Priest or she just doesn't know how to land them, but people have come on and said that "their" audience laughed - of course, what's clear is that "their" audience is peppered with musical theater people who know the song and therefore laugh, no matter what the performance. There was not ONE laugh in that song when I saw the film at the DGA. Then, someone came on and said there were never big laughs in that number, even with Lansbury on the DVD - of course, the audience reaction during numbers was purposely dialed down in the mix of that video. Watch Loudon and Hearn - just as it was with Lansbury and Cariou - want laughs? All you need to know is how to get them.
