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#50CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:20pm
Pass that bowl of sour grapes, willya?
Lea Michelle is - I can absolutely guarantee you - a force to be reckoned with. Talented or not (and I think she is) she is one of the names most bandied about out here in Los Angeles in the film and TV biz. "Glee" has put her and Matthew on the map in a huge way and she's going to ride that train for as long as she can.
If she said she wanted to do "Funny Girl" (and I believe last night was exactly that) I think you could safely count on checkbooks coming out on both coasts. She is bankable.
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#51CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:26pmOnce again she has raped an excellent show stopper. She should be arrested, charged and thrown in theater jail for this utter desecration.
#52CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:43pm
No sour grapes here. I thought her spastic "CAUSE IMMA COMMA" was nothing short of brilliant.
I hope Joel Mchale picks up on it.. I'd LOVE to that moment randomly "pop" up on the screen during THE SOUP whenever they need a surefire laugh.
Since the girl is so talented, in demand and all.. she can afford a little good-natured ribbing. She can afford to laugh at herself a little.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 10:43 PM
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#53CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:52pmPoor girl couldn't even keep up with the music...and is it me or did she have a hint of a british accent? Over enunciation, over singing, over the top and over bearing.
#54CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:55pm
I would rather listen to Lea than most of the other things I was forced to endure last night.
I enjoyed it. Even played it back after this thread, and thought WTF people... I wanna see you knocking it out of the park in front of a packed Radio City and 25 television viewers on YouTube.
...Entitlement.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#55CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 10:56pmKnocked it out of the park. Uh no. More liked raked it through the coals, stommped on it and destroyed it.
#56CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 11:01pm
When you start hearing the "I'd like to see you do better" argument.. you know you are dealing with the "fundamentalist" fans.
They are the humorless "jesussy" people of musical theatre.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 11:01 PM
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#57CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 11:04pmOh hells yeah I can do better than that. Just gimme a minute while I look for my Funny Girl Karaoke, my Lee press on nails, wig, false eyelashes and web cam. Coming soon to YouTube.
#58CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 11:56pm
"If she said she wanted to do "Funny Girl" (and I believe last night was exactly that) I think you could safely count on checkbooks coming out on both coasts. She is bankable."
Agreed. People can make fun of her if they want, but she is one of the stars of a BIG hit TV show. She's having the last laugh.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#59CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 11:59pmDid people hate her in her Spring Awakening days? Or do they just hate her now because she's a big star? I have always found "theatre people" (whatever that means) to be sort of like that friend that like an obscure indie band until they get popular.
chellie
Stand-by Joined: 6/7/10
#60CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 1:58am
Although I'd agree that people start to dislike something when it gets popular, I don't think it's limited to "theatre people". I think anyone who's a fan of something/someone who's under the radar and then becomes popular will start to scoff at the people who like it.
But, speaking for myself, I've always found Lea Michele to be rather annoying. I don't dislike her any more now than I ever did. She just has some quality that I can't quite put my finger on that gets under my skin.
Updated On: 6/15/10 at 01:58 AM
Disneyland Magic Man
Featured Actor Joined: 9/9/06
#61CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 2:25am
There's no jelousy involved in saying that Lea Michele did a HORRIBLE job performing an iconic song.
Enough defending her because it was live. Because it was the Tony's. Because it was at Radio City. She's been on Broadway since she was a child. She knows how to perform live. She knows how to perform live at the Tony's.
There's a reason Funny Girl hasn't been revived yet. It made a LEGIT star out of Barbra. ANY actress to play that role in the revival has to live up to those expectations. Barbra was a nobody they took a chance on in the role which was written for more famous people in mind. She took Broadway by storm, took Hollywood by storm in the film, and the rest is history.
Lea Michele needs to up her game if she's looking to fill those shoes. I'd forgive a complete unknown with the performance Lea gave last night. BECAUSE she IS a TV star now AND a Broadway vet, I expect better. Step up to the plate, bitch, or move over so someone more talented can knock it out of the park instead.
At least Kerry Butler made an honest attempt, though horrible in it's own right, to NOT be Ellen Greene in the revival of Little Shop.
Updated On: 6/15/10 at 02:25 AM
#62CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 10:47am
Alright people. I'm not a Lea Michele fan. So no, I am not a "fundamentalist" fan. In fact, anyone that would refer to themselves as an "unconventional beauty" in an interview ends up on my douchebag list.
My point is this... it was an entertaining performance. You yentas are still dissecting it days later. So was it a success.... certainly. Was it technically great? Probably not.
...Entitlement.
#63CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 10:53amDisneyland - just one caveat to what you write, Streisand wasn't exactly an 'unknown' when she made it Broadway in FUNNY GIRL. She had of course already caused quite a stir with WHOLESALE and her first couple of albums had already been released. There was actually HUGE buzz about her return to Broadway and it really coincided perfectly with the ENORMOUS audience interest that had quickly developed in her over the past year.
#64CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 1:15pm
Which would be exactly the story is Lea Michelle returned to Broadway after becoming a big star.
I hope she does do the show, if only to rub the noses of those who poo poo her talent/draw/drive. The tweens would go wild and it would be Vicked all over again.
Oh, and BTW, Babs was a neurotic bundle of nerves and I'm sure no walk in the park to work with, so it probably all evens out.
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#65CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 1:19pmI didn't know people actually used the phrase "poo poo"...how, um...charming.
#66CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:45pmI used poo poo because I get shat on by the management when I use s... See what I mean?
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Featured Actor Joined: 6/19/08
#67CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:48pmI think she is a nice singer. But that performance at the Tony's was frightening. She is better than she showed that night. But if she thought Bart Sher was in the audience and she was trying to "show" what she can do with that number for an early Funny Girl audition...boy did she blow it. It was almost like watching a completely different person. A regional theater performer who's first time it was in front of a "serious" theater community. It was bad.
silversurfer2
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/07
#68CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:04pmI agree...BAD for someone that has as much Theater experience as she has had. And I don't think she has the stamina to perorm taht ICONIC role 8 times a week. I remember over hearing her at the Stage Door @ Spring Awakening telling her "Fans" {when she was not in DIVA mode and actually talking and not being rude to people} how she found her role in the show very challenging and taxing! {WTF} And she wants to take on FANNY BRICE.
DryMartini
Stand-by Joined: 3/20/06
#69CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:34pm
Why are you guys raining on her parade?
(She said no one was gonna.)
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#72CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/19/10 at 8:26pm
My 5 yr old granddaughter was in the other room while I watched the clip. Elizabeth put down what she was doing and stood beside me and asked me to shut it off. She said, "That not singing. That noise. Shut it off!" I complied.
I won't argue with a 5 yr old.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#73CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/19/10 at 9:22pm
Did people hate her in her Spring Awakening days? Or do they just hate her now because she's a big star? I have always found "theatre people" (whatever that means) to be sort of like that friend that like an obscure indie band until they get popular.
I, for one, thought she was mediocre at best in Spring Awakening. Her entire performance felt like she was using a tennis racket to hit a ping-pong ball, which doesn't quite make sense but you should get the idea. Far too broad, but not broad in a hammy, scenery-chewing way, broad in an "I don't know how to play this scene subtly so I am going to widen my eyes and say it in an innocent tone of voice" way. "And this is me Acting! I am going to Act Now! Are you watching me Acting, Audience?" I didn't understand the hype then and I still don't.
#74CAUSE I'M A COMER!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/19/10 at 9:37pmLea's crazy performance aside, did no one else notice that Matthew Morrison's fly was down while he was singing?
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