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Post by anthony40 on Dec 9, 2016 22:46:35 GMT
It's fabulous and I am LOVING it. Jazz hands
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 9, 2016 22:47:35 GMT
I had such a good time with this -- even if it had more technical errors than I might've expected, I didn't care all that much. Great energy, relevant story, and while I didn't love everyone in the cast, they were very strong and a joy to watch.
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 9, 2016 22:48:51 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 9, 2016 23:05:20 GMT
Honestly I really do wonder where people's expectations come from sometimes. The whole cast was great, including Arianna. As for JH being "too slim"? Are you kidding me? To present that, live and in front of millions of tv viewers is an immense achievement. Bravo!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 9, 2016 23:12:19 GMT
What a hot mess!
Terrible sound
Awful camera work
Dreadful lighting.
The only redeeming feature was JHud. Ariana Grande was just so hopeless.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 9, 2016 23:13:31 GMT
Anyone else notice the camera problem with You're Timeless To me? There are camera problems with every bloody song.
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Post by Paul on Dec 9, 2016 23:15:11 GMT
Penny's mother rolling over Penny's bed during without love was my favourite part.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 9, 2016 23:37:33 GMT
Anyone else notice the camera problem with You're Timeless To me? There are camera problems with every bloody song. Yeah, there was quite a bad one in I Know Where I've Been
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Dec 10, 2016 0:44:13 GMT
I really enjoyed it. Excellent cast. Especially Jennifer Hudson.
But the camerawork really was woeful. Surprisingly so. And who turned out the lights during Mama I'm a big girl now? How does that even happen?
And it was incredibly awkward when Velma was worried about what might be inside the big hairspray can, whilst the doors were gaping open...
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Post by d'James on Dec 10, 2016 0:54:21 GMT
I mean I hated Hairspray when I saw it at the Theatre but this new Hairspray Goes Wrong take has got me intrigued.
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 10, 2016 1:10:30 GMT
A musical for me needs to have great songs and I love shows that puts such a serious subject in a lighthearted and fun way and that is Hairspray to a T. I so love this musical it is number 3 in my top musicals of all time ( seeing this in the Neil Simon and Shaftsbury was one of the best time I ever had). I am watching some remarkable performances tonight, however this still leaves me cold as did the movie. This though does serve a good purpose and re-inforces why I love theatre and how it always works it magic.
Unfortunately I didn't here the bells tonight.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 10, 2016 7:13:48 GMT
The Big Doll's House was also cut
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 8:29:12 GMT
My Tivo box is getting very confused as I want it to record Hairspray, Boe and Ball and Sheridan Smith all at the same time, and it's not having any of it. Bit like buses coming along at the same time. Sheridan is on again Monday after 10pm news.
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Post by zsazsa on Dec 10, 2016 9:56:23 GMT
Jennifer Hudson was definitely the highlight of this.
Ariana Grande was awful, both dramatically and vocally. There was a lot of technical issues and also some flubbed lines. Didn't Tracy forget lyrics during Good Morning Baltimore?
Hoping they will edit it with some of the pre-filmed footage before it is released on DVD.
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Post by Sue on Dec 10, 2016 10:20:36 GMT
What a hot mess! Terrible sound Awful camera work Dreadful lighting. The only redeeming feature was JHud. Ariana Grande was just so hopeless. Is that you, Parsley? Are you and mrb one and the same?!
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Post by Jon on Dec 10, 2016 12:36:03 GMT
What a hot mess! Terrible sound Awful camera work Dreadful lighting. The only redeeming feature was JHud. Ariana Grande was just so hopeless. Is that you, Parsley? Are you and mrb one and the same?! Can't be, MrBarnaby hated Bend it like Beckham and Parsley also is way nastier!
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Post by singularsensation10 on Dec 10, 2016 18:14:30 GMT
Sorry if this has been mentioned but.... is it just me or were all of J-Huds songs put up a few semi tones??
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Post by Sue on Dec 10, 2016 18:28:15 GMT
Is that you, Parsley? Are you and mrb one and the same?! Can't be, MrBarnaby hated Bend it like Beckham and Parsley also is way nastier! Yeah but the way mrb presented his typed comment was just like Parsley's!
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Post by crabtree on Dec 10, 2016 22:25:28 GMT
And whilst I know what a mammoth undertaking this was, I'm afraid this seemed rather shoddy, with too many clumsy mistakes to be acceptable. It just felt rather underpowered and ugly, with under-rehearsed production values.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 10, 2016 22:41:56 GMT
It was waaaay better than Grease Live. And SoM (both US ad UK versions).
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 11, 2016 9:53:14 GMT
I thought Grease was much slicker than this.
There were so many mistakes in this that it felt like they'd never done a camera rehearsal before. But they've been rehearsing for THREE MONTHS!!!!!!
One of my all time favourite shows massively tainted for me.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 11, 2016 9:54:04 GMT
Parsley inspires Me In So many Ways What a hot mess! Terrible sound Awful camera work Dreadful lighting. The only redeeming feature was JHud. Ariana Grande was just so hopeless. Is that you, Parsley? Are you and mrb one and the same?!
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Post by alece10 on Dec 11, 2016 10:30:39 GMT
It was OK but an awful lot of mistakes and I wasnt even looking out for them especially. Ad breaks pratically every 5 minutes which was annoying. Thank god for fast forward. Must say ice nit been much of a fan of the live broadcasts so far apart from the UK version of Sound of Music which I really enjoyed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 10:34:26 GMT
Really enjoyed it. Loved the way they used the set, it was really good. Jennifer Hudson and Kristin Chenoweth stand outs for me - loved them both and both amazing in their roles! Also really surprised by Ariana Grande, I really enjoyed her in it!! Also thought Dove Cameron was great as Amber!!
Really upset they cut 'Big doll house'
Quite like the song at the end between Ariana and Jennifer.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 11, 2016 10:37:33 GMT
Really enjoyed it. Loved the way they used the set, it was really good. Jennifer Hudson and Kristin Chenoweth stand outs for me - loved them both and both amazing in their roles! Also really surprised by Ariana Grande, I really enjoyed her in it!! Also thought Dove Cameron was great as Amber!! Really upset they cut 'Big doll house' Quite like the song at the end between Ariana and Jennifer. Have to say I've never heard of Arianna but I thought she mumbled her words and couldn't hear what she was singing. Or was it just bad sound?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 16:50:32 GMT
Do people think that the song at the end "come so far" would work well in the stage show like at the end during the bows??
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Post by crabtree on Dec 11, 2016 17:02:20 GMT
the staging and design of the Link/Tracey prison seen was one of the most clumsy pieces of television I've ever seen. So brightly lit, and they just could not get a decent shot of the faces, and what a flimsy excuse for the escape. What was their thinking for not having the other protesters in prison? Tawdry and amateur.
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Post by d'James on Dec 11, 2016 17:04:05 GMT
Do people think that the song at the end "come so far" would work well in the stage show like at the end during the bows?? I happened to catch the end yesterday and really liked that song. Downloaded it straight away. I didn't like many of the songs in Hairspray so adding this somewhere would be a bonus.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 19:59:25 GMT
Have to agree with MrB actually, it was all a bit of an ugly mess. Such a shame they messed up Kristin's bow at the end as well, they cut to Ariana Grande struggling with yet another note instead.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 20:52:23 GMT
Cutting Kristin's bow for Harvey and Martin annoyed me too, especially as she was the biggest highlight of the show with Jennifer. Also annoyed me that after Kristin's first solo, they didn't play any of the audio of the audienfe appluding so there was just awkward audio and then an ad, whilst most of the other songs got the audio and cheers. Tiny peeve but still.
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