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SMASH: Or the show with songs that isn't goddamn terrible

YaYaYaYa Decent.Registered User regular
edited February 2012 in Social Entropy++
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so the pilot of this just aired and it's also been on iTunes and whatnot for a while

Grace and some Broadway guy want to make a show about Marilyn Monroe and then Pierce Hawthorne's stepdaughter and not-Kristen Chenowith want to be Marilyn Monroe and then songs happen

let's go down the list of ways that it isn't like that other musical show

1. it's about real working adults with non-bullshit problems and there's only one teenager and he's not a main character
2. it's not set in a high school but actually set on Broadway and it's about how totally cut-throat and competitive getting a show going is and not about who's getting the solo this week but oh my god Finn left he's our only hope wait he's back
3. it's created by Theresa Rebeck, who is not Ryan Murphy
4. the song-writing team behind Hairspray and other shows is doing original songs, which may be iTunes bait but at least they're original iTunes bait written by talented composers
5. NO

FUCKING

AUTOTUNE


also it's just a really well put-together show and the pilot is great and Grace is in it and you guys I want to talk about this damn show

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  • pookapooka Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    hey, the lady who played Grace. hey, Anjelica Huston!

    i'm sorry, i got nothin', but i'll try to watch it. will it be on Hulu?
    there are clips on Hulu, and yes, i could Google it, but YaYa wants to talk about it.

    oh, here. it's related. youtube!

    pooka on
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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    edited February 2012
    That looks like Raza Jaffrey. Is that Raza Jaffrey?

    Guy was great in Spooks, but man, they treated his character like shit. Not really seen him in anything else!

    This not being like other musical shows sounds like a good reason to watch it. Any original songs, or do they cover things more than 2 years old (IE, things I may actually know)?

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    Oh brilliant
  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    Dark Raven X wrote:
    That looks like Raza Jaffrey. Is that Raza Jaffrey?

    This not being like other musical shows sounds like a good reason to watch it. Any original songs, or do they cover things more than 2 years old (IE, things I may actually know)?

    yes and yes, thus far

    e: not to Raza Jaffrey I don't know who that is

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  • Rock Lobster!Rock Lobster! Registered User regular
    So the first episode has been sitting on my dvr for a while and I finally got around to watching this. I really really enjoyed it. Though I couldn't stop thinking about the earlier scene and "please don't make me a joke" during the baseball number.

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Caught the first episode on Hulu a couple weeks back. Didn't really grab me, but I'm interested enough to keep watching. Baseball number was cool.

    Honestly, based only on pilots, Glee is more entertaining. But I think it would be difficult for Smash to fall from grace as quickly.

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