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Re: PRAS: Runners-Up

fridacormorant — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:11:55 -0000

Not a single new or exciting idea in Michael's collection. The second look was easily the best because it was constructed (perhaps not perfectly, but constructed at all) and the only one that was not another flowy Anya-meets-Rami-at-Dress-Barn. Then in the after-show, April made it clear that was her dress. Case closed.

Memo to Austen: pleather does NOT equal rock star, does not instantly say edgy. Pleather is chip, in a chip way. He could have done much better with more time and fewer ideas -- he really does have talent and vision and knows how to deliver the pretty. If, despite my intentions to abstain, I watch another season of PR, I hope my friends stage an intervention.

Re: T LOunge

fridacormorant — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:46:18 -0000

He may be a saint incarnate. But he lacks mad skilz. Both Austin and Mondo have at least once demonstrated brilliance.

Re: T LOunge

fridacormorant — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:43:25 -0000

Garbo speaks!

Re: T LOunge

fridacormorant — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:42:16 -0000

No question. Michael.

Re: Smash: Workshop

fridacormorant — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:45:31 -0000

Michael is creepy enough to take some twisted revenge after he's fired. The book of the show focuses on Joe and Marilyn and reduces the whole big sweep of Marilyn's story into a tiny domestic drama ... poor, poor Joe ... WTF? Initially, I thought the banal book was intentional so that Julia would have a big breakthrough and expand the story to something more fitting. Now I realize the banal book is the result of banal writers on the Smash team. They probably think it's fine. Smash is turning out to be pure cartoon, but I'll keep watching for moments like Ms. Peter's singing. Wow.

Re: Nicole Richie’s Cat Eyes

fridacormorant — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:57:37 -0000

Yay! Like any stylish accessory, it has to fit the wearer, but these are fun.

Re: Smash: Let’s Be Bad

fridacormorant — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:09:24 -0000

I am loving Derek because he should be played by Alan Rickman, but is managing to make it his own.

Re: Smash: Let’s Be Bad

fridacormorant — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:06:15 -0000

Crap. I really WANT to love this show, but I don't want to have to feel guilty in a feminist way about it. For f**)& sake, when a woman says no, please let it mean "NO!" One of my primary loves of the show is Debra Messing. Let her say no and mean it. I think he's a creepy stalker. Now, to the meat of it: when are they going to realize the big hole in the musical is the fact that Marilyn is hugely complex and at least two different women? I liked the staged version of "Let's Be Bad," but even so, it's so cliche -- poor drug addled, haunted Marilyn ... name your starlet. Marilyn was bigger than that. And I don't see any chemistry with Joe. I hope the glaring holes in the idea of Marilyn The Musical will be addressed as time goes on. It's hard to believe in this vehicle for the story when I would run laughing from any workshop with what they've shown me. No tension, hugely predictable. But I will watch this for the same reason I've watched "All About Eve" at least 100 times, and even like "42nd Street." And the drug bust songs! That alone was worth an hour!

Re: Smash: The Cost of Art

fridacormorant — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:02:24 -0000

I'm loving this show, even as I roll my eyes occasionally at the "42nd Street meets Star is Born" plot tropes. Great fun.

If someone has already said this, let me know, but from the first episode, I saw Ivy as a great representation of the public image of Marilyn, the irrepressibly sexy blond seductress, and Karen as the vulnerable, insecure (and unspoiled) brunette Norma Jean. I wouldn't find a musical about Marilyn at all compelling if it focused on one and not the other. The first two episodes had Karen and Ivy performing the numbers head to head, as virtual duets with editing, and each brought those different qualities and made the songs very different. And Ivy seems to have problems with expressing Marilyn's fears and doubts (at least in the rehearsal scene in the second episode).

As I imagine myself to be a writer in my rich fantasy life, I've already plotted Smash's next twists and turns. We know the book of the musical is in flux. I'm waiting for an "aha" moment when someone realizes that Marilyn should be played by both, with Ivy/Marilyn doing the brassy public performances and whenever she's "on" and Karen/Norma Jean doing the private, needy Norma Jean, with reprises of the numbers in each persona. Gimmicky? You betcha, but it actually would be a gimmick that would give the Marilyn musical a bit more dimension and texture, which it needs, even for a fictional musical. As it stands, they are selling the iconic Marilyn short.

Think of the motherlode of bitchy plot opportunities for the dueling duet of stars! Think of the possibilities for distressing overlap or conflict between each character and her version of MM/NJ!

I have not registered this with the Writer's Guild. Free idea. For the taking.

Re: Oscars In or Out: Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton

fridacormorant — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:11:04 -0000

In. It's her dress, but perhaps no one else's.

Re: PR All Stars: Reruns

fridacormorant — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:04:38 -0000

I looked at the back of Mondo's and screamed (well, silently, inside) "ANYA!" It's the same extreme racer back cut she put out there Every Single Week. Just for that inside joke, I gave Mondo the win.

And yes, I haven't gotten over Anya's pure fuckery win and I probably won't, ever.

Re: Who Gives More To Charity: Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Or Santorum?

fridacormorant — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:06:52 -0000

Oh yea, it's a rich life, as an author. *spit take*

Re: PR All Stars: Austin & Mila

fridacormorant — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:21:06 -0000

I agree that Austin's look is less wonderful than originally thought. On examination, it's the necklace that made it for me ... but that's from the accessory wall, no?

Re: In or Out: Sandra Bullock in Alexander McQueen

fridacormorant — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:26:54 -0000

Out. Not this pantsuit. Bad fabric, bad fit, bad length. The shine in her hair is lovely, but the stick straight ends are not red carpet pretty or daring or fierce, just blah. She's a beautiful woman and deserves better.

Re: WERQ: Rooney Mara in Prabal Gurung

fridacormorant — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:08:12 -0000

Not liking anything about that dress except the sheer back with buttons. It just seems weird for weirdness' sake, not at all flattering. Just this side of Bjork. Agree, tho, that her hair and makeup is an improvement.

Re: Girl, That’s Not Your Dress: Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabbana

fridacormorant — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:33:18 -0000

With you on the dress ... it does tragic things to her bod ... but I do like her hair. I think she could carry off a very tailored 40's glamour vibe with the hair, but not in that dress. Not crazy about the makeup either.

Re: Love, Equal Rights, and Gay Marriage

fridacormorant — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:57:52 -0000

Thank you, Kenley. I was directed here from the OP, where I have appreciated your thoughtful comments. I, too, consider myself a potential Christian, because I'm not sure I want to be associated with the implications of the broad label. I suppose I'm more than potentially bisexual. And I couldn't agree with you more. Looking at the words in red in the Bible, the conservative religious position on homosexuality seems completely at odds with the words and deeds of Jesus. I'm not a big fan of Paul's writings, but I do believe he got it right when he defined love in I Corinthians 13. It begins, " If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." I have showed this scripture to Christians who supported Prop. 8, but all I heard in response was, well, noisy gongs and clanging cymbals.

I really liked Keith Olberman's comment last night and posted a link on my blog. He said it beautifully: in this world where love is so fragile, how could anyone want to deny his fellow man or woman the right to try to love? Or words to that effect. I'm adding you to my blogroll. Thanks for your calm in the eye of the storm.

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