As much as I love musicals, I've avoided this one like poison, mainly because of Strong, who strikes me as another of Lorne's pet one-note performers.
I felt justified in this decision when listening to Cinco Paul on Fresh Air last week. Granted, Terry Gross's usual gushing ineptness didn't help matters, but the two numbers that were excerpted on the show, combined with Paul's takes on Golden Age musicals (of which he claims to be a fan), just solidified my preconceptions. --Dave Sikula On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 9:17:45 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Kevin - I respect your opinion but humbly disagree. As a fan of musicals > (and meta commentary) I thought Schmigadoon! worked really well, although > it could have used another episode or two, as the resolution to the B-plots > felt really rushed. There were lots of little details outside of the song > pastiches that, as a theater nerd, I really appreciated - like the fact > that songs were always performed (more or less) to camera, as if they were > being performed on stage, and that the exterior sets in the 'town square' > were very obviously flat fronts, as you'd expect from a stage set, and you > only got detail when you entered a space. > > Certain talents were criminally underused (Martin Short, Jane Krakowski), > while others I could have done with a recasting (Cecily Strong, who I think > got the role because Lorne was the EP). For once Fred Armisen didn't make > me want to put my fist through the TV. > > Strangely enough, I think I saw that Schmigadoon! was shot in Vancouver, > which would explain why, beyond the leads, there weren't more recognizable > Broadway names. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/57e811cd-7d1a-48cf-ab28-6369bc03ee46n%40googlegroups.com.
