No, but you should be able to expect not to have your culture mocked. I was a little disappointed her departure from the restaurant occurred offscreen during the Bollywood number; I was kind of hoping Dev would give her the smackdown.
I have a bunch of Smash eps on my DVR I haven’t watched, and thought I should perhaps watch one. I’m watching ep6, and wonder if I just forgot part of ep5. Maybe. It’s been a while.
The amount of drama around the lead having an understudy–which seems like it should be S.O.P.–is amazing to me. I may just delete the bunch.
Since Eve is with her probation officer this weekend, I’ll give the link to The Abridged Version. Highlights include:
and
And a link to the Bollywood Number if anybody wants to watch it again. (I’ll admit I’ve watched it a few times- it’s damned catchy.)
LOVED the Bollywood number. So entertaining!
Also…I’m pretty sure that running away is NOT the most dangerous thing a kid can do in New York. I’m fairly certain that shooting heroin, prostituting yourself, or jumping off a bridge would be far more dangerous.
This was the best episode they’ve had in a while. By far. They sang “Another Op’nin’ Another Show” most of the characters did things that mostly made sense. Leo only had one line. Ellis only hid behind two pieces of furniture.
Well, they are wildly telegraphing that Ellis is going to poison Uma, because he is suddenly and inexplicably clinging to Ivy . . . I hope Dev finally gives McPhee the air. “I can’t marry you–it’s *tech! *I can’t go to dinner with you–it’s *tech! *I can’t flee this burning building–it’s tech!”
And seriously, Morticia? No–you *can’t *produce a show on your own, that is pretty clear.
I’d post more about this episode, but I’m in tech.
Look Dev you are clearly not in the right state of mind to be proposing to ANYbody right now. Okay? When you make out with a girl and nearly have sex with her, you probably shouldn’t rush right out and propose to girl #2. Also, why was he surprised that they couldn’t spend a lot of time together when he went to Boston? She told him that they were working 10 hour days. She said you probably shouldn’t come up because I’m really busy right now. Also, really un-cool of him to show up at the theatre. That stage manager was probably not happy to have to deal with that interruption. Also why the heck was he surprised at her reaction to his proposal? He was like “I made out with this girl you have been suspicious of for a long time but Hey it’s okay! because it made me love you more.” Whaaat? Worst profession of love ever.
LOVED the opening of the show with the use of Another Opening, Another Show. That was my favorite part of the episode.
This week’s Abridged Script: SMASH Abridged: Episode 13 - Broadway Abridged
Dev and Ivy have never seen each other? Katharine McPhee doesn’t talk about “that bitch Ivy” to her boyfriend Dev or about “My boyfriend Dev” to that bitch Ivy during 12 hour Tech days? They’re not friends on Facebook?
I’ve only been keeping up with Smash sporadically, but this same thought occurred to me.
Also, in reply to another post in this thread, I think the show Smash is supposed to be a “musical” in that people sing and dance for no good reason than to have a musical number in the program. This is actually what I like about the show. If it were up to me, I would prefer to watch a half-hour version of the show with only the singing and dancing parts. The plot doesn’t interest me at this point.
Their names are too unique for them to not know.
Or, if it were a slightly better show, Dev and Ivy would know exactly who they’re doing and do it anyway. In the show we’re watching - not sure.
Relevant article from the New Yorker on hate-watching the show.
They know each other’s names, but they’ve never met. Thus the look of recognition at the bar after their name exchange.
Sure we’re sure. They know what/who they’re doing.
Okay, everyone knows that someone poisoned Uma deliberately – and no one is bothering to investigate further? In a world where reality has no place, this might be a bridge too far for me. “Boys will be boys,” eh? Or girls, if it was Ivy? They know it was in the smoothie but no one asks the next question, who gave her the smoothie? Yikes.
And I don’t know why they bothered to give Angelica a song, when the definitive version of “September Song” was done almost 30 years ago.
Do we know why her gangster BF had a broken hand?
Joe DiMaggio thought NotGrace wanted him back? Whuh?
Who knew butch boyfriend had such a nice singing voice?
Oh, and did Ivy really not find the ring, or is she going to bring it out at some optimally dramatic moment?
And, despite all the above, I am loving this show – and love that they’re ending the season with the same question they started it with – who will play Marilyn?
It wouldn’t surprise me if, in the world of Smash, Rebecca slipped her own drink a mickey. She wanted out of the show so badly, and she’s just the right amount of crazy. No doubt she has a couple Epi-Pens stashed nearby. Maybe she just took the calculated risk.
Dev is bursting with the news that he slept with Karen’s new bestie. I wonder who Karen will sleep with out of revenge- Derek? Ellis? Rebecca?
I was expecting one of the people in Ivy’s room to find the ring when she went down to the street to meet Dev.
First, plenty of musicals end sadly. “Jesus Christ Superstar” ends with a crucifixion, for goodness sakes. “Man of La Mancha” with the main character going off to the Spanish inquisition. “Miss Saigon” ends in a suicide.
If people weren’t clapping, it’s either because the book or direction didn’t make it clear that it was the end of the play or because it wasn’t good. And since people give standing ovations for pretty much anything, I’m guessing the problem wasn’t the death, it was a lack of clarity. I don’t understand the book of the show, either. Do they even have one? It’s one thing if we never see the actors work on the parts of the show that aren’t songs - but the showrunner should know what that part of the play looks like… because the “Smash” number, while cute and fun, doesn’t make sense.
Other than that:
*I’ve never been allergic to anything, but continuing to drink something that you think would kill you seems absolutely bizarre.
*Having Ellis try to kill the lead actress doesn’t make him a “love to hate” character, it makes him a sociopathic criminal.
*I’m glad that Ivy & Dev did know who they were doing. I’m less glad that now they’ll have to have meaningful looks throughout the remainder of the series.
*“I love church” is an idiotic line. Having her sing (and having everyone struck dumb by the beauty of her voice) was a beyond idiotic plot line.
*Julia blaming Tom for her affair was ridiculous.
I don’t think that the writers understand how their characters look to the audience.
Anjelica Huston and her average voice, a Kurt Weill ballad, and a simple piano–*that *was the high point of the show (of the series!) for me. Showed up the usual shit that passes for music and the over-production of the other numbers for the gilded lilies they are.
I definitely thought she did it herself. She even told someone (Karen?) that she smelled the peanuts in it but kept drinking it.
Les Mis is the most successful musical of all time (I think- may be second to Phantom but I don’t think so), and it has a higher body rate per capita than Jonestown and ends with the main character’s death.
I like the Smash number (Zanuck and the starlets). Were this real (and I’m sure it’s been talked about mounting a stage production) Mr. and Mrs. Smith would have to go; in both lyrics and looks it’s way too Waiting for Guffman.