Anyone who has worked for Walt Disney World has probably made at least one trip to this bar and restaurant, so when Julia sent me the link to this article I was stunned.
Well, it was never the nicest bar in the world, but it's shocking all the same.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Procrastination
I have so many thoughts about Dreamgirls that I can't begin to write a coherent blog post about the movie.
From the Jennifer Holiday controversy to Jennifer Hudson's Oscar nomination there is so much to say about this movie.
There were parts that I loved, including Ms. Hudson's performance of "And I am Telling You". I have never experienced a show stopper in the movie theater. In my opinion, Hudson's performance took me on a greater emotional journey than Ms. Holiday (of course, I was five when I saw Jennifer Holiday live, but with the power of You Tube, my memory has been refreshed.) For me, the movie recording of "AIATY" and "Dreamgirls" replace the original cast album as the definitive versions of these songs.
That's all for now. Maybe I need to view the movie a 6th time.
Here's my list of things to watch:
"One Night Only" on BET.
In the spirit of the new season of American Idol check out my favorite JHud performance:
My favorite contestant so far this season, I laughed hysterically at this audition:
If you are tired of singing check out Baxter's diary as he visits the grandparents while his mom works a crazy schedule.
Questions of the week:
(This is for the theater heads)
Is it ok for me to be bitter about Grease: You're the One that We Want? Of course I'm watching it, but when will America have enough of the NEXT blonde girl with a mediocre voice realizing her dreams of stardom? Never? Am I the only person interested in seeing how they cast the rest of the show? (Rizzo anyone?) To me Sandy and Danny are the least interesting people in Grease, and further, every school in America has done a production of Grease, does it really matter who lands the lead role? Trust me, the Broadway core audience, is not going to be paying off local drug dealers to get the hot tickets for this production.
::stepping down from the soapbox::
From the Jennifer Holiday controversy to Jennifer Hudson's Oscar nomination there is so much to say about this movie.
There were parts that I loved, including Ms. Hudson's performance of "And I am Telling You". I have never experienced a show stopper in the movie theater. In my opinion, Hudson's performance took me on a greater emotional journey than Ms. Holiday (of course, I was five when I saw Jennifer Holiday live, but with the power of You Tube, my memory has been refreshed.) For me, the movie recording of "AIATY" and "Dreamgirls" replace the original cast album as the definitive versions of these songs.
That's all for now. Maybe I need to view the movie a 6th time.
Here's my list of things to watch:
"One Night Only" on BET.
In the spirit of the new season of American Idol check out my favorite JHud performance:
My favorite contestant so far this season, I laughed hysterically at this audition:
If you are tired of singing check out Baxter's diary as he visits the grandparents while his mom works a crazy schedule.
Questions of the week:
(This is for the theater heads)
Is it ok for me to be bitter about Grease: You're the One that We Want? Of course I'm watching it, but when will America have enough of the NEXT blonde girl with a mediocre voice realizing her dreams of stardom? Never? Am I the only person interested in seeing how they cast the rest of the show? (Rizzo anyone?) To me Sandy and Danny are the least interesting people in Grease, and further, every school in America has done a production of Grease, does it really matter who lands the lead role? Trust me, the Broadway core audience, is not going to be paying off local drug dealers to get the hot tickets for this production.
::stepping down from the soapbox::
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