New York, NY—NBC put on two
projects, the making of this project and then a week later the live play.
This was a classic film with
Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews.
It was based on a great World War Two inspired story of the von Trapp
family.
Okay I much preferred the
show about making the show better than the show itself.
The first problem was
ridicules miscasting of the talented singer Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess. It was beyond dopy to cast an
African-American woman as the Austrian Catholic Mother Superior. Was this some sick idea of political
correctness? This was distracting to say
the least.
Carrie Underwood was
wonderful as was Stephen Moyer.
Underwood is a versatile performer. The cameras all loved her and she delivered. This despite her pure American persona rather than being a European like the real deal.
The Children were adorable
and I can only imagine how their parents were on Cloud 9 beaming with pride. I’m sure many of them bought the latest and
greatest big screen TV to watch their kids in this event.
The great story and music carried
this project even though it was somewhat awkward and stagy. Parts of the show were reminiscent of bad community
theater productions.
The real test was how many
people including those tweeting criticisms those did not change the
channel. We all watched and no matter
what were touched by parts of this production.
Audra McDonald has a great
singing voice but seemed to lack needed acting chops. It was like she knew that she just did not fit
into this story. I can’t blame McDonald
for crappy casting. I’d like to hope
that African-Americans would not have been offended by not seeing their own in
this production.
Should NBC continue with this
kind of programing? Certainly, but I
hope they learn from mistakes. Anything
beats the reality crap that plays to the lowest common denominator of the
typical low brow American audience. The Cast:
Carrie Underwood - Maria von
Trapp
Stephen Moyer - Captain von
Trapp
Laura Benanti - Elsa Schrader
Christian Borle - Max
Detweiler
Michael Campayno - Rolf
Gruber
Sophia Anne Caruso - Brigitta
von Trapp
Peyton Ella - Gretl von Trapp
Michael Nigro - Friedrich von
Trapp
Ariane Rinehart - Liesl von
Trapp
Grace Rundhaug - Marta von
Trapp
Ella Watts-Gorman - Louisa
von Trapp
Joe West - Kurt von Trapp
Carrie did great, we loved it and bought the CD today
ReplyDeleteCarrie did great, we loved it and bought the CD today
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