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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Is it just me or does Liza have no bones? Her movements are so fluid and her lines are so soft.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Going back to the final song, I found an interesting tidbit about how it was interpreted for the Broadway revival:
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    It's ok, I knew what you meant.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Did anyone else like Sally's nail polish color? Wiki says: It appears the stage actresses also wear green polish.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    ^That is very cool.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Oh for sure. Making predictions on her official score.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    He's about 2.5 stars on the 5 star TN scale.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Re: the last song, Cabaret, I think Liza belts it out too well! I think the message comes through better when it's sung the way Natasha Richardson does. The lyrics are happy (except for the part about the corpse), but her voice breaks a little bit where she can't keep the despair in check.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Yeah! I saw him as Hedwig once purely by (bad) luck when JCM sustained an injury. MCH brought a lot more masculinity to the role. ETA: Dude was ripped.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 7-Cabaret!

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I'm glad I finally watched this movie, and I can appreciate it for its place in film history, but ultimately I didn't enjoy it as much as the stage version. I had no idea what Cabaret was when I went to see it, so even though the movie came first, the stage version is THE version to me. My brain was a blank slate and it got imprinted with the stage version, if that makes sense. The Emcee. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Joel Grey didn't have any major speaking lines in the movie, did he? I think the Emcee plays a bigger part on the stage version. Also, Alan Cumming played Emcee cheekier than Joel Grey (did he seem kind of sinister to anyone else?), often appearing as part of the background dancers during songs sung "outside" of the Kit Kat Club. Speaking of songs, I think many of the songs were left out in the movie. While on one hand I'm glad, since the movie is so long already, I missed hearing some of my favorites like "It Couldn't Please Me More," perhaps the best love song with a pineapple, sung by Herr Schultz and Fraulein Schneider. I can understand why the movie chose to have the B-plot with Fritz/Natalia, but I prefer the Herr Schultz/Fraulein Schneider story. Then there is Sally. Liza is an amazing singer and rightly deserves all accolades for her performance in the movie. However, my Sally is in her mid-30s, she's seen things, and she knows she's never going to be a famous movie star. In the movie, you have a shred of hope that Sally maybe might perhaps succeed because it's clear that girl can sing. But Natasha Richardson (RIP *crying emoji*) played Sally as someone who doesn't even believe in herself. On the stage version, Sally is a failing Cabaret singer who doesn't believe it when she sings "Maybe This Time." PS - is/was it common to pour beer with 99% head in that part of Germany? That seemed like a real disservice to beer.
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    Episode 157.5 - Minisode 157.5

    tomspanks replied to JulyDiaz's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    The WW logo reminds me of the Weezer logo.
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    OR DO YOU
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    Well...I started 3 days ago...
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    Ugh, that sucks. We're also dealing with USCIS matters at the moment, so I feel your pain!
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    Lol @ the girl behind Meryl, throwing shade.
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    YEAAAAAAAH BUDDY!
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    Go home, Japan, you're drunk.
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    Happy early birthday! At first I read that as return the flavor somehow and I was like, gross no thanks, lol.
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    Episode 157.5 - Minisode 157.5

    tomspanks replied to JulyDiaz's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    He really does. His imdb page is so interesting. He was in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!
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    Episode 157.5 - Minisode 157.5

    tomspanks replied to JulyDiaz's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Lol @ Paul introducing the Movie Bitches segment by saying they were doing a spoiler-free review of SPLICE.
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    Dude, I'll send you some - you don't even have to send me anything.
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    Do you guys have a title for the meetup? I'm calling it My Two Dads.
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    See, I like anise/fennel flavors in savory foods, but I never want to snack on it as a sweet.
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    How? Why?
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    Same. I like the candy, hate the black licorice flavor We have that brand here. My coworker gets the strawberry ones all the time. They're so good. And an update: I found a copy of Time Out magazine (for this week) on the street today.
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