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Got back a little while ago from seeing Wicked with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
oeilade. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I wasn't blown away by it. It looked really cool more than anything else. The art direction is just fantastic. I think -- no, I know -- I would have enjoyed it much more if I weren't such an admirer of the book. I'm really bad at putting that sort of thing aside, sometimes, even though I knew going in that it would be very different from the Wicked I knew. And really, I was more or less making peace with it all until the ending, which got me so agitated that oeilade practically restrained me as she said, "It's Broadway." Seriously, I think the ending is an abomination that completely eviscerates the character and everything she stands for, but hey, we all know how difficult I am to please. ;)
The Wizard was played by Steve from Married...With Children. AWESOME. And Madame Morrible was played by Carol Kane, who of course always rocks. The chick who played Galinda was clearly cast because she looks and sounds like Kristin Chenoweth, so that was amusing. (Oh, and the crowd was SO AMAZED when Elphaba was pulled up into the air, you know, on wires, that I commented tooeilade that clearly these people have never been to a Bon Jovi concert. Tee hee.) Anyway, I really am very glad I saw it and am very grateful to oeilade for the gift.
And there was a sky-high larger-than-life S60/Bradley wrap-around billboard on the same block as the theater, so that was like a little gift in itself. *g*
Speaking of which -- the show did well in the ratings, but not great. Still lost to CSI: Miami, although I'm sure that was expected. Its overall ratings were 3% higher than Medium in that time slot last year, and more importantly, 11% higher in 18-49. So, we'll see. I'm much more curious to know how it did TiVo-wise.
And a heads-up for those of you who may have missed the S60 pilot last night and want to check it out: Bravo is showing it tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 11 PM EST.
One day after the premiere and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
studio60_fic has two Matt/Danny slash postings. Oh, fandom. *pets*
So -- coup in Thailand, eh? WTF??
Oh, and Happy Birthdaythestickywicket and jo_march! Hope you both had a wonderful day.
*uses Toby pirate icon as Talk Like a Pirate Day fades away*
oeilade. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I wasn't blown away by it. It looked really cool more than anything else. The art direction is just fantastic. I think -- no, I know -- I would have enjoyed it much more if I weren't such an admirer of the book. I'm really bad at putting that sort of thing aside, sometimes, even though I knew going in that it would be very different from the Wicked I knew. And really, I was more or less making peace with it all until the ending, which got me so agitated that oeilade practically restrained me as she said, "It's Broadway." Seriously, I think the ending is an abomination that completely eviscerates the character and everything she stands for, but hey, we all know how difficult I am to please. ;) The Wizard was played by Steve from Married...With Children. AWESOME. And Madame Morrible was played by Carol Kane, who of course always rocks. The chick who played Galinda was clearly cast because she looks and sounds like Kristin Chenoweth, so that was amusing. (Oh, and the crowd was SO AMAZED when Elphaba was pulled up into the air, you know, on wires, that I commented to
oeilade that clearly these people have never been to a Bon Jovi concert. Tee hee.) Anyway, I really am very glad I saw it and am very grateful to oeilade for the gift. And there was a sky-high larger-than-life S60/Bradley wrap-around billboard on the same block as the theater, so that was like a little gift in itself. *g*
Speaking of which -- the show did well in the ratings, but not great. Still lost to CSI: Miami, although I'm sure that was expected. Its overall ratings were 3% higher than Medium in that time slot last year, and more importantly, 11% higher in 18-49. So, we'll see. I'm much more curious to know how it did TiVo-wise.
And a heads-up for those of you who may have missed the S60 pilot last night and want to check it out: Bravo is showing it tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 11 PM EST.
One day after the premiere and
studio60_fic has two Matt/Danny slash postings. Oh, fandom. *pets*So -- coup in Thailand, eh? WTF??
Oh, and Happy Birthday
thestickywicket and jo_march! Hope you both had a wonderful day.*uses Toby pirate icon as Talk Like a Pirate Day fades away*
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Yeah, I think we all predicted that (http://noelleleithe.livejournal.com/892647.html). It's impossible for any two fictional men to just be friends any more, isn't it??
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I wish. Oh, how I wish. I want best friends, not fuckbuddies. Sigh.