I feel like Glee sounded overproduced in the first couple episodes and that they toned it down.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Laga - Jun 10, 2010 12:40:07 pm PDT #2740 of 8625
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2010 12:41:29 pm PDT #2741 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
However, I also don't think liking a show means you can't point out what it could do better.
That's not what I think a critique is about. I think every work should have those kind of contradictions and you're interested in how they're juggled. Though I'll readily admit there are a variety of ways you can approach the notion from dramaturgy to deconstruction to dramatic critique to a theatrical review in a newspaper.
*Not sure of the technical term
Melisma?
DavidS - Jun 10, 2010 12:42:30 pm PDT #2742 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Who do you think is the most autotuned? I kind of think Kurt and Finn.
Mercedes, Rachel and Santana seem to have more "real" (unadultered) voices.
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2010 12:43:20 pm PDT #2743 of 8625
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The finale had a lot of really bad lipsynching by the club. When Lea started "To Sir with Love," I could immediately tell she was just a hair off, and so were the rest of the cast on that song. Very sloppy.
Dana - Jun 10, 2010 12:56:53 pm PDT #2744 of 8625
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Melisma is a pretty specific term. It refers to a series of notes sung on one syllable. [link]
I think Kurt just has a really pure falsetto. I don't think he's auto-tuned.
Finn? Bless his heart.
smonster - Jun 10, 2010 1:09:29 pm PDT #2745 of 8625
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Fuggedaboutit.
Toddson - Jun 10, 2010 1:09:43 pm PDT #2746 of 8625
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pardon my ignorance - what's autotuning?
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2010 1:12:38 pm PDT #2747 of 8625
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Jun 10, 2010 1:21:04 pm PDT #2748 of 8625
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's how she'll start just off pitch and then hit the note.
Scooping.
smonster - Jun 10, 2010 1:23:23 pm PDT #2749 of 8625
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Thank you, Dana! Yes.