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1. Vanessa Williams should be shot.

2. They sanitized it. They kiddified it. They stupid-fied it. They added stupid lyrics and took away good lyrics.

3. The. Acting. SUCKED.

4. Except for Jack's Mother, who was the cool old lady from Fuddy Meers*, and Cinderella's Stepmother was pretty good, and Jack was passable but too squeaky, and Cinderella was okay, too.

5. No chemistry at ALL between the Baker and his Wife. My favourite song ruined due to their lack of chemistry.

6. A minor point, but to NOT harmonize the line "Like father like son"? Mistake.

7. I tried to get into a childlike mood-- easy for me, easy-- but I just couldn't. Not comparing it to the 1987 production proved too Herculean a task for a weakling such as I.

8. Did I mention how Vanessa Williams should be shot? Or at least, you know, given some sort of acting lessons. Something. She was so wooden, and she covered up her woodenness with unnecessary shrieking. So much shrieking. Shrieking is not acting.

9. *Speaking of Fuddy Meers, I recall having a nice moment at Fuddy Meers wherein my friends and I were exiting said play, Fall 1999, and ran into Miss Danielle Ferland, who originated the role of Little Red Riding Hood and did a MUCH better job of it. So that's some sort of circle, there.

10. But, on an up note, when Milky White took off his cow head for his bow, I said to my sister, "Hey, he looks like the cute guy from that production of Godspell I saw with Gina" ( for her birthday a couple years ago), and I looked in the Playbill, and it was one Chad Kimball, who, yes, yes-- was the cute guy from that production of Godspell. Which was really cool. He was the guy who I found the cutest in the entire cast, he sang "We Beseech Thee", and at the end he was trying to get audience members to dance on stage but I Don't Do That, and he looked disappointed but then he got Gina up there to dance with him. So, yay, he was Milky White.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 11:41 PM | shower me with attention