名声大噪

Smash最终话在我的射手播放器放完的瞬间，我咬了咬嘴唇，二话不说点击播放器右上角的叉叉，然后关机去睡觉，拒绝任何的念想。


我不能想起Ivy落寞的背影，凝固的惨笑，和失魂落魄的眼神。


她的样子和无数个失败的自己重合在一起，只要任何一个悲伤的碎片偷溜入脑海，便不禁双眼含泪。



让我们来做这样一个假设。


假设Ivy技不如人如何？


K和I究竟孰好孰坏，其实是一个见仁见智的事情。如果Ivy比Karen强，我反而不会难过，因为她总会发光，even crazy dreams come true.


但是，如果，我说如果，如果Ivy真的不如Karen呢？


我喜欢Ivy，从来都是因为她努力。


当我因为各种原因没有接到Boss的电话，又因为各种疏忽浪费了大好机遇的时候，我听到Ivy对Karen说: You didn’t want it enough. You didn’t fight hard enough. You didn’t
put enough on the line.那一段是全剧我最喜欢的台词。


“karen美丽聪明苗条声线好，但是Ivy指责得很对，她的投入不够。她的梳妆镜上没有贴满梦露的照片，她也没像Ivy发疯地效仿梦露的一颦一笑。在很多事情上Obsession是重要的，疯魔了青衣，才构成名声大噪。”


这段话大概是一个月前自己写的，现在看来，充满了讽刺。


讽刺什么？


讽刺就是，努力无用。


如果Ivy是才能比不上Karen，这才是让我一想起来就流泪的悲剧。


I wanted it enough. I put it enough on the
line. But, I failed.


如果说Karen的天真在于本性纯良，那么Ivy的天真就是她真的以为努力付出就可以成功。为了玛丽莲之梦，她做尽了该做的和不该做的事情，可是她还是淘汰出局，只是因为导演脑中的一些幻想。或许唯一的选择，真的是一把药片。


从学校走向社会，我才真的发现读书是一件很快乐的事情，因为它是你自己可以控制的。你努力了多少，就可以收获多少。但是现实社会中的事情却完全不是如此，很多非常偶然的因素，可能摧毁并抵消你所有的付出。


太多的事情，不是你尽力就能得到的。而你没有得到，也不能证明你不够好。


但承认自己的才能无法用努力来弥补，实在是太痛苦了。


我也不是多么饱经沧桑，但也不再是纯粹的学生。从很久以前起，我就再也不信“努力就会成功”这种神话了。假如这部剧走的是这个套路，我一定会像glee一样一集弃。之所以看到现在，就是爱它的现实，和它的复杂。

有人说Ivy的失败在于她不自信，心态不好。

我觉得K心态好是因为她是新人，没有什么好失去的，她是9点的朝阳，一切只会越来越好，即使没有玛丽莲她也已经有很多成功的机会；而I在圈子里摸爬滚打多年被合唱团削去了光芒，这个角色是她唯一的希望。她们的心理素质或者说心态有可比性吗？

Ivy不是心态不好，是奋战多年的她已经输不起了。

毕竟自信是新人的奢侈。

K现在还只是Norma Jean，Ivy才有着梦露内心的成熟、纯真和敏感。

第二季我想要看到证明自己才是musical女王的你！

第一季结束了，带着百老汇话题，主角争议，收视率不高等各种问题结束了2012的征程，再见就是2013的春天。

虽说美剧看了这么些年，各种题材也接触不少，但是唯有《Smash》完全是我的菜，无论主题，主角，剧情，曲目，声声入耳形容都不足够形容了。即便没有下一季，它之于我，也已经是个完整的句号，带着各种圆满的心情，来谢谢我的Smash。正如它的名字，在我的心中，它确实是一鸣惊人。

这应该是我第一次这么推荐一部电视剧吧，作为一个自我标榜业余水平的专业观众，我只说说我对演员，片子，歌曲的直观认识。那些喜欢看职业素养评论的过路人，可以就此打住了，我还是更乐于欣赏片子里那些人文气质的东西，对我而言，它只是一部美剧，即便精彩，也仅此而已。

Jack Davenport此前给我的印象只有《加勒比海盗》，并且完全没有Jonny Depp有戏啊，对我来说，是个可以完全忽略的角色。

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从海报的女主角感和人物的设定——karen从小地方来到大都市什么的 参加同学会婴儿洗礼什么的唱red neck woman，就是要体现出这个女主的纯洁质朴。那当然就要体现这种质朴纯真，方式很简单——让她被邪恶的二号女主角坑，反复被其他人践踏几遍。奇怪的事情就在这里，我一点都不同情她的所谓的痛苦——因为让我们现实点，那真的不算什么。ivy的设定就更是奇葩，你要捧女主你干吗前面一直铺垫二号女主的美艳不可方物和奋斗啊，还加强心理戏，体现ivy的脆弱和没有安全感，还一直让ivy出来表现唱功，甚至还找来大咖演她吹毛求疵的妈，任何人，任何人如果不同情不为这姑娘感动那简直是不可能的。
女主角简直气场太弱了，以至于好几次我一看她出来都楞一下，哎呀，怎么把她忘了，干什么去了这女的又。一点不让人想念的一人，一集不出来都没人注意。
还要就是我觉得导演什么的也发现这女的不行，你看ivy和各种高手对唱过多少遍，karen就不行，一方面是角色设定，另一方面，可能真的能力也不行。
哪有这么捧人的啊 还搞出一个不会唱的大明星，简直像是一个大大的比喻啊 大家看啊 这就是karen的现实版啊——虽然她没有那么大牌
女主是一个没有和导演上床却让非常像是潜规则上位的人
太令人崩溃的剧情设定了 只听歌不看剧

本着对音乐剧的热爱开始看此剧，发现了很多熟人，废话不多说直接上介绍

Tom Levitt（作曲家）——饰演者Christian Borle
音乐剧目：
Spamalot 火腿骑士，Legally Blonde 律政俏佳人，Jesus Christ Superstar 耶稣基督万世巨星，Amour爱，Mary Poppins 欢乐满人间，Thoroughly Modern Millie……
奖项：tony、drama desk提名，clarence derwent award、Broadway.com Audience Award获奖
必须八卦一下，他的前妻是Sutton Foster！两届tony获得者，非常著名的百老汇diva
Christian Borle表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDA0NDE2.html（legally blonde）
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDA1NjUy.html（强烈推荐，左边那位就是他的前妻sutton foster，那是他们还在一起）

Ivy Lynn——饰演者Megan hilty
音乐剧目：wicked，9 to 5（OBC）
她最著名的音乐剧角色就是wicked里面的glinda，是继Kristin Chenoweth后最受欢迎的glinda饰演者
表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDU0ODA0.html

Linda（舞台监督那位亚裔女士）——饰演者ann harada
音乐剧目：Avenue Q， 9 to 5，seussical，悲惨世界，children of eden……
最著名的角色是Avenue Q里面的Christmas eve
奖项：Broadway.com Audience Award，Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award获奖
表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDA5NzU2.html

Eills Boyd（讨人厌的小助理）——饰演者Jaime Cepero
音乐剧目：Jesus Christ Supersta，hair，the bubbly black girl，sheds her chameleon skin
此演员不仅会唱歌，而且十分擅长跳舞，smash的编导一点都没用到人家的长处，还让他讨人厌了一整季
表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDM1MjQw.html

Dev（Karen男友）——饰演者Raza Jaffrey
音乐剧目：孟买梦，芝加哥，妈妈咪呀
他是孟买梦伦敦西区的原版卡司，深受好评
还记得第12集的那段非常莫名其妙的宝莱坞吗，据说那一段的目的纯粹是为了让他唱歌……
表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDM3NTIw.html（chicago片段 网友现场偷拍）

Frank Houston（Julia老公）——饰演者Brian d'Arcy James
音乐剧目：Time Stands Still，Next to Normal，Shrek the Musical（怪物史莱克），The Apple Tree，The Lieutenant of Inishmore，Dirty Rotten Scoundrels，Sweet Smell of Success，Titanic，Carousel，Blood Brothers
他是音乐剧怪物史莱克百老汇原版中史莱克的饰演者，同时也是音乐剧泰坦尼克号的百老汇原版卡司，smash中他好像就唱过几句，简直大大的浪费
表演视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY0NDM5ODE2.html

下面说几个大牌客场
Ivy的妈妈Leigh Conroy——饰演者Bernadette Peters
百老汇女王！7次tony提名2次获奖，8次drama desk提名3次获奖！
熟悉百老汇的应该没有人不知道她吧，出演过的剧目一大堆，音乐剧大师桑德海姆的御用
我随便列几个她出演过的剧目：song and dance（tony获奖），into the woods，Annie Get Your Gun (tony获奖)，Sunday in the Park with George，Mack & Mabel……

Lyle west——饰演者Nick Jonas
大部分人知道他应该是因为Jones brothers，不过人家也是混百老汇长大的，童星时还可爱，但是长大了唱功和演技也没见长，放音乐剧里实在太弱，尤其是在悲惨世界25周年演唱会上饰演马吕斯的杯具表现，获得封号“小神马”
演出剧目：悲惨世界（小时候演伽弗洛徐 长大了演马吕斯），音乐之声，美女与野兽，how to succeed in business without really trying（此剧在他担纲演出期间在百老汇关门大吉了）……

Michael Swift——饰演者will chase
音乐剧目：rent（吉屋出租），miss saigon（西贡小姐），秘密花园，蜘蛛女之吻，Billy Elliott，the story of my life……
他最最让人熟悉的角色应该是rent百老汇告别秀里的roger，他演出过的剧目非常多，所以不怎么样的作品也很多。。。不过他在smash里好歹唱了几首，算此次唱得多的了。
戏里Julia在怪物史莱克老公和roger之间纠结，戏外Julia的演员Debra messing约会的对象正是will chase

Eileen找的投资人randy cobra——饰演者Terrence Mann
音乐剧目：猫，悲惨世界，美女与野兽，亚当斯家族，洛基恐怖秀，the scarlet pimpernel，lennon……
这位大叔出场不多但来头很大，他是两大音乐剧猫、悲惨世界的百老汇原版卡司，在悲惨世界里饰演沙威，在猫里饰演tugger，曾获两次tony提名

还有一位大牌客串Uma Thurman，但她是电影圈的，而且太有名大家都知道，我就不介绍了~

除了以上人物之外，tom的约会对象sam，Ivy和Karen身边出场最多的几名舞者和伴唱Bobby、Jessica等也全都是货真价实的百老汇演员，个个拉出来都是能歌善舞的专业人士。

总之这部剧卡司可谓人才济济，十分强大，结果被坑爹的编导搞得如此狗血，看在原创歌舞不错的份上打个4星。
最后其实我只想说，看看这些帮你跑龙套打酱油的的演员的资历，再搭上一个艾美视后（Julia/Debra messing），一个奥斯卡影后（Eileen/Anjelica Huston），一个英伦大帅哥，Karen你好意思么，情何以堪，情！何！以！堪！呀！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

不是让你去勾有夫之妇，对一般女生也行啊，你拒绝我？我先唱给你听，后来你还拒绝我？用那股sexy的声音继续勾引着，尼玛Michael你太有魅力，差点把哥这个直男都要迷倒了，还不行？晚上跟你家打电话，越你到那种偏僻处，不碰你，先色诱你，再盯着你，女主直接被软化了有木有！男主见时机已到，脱下上衣，露出2块胸肌，接下来就是一片和谐的场面
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没想到这部片子还教你怎么勾引女生，话说女主，你穿上高中校服去的话，估计男主那天晚上都硬不起来。。

'Smash' finale recap: Let Megan Hilty be your star
May 15, 2012 | 11:36 am
 


Just before the last episode of the first season of “Smash” aired, show runner Theresa Rebeck announced that she would not be returning for Season 2. Instead, Josh Safran, a "Gossip Girl” producer, is coming in to, in the words of Tom (nee Christian Borle), “reboot” the entire show.

Though this type of personnel change isn’t unheard of, it is rare for a major show to lose its captain this way, and one can only guess that Rebeck, a creature of the theater, decided that some of the magic that she was hoping to translate onto the screen was irretrievably lost and that she was better equipped to work on a smaller scale with the strong stuff, rather than the diluted version writ large. Or perhaps she just realized that the show, as it stands now, is massively flawed and that the energy it would take to right the ship wasn’t something she was willing to waste on Katharine McPhee’s mealy-mouthed line readings anymore. Or perhaps she was asked to gracefully exit to make room for a helmer who understands how to take the show’s potential and deliver something worthy.

Because this show does have potential! When I watched the pilot back in January (doesn’t it feel like years ago?), I knew that this was a show that would live or die on the score. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman came out of the gate blazing, with numbers like “Let Me Be Your Star” and “The National Pasttime” that have held up throughout a season of listening to them -- at least as well as any Broadway soundtrack holds up. And with the exception of a miscalculated Ryan Tedder number and that bizarre turn to Bollywood, the show’s best element has always been its original music.

Take the closing number from Monday night, “Don’t Forget Me,” a final energetic ballad that led into a “Let Me Be Your Star” reprise. Even though I was furious that it was McPhee singing it and not Megan Hilty -- but more on that in a bit -- the song moved me, and I thought it was a fitting way to end a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. She pleads for the audience to remember her good qualities, how hard she strived, and not how hard she suffered. She wants to be a legend. A tall order, but as Marilyn is the textbook definition of legend in our culture, it doesn’t feel stretched, and even the fade-in of a large projection of her face comes at just the right moment. It’s sappy and overstated, sure, but so is much of the best work on Broadway, and I know I would have applauded like mad for that finale had I been in the audience.

So what we’re left with at the end of the first season -- and they haven’t even made it to Broadway yet, oy -- is that the show within a show works on some basic level. The thing that doesn’t work is the outer shell, the NBC show, and I think Rebeck saw the writing on the wall about that. But because NBC is pressing toward Broadway with this thing, they will have to figure out a way to make it better. And I think we all know that means not just handing over the reins to Karen.

Here’s the thing: I see what they’re doing here. Karen is the more moldable, malleable, Norma-Jeanable option for the role; she is the pre-Marilyn Marilyn, prone to fits of shyness and doubt and occasional reveries of intense talent. But she’s also boring and stiff, and those are two things that Norma Jean never was.

I understand why Derek is seeing her strange ghost wander around the halls like a specter from his own personal version of “Scrooge.” His vision of Marilyn is that of an innocent, a child, a ball of beautiful clay that men shape. And while it's problematic that the director of “Bombshell” has a misogynistic skew on the whole story, it does fit right into Derek’s persona. He likes his women to be little girls, delicate flowers, requiring his attention. It’s worth noting that when he was the sweetest to Ivy, she was at her lowest point, abusing drugs and getting kicked off stages. He wants to be the big daddy in the room, and Karen is a canvas on which he can paint that fantasy, down to her backstage melt-down. He has to coax the performance out of her as if she’s a baby bird, rubbing her curves and telling her that she’s a star, that he loves her. There were many men that treated Marilyn this way, and it possibly killed her. Which is to say, Derek has chosen Karen for now, so that he can treat her and mold her however he likes. I’m just not sure that it won’t kill her in Season 2. Just wait until she sleeps with him and he loses interest (and he will).

It wouldn’t be such a problem that Derek went with Karen as the big choice if the show didn’t have such a captivating starlet in Hilty. McPhee did a serviceable job on that last number, but I kept thinking that Ivy would have brought something else to the song entirely. Karen’s “Don’t Forget Me” felt like a pleading, a wish. I bet Ivy’s would have felt like a command. The show is so miscast, in that Hilty is clearly a Broadway performer with the chops for that kind of theater, and McPhee is more of a pop star who somehow keeps beating out the Broadway performer -- it doesn’t make logical sense. We are all supposed to suspend our logic and go with the idea that Karen’s the raw talent who is secretly a genius, but I don’t know why they keep pushing that narrative when clearly it isn’t true.

Hilty is the real genius in the Marilyn role -- even Anjelica Huston knows that, even if she couldn’t sway Derek -- and if I were here, I would be contemplating the fistful of pills as well. The show wants us to care about Karen and to despise Ivy, who sleeps with other people’s boyfriends and tries to sabotage everything. But the best person in real life is not always the best person for the job, especially when it comes to show business. I hope that next season they let Ivy redeem herself and take her place. Bernadette Peters needs something else to do besides look devastated.

Borle told the L.A. Times that next season will focus more on the nuts and bolts aspects of putting on a Broadway show, and less on the soapy drama, to which I say (like Sam) hallelujah! My favorite little bits of this episode were Julia and Tom trying to hammer out orchestrations and the stage manager trying to keep everyone happy during a crash run-through. I’d gladly take more of the technical behind-the-scenes sausage, which the pilot was so good at portraying with auditions rather than plot lines involving Dev or Michael Swift. I can’t even get up the energy to worry about the fate of Karen and Dev. She’s a star now, so I’m assuming that relationship is going to fizzle under her spotlight. As for Michael Swift, he may have impregnated Jules, but that doesn’t make him less creepy or predatory. All he has done is thwart their Chinese baby plans.

The only side character who remains compelling at the end is Ellis, who threatens to enact revenge on “Bombshell” while wearing a red devil suit. His little speech to Eileen about doing what needed to be done (a.k.a. nearly murdering a movie star) and how near-murderers never get coffee for anyone was preposterous, and he deserved to be fired. But part of me thinks that in 15 years, Ellis is going to be one of Broadway’s most successful producers. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty with peanut shavings or possibly blood, and showbiz tends to reward insane ruthlessness. I hope the second season explores this dark patch instead of just making him the villain. Ambition does have its place on Broadway, and I’m interested to see where Ellis lands once he learns to harness his.

And that’s all she wrote, folks. See you next year, when we hit the Broadway stage. Will Karen even do a hip thrust that doesn’t make her look like a fembot? Will Ivy channel Marilyn even more than she already does with an overdose? Will Nick Jonas give back the Degas? Will Ellis burn down a theater while he stands there cackling? Will Anjelica Huston ever sing again? And how long can Julia hide her belly beneath her flowy Eileen Fisher garb? All will be revealed soon. Until then, don’t forget Marilyn, or she will haunt you.

 The Songs!

“Mr and Mrs Smith” 2 out of 5 Jazz Hands. Karen has about as much chemistry with Michael Swift as Julia has with her own husband. Not a great start to her star turn.

“Howl” 3 out of 5 Jazz Hands. I really love this song and the jingoistic USO choreography, but I don’t love Karen in it. Ivy standing backstage imagining her own rendition (P.S. “Smash,” please stop with all the flashbacks in Season 2 -- it’s like shaking your own hand) doesn’t help Karen any, as she was so clearly better, effortless and charming at it. Karen gets through the number, but I am not seeing this extra spark that Derek tells Ivy about. She looks mechanical and scared.

“Don’t Forget Me” 4.5 out of 5 Jazz Hands. And then she brings it home, and it’s magical. This is one of Tom and Julia’s best songs yet. Maybe they should always cram in a new ending on the day of the show to keep things fresh. I wasn’t feeling Karen’s tragic sexuality in her suicide scene, but her begging not to be forgotten in this number made me forget how much better Ivy would have been and just focus on McPhee in the role. Because we are stuck with Karen as Marilyn going into Season 2 -- at least for a little while -- any number that makes her more likable is a good thing.



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