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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 5:00 pm
Well, if they can't offer some of the other contestants roles as understudies, how about offering them roles if there are road tours of Grease? Or offering them replacement roles? Also, Kathleen has said that she can see herself working with certain contestants in the future. If nothing else, the contestants were seen and maybe will get better representation (or maybe representation for the first time) because of being on the show.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 12:21 pm
Who won? I honestly lost interest in this show
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 12:28 pm
LOL - You still have a chance. The final is tonight.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 2:44 pm
Roteach, I was thinking the exact same thing this morning. I would love to see Chad/Allie as Danny/Sandy in a traveling show. I'm thinking of writing NBC and asking about it. I'd go to Chicago to see them. Allie is a great dancer and good singer. Kathleen Marshall had a problem with her acting, but since she has pushed Max since Day One (IMO in favor of more talented and better looking guys) I'd still like to see Allie in the role. She sure 'acts' great during her songs. She emotes well. I can't understand one the judges problems that Chad was too good looking to be Danny. Umm..exactly what did he think John Travolta was? I also can't understand the same judge complaining Austin isn't funny enough. I don't remember Grease being a comedy. It was/is a musical romance. Bravo repeated all the episodes today, so I Tivo'd them and want to copy them to a disc. I'm soooo mad though, because the DVR malfunctioned and had to be reset, which deleted one episode...of course, the one where CHAD shined. UGHGHHH! I'm hoping Bravo will repeat them all again after tonight's Finale.
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Woofy
Member
08-09-2001
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 3:15 pm
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... If you were Max, had gone through the entire competition, lost, and were publically offered the role of Doody in the Broadway revival? ... If you were Austin, had gone through the entire competition, lost, and were publically offered the role of Teen Angel in the Broadway revival?
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 5:53 pm
Who is Doody? I think Max would jump at the chance to do Broadway in any play. Re Austin, yes, he'd be the perfect Teen Angel. Earlier some people were discussing Max being given advice to look more like Danny and wondered why Austin/Laura weren't given the same advice. I keep forgetting to mention this, but Austin's hair has been getting a little darker each week. I LOVED the photo of him and Laura together on tonight's show. I hope he wins. However, if Max wins, the producers deserve what they get. I just don't think his voice is strong enough to carry the whole show. Someone doesn't want me to see this show. Last week pre-empted because of a murder trial conviction and this week we have a Tornado Watch which is now a Tornado Warning a County away. Our local news keeps breaking in every 5 minutes, so I'm seeing snippets. More news than Grease. Bah Humbug! We are also expecting a thunder storm, so I have to shut the computer off. Can't wait to see everyone's responses to the male winner.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 5:55 pm
congrats to Laura and Max 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:02 pm
They were my choices the last few weeks -- especially Max.
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Zummat
Member
01-31-2006
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:33 pm
I'm happy for Max and Laura. Is is just me or did the Broadway cast seem rather old?
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:34 pm
Yea Max and Laura!!!!!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:41 pm
Yes, delighted re Max and Laura, although I did really like Ashley too--and would love to see Austin in a different role, just not this one. And yes, Zummat, the Broadway cast did seem rather old!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:41 pm
I agree, the cast looked surprisingly old. Not a great fit with Laura and Max imo. I thought Max looked a little intimidated by the weight of the role when he won. I am happy for both of them. Can't say they compare to John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, though .....
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 7:27 pm
Cricket, did Bravo even repeat the ones at Grease Academy? I would love to go back and see those early ones since I didn't notice Laura for quite a while. I checked listings and it looks like Bravo is rerunning 5 episodes tomorrow starting 9 am monday, but didn't say which ones. I hope they don't just repeat the finale over and over. It would have been a great idea to rerun them tonight; I'd be watching right now!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 7:29 pm
I've only watched the last few weeks of this show, so can someone answer a question for me? How do they know who the best actor and actress is? They gave them a chance to show their singing and dancing, but the show is going to involve a lot of acting as well, comedic acting no less. Did they have them all perform speaking parts in earlier episodes? If not, what if the winners stink at acting? Emoting during a song is one thing, but if we've learned anything from Madonna's movies it's that being able to sing dramatically doesn't always mean you can act. I was kind of hoping the winner would be Derek since he seemed the most believable as a high school leader-of-the-pack type. That Max was too Eugene in my opinion. But then, I'll never see this show anyway since it's just on Broadway so it doesn't matter to me much. It was funny seeing them with the rest of the cast since Grease is typically cast with older actors. Look at the movie cast. It'll be hard to buy Max as the leader and those older men as his followers.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 7:58 pm
Hi Curlyq...I'll show my ignorance, who is Eurgene? You asked re acting skills: they DID do acting scenes with everyone, but we only got to see a small peek one week. One reason they kept Kathleen around for so long was her skill in acting scenes that we never got to see! I regret that we didn't see more of that, plus more of their work as couples early on.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:00 pm
PS When they showed a rerun earlier today, it showed the acting scenes, a kissing scene with Danny and Sandy. Max and Allie had a real thing going on the side, and chose to be with each other for the scene. However, real life romantic interest didn't translate into acting skills for Allie, Kathleen said (again, we got to see very little).
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:05 pm
I thought it was odd that we barely saw any acting and relatively little dancing..... aren't they pretty important???
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:09 pm
Indeed they are, and in fact the one week they kept Austin over Chad (the bottom two) because they said they needed triple threat of singing/dancing/acting. I wonder if one reason we didn't see more acting scenes was because they weren't good enough to impress us? Not sure why not more dancing...after all Dancing with the Stars and So you think you can dance make it big.
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Alliet
Member
07-11-2005
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:10 pm
The broadway cast looked both old and rather large. I thought it was offensive that they would not consider a Sandy who was not thin (not saying they should have had an obese one either) yet the rest of the women in the broadway cast are rather fleshy. And the guys were kind of not great looking (probably why they thought Chad was too good looking?). I would sooner see the others from this show cast as the other characters in Grease than the inappropriate looking cast they have now. The woman playing Rizzo, we thought, looked more suited to play Chacha. She's huge (as in tall not heavy). She's probably a lot taller than the guy who is playing Kenickie. They really are an odd looking cast.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 9:17 pm
I'd expect the cast of a Broadway comedy to be funny-looking, especially when in character. I don't think it would be appropriate for the supporting actors in Grease to look like the pretty young people in this contest. They're supposed to be goofy misfit types, except for Sandy and Danny. Sandy needs to be the Sandra Dee type in contrast to the trashy Pink Ladies, and Danny needs to be the cool bad boy type who's being followed by his slacker friends. That's why I thought Max would've been better suited to one of those roles. The part of Rizzo has been played by women of all shapes and sizes in the past. I can remember when Brooke Shields had that role during the 90's revival, as did Rosie O'Donnell. I think even Lucy Lawless played her for a while. Thanks for answering my question about the acting skills. At least they made the effort to ensure they had some talent in that area even if they didn't stress it with the audience.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 10:17 pm
Yippee Max & Laura!!!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 10:41 pm
ANyone know if we can see Max and Laura guesting anywhere anytime soon--talk shows, I mean.
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Alliet
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:40 am
I guess I am jaded by seeing Grease on the West End and the movie version, of course. The characters on the West End version (which David Ian produced there back in the late 90s) had actors more in line with the 'traditional' characters.
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Mlt
Member
09-18-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 7:38 am
When I saw the cast, I, too, did a double take. I wanted Max to win, but now seeing who he is going to be leading... I'm wondering if he can pull this off. Laura still looks like the nice, sweet girl so that's okay. But Max... I'm wondering if he will be overpowered by this cast. I'm really going to be curious to see the reviews when this opens on Broadway. Who knows. Max just may surprise me. I really hope so. After all, he's such a likable character.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:58 am
I heard David Ian didn't exactly jump for joy when Max's name was announced. I saw the show but missed that part. Can anyone confirm or correct that rumor? Thanks
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