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So...Little Women...

Eh...

Maybe I was biased from the start because I had read the Broadway Abridged version of it, but it wasn't that good. The songs were so-so and the script was God awful. The cast itself was pretty good (minus the guy playing Laurie. He got annoying).

Maureen McGovern really was the best performer in it and managed to make her songs (which were okay) really good. What annoyed me the most was that they lost the heart the original novel had. Suddenly, it was about being as goofy as possible. For example, when Laurie is rejected by Jo, we aren't supposed to laugh. When Amy destorys Jo's book, we aren't supposed to laugh because she does a silly dance off. They completely made the characters devoid of any feelings, minus Jo and Marmee. Also, while Jo is without a doubt the most prominent character in the book, the other sisters have their stories too.

Some of my favorite (and I don't mean that they were necessarily good) parts:

-Amy falls through the ice and almost dies. They tell us this as they carry her in (though she doesn't look like she's almost died). Within two seconds she (who almost died) is singing and dancing.
-While Beth sings about how she's dying, she's standing with Jo flying a kite and not looking anywhere near death.
-When Jo flies the kite, the string pulling the kite up is clearly visible.
-When Laurie tells Jo that he has spied on her from his window and we're supposed to find it romantic.
-When Mr. Lawrence goes from being grumpy to being pleasant in three seconds.
-The Most Amazing Thing, a poorly written song in which Amy and Laurie explain they are getting married.

For the record, I never want to hear "Christopher Columbus" shouted as a statement of astonishment ever again.

Quote of the Day:
Sheldon: I should warn you now, there are three musicals I don't handle well because I don't take insulin. The first is The Sound of Music; the second is The Fantasticks; the third is CATS.
Estelle: Now of course, you all are allowed to like it.
Sheldon: Of course, but you're wrong.

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Ok, the UC needs to stop tempting me. I go to dinner tonight to find that it's Carnival Night. They have fried foods of every kind, caramel apples, and cotton-fucking-candy. STOP!!!

Ragtime audition tomorrow. *crosses fingers*

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My mom had said she'd tape Project Runway for me while I was in Chicago, because I don't get that channel. Unfortunately, she is unable to now. So...I'm not sure if I should wait and see the episodes (though who knows when I'll be able to?) or just read other people's entries and visit bravotv.com to find out what happened on each episode...

I guess I'll just see what happened and then see the episodes when I can...