Article about the OLTL musical posted on Gawker.

[Khan]

Now, see what you've done, Ron and Frank? You two should be ashamed of yourselves.

[Khan]

Nah. Kyle and Oliver strike me more as "ABBA" people. ;-P

Like they don't already?

[Leia]

Plus 1

It wouldn't be funny if it was not so true

[DRW50]

Kids don't love American Idol. Gawker must have just chosen some random show where people sing.

[SFK]

Indeed. We biracial folk know a little something about that. You're from the UK, right? Do they still say "half-caste"?

[DRW50]

So, after finally watching some of the first few numbers... the Our Lips are Sealed number was kind of cheesy, entertaining fun. They shouldn't have brought in so many young actresses who can't make facial expressions, but then that's what they give every day, not just during musical numbers.

The numbers with Blair and Brody had some of the same awkwardness of most musical numbers in that people don't look very comfortable standing around or walking around, lipsynching some dramatic moment. I thought Mark Lawson could have used a better song -- that song always sounds your balls are in a vise, although I guess that's a good metaphor for any relationship with Jessica. The part where he was screaming the song into her ear was kind of funny. Otherwise it was sort of like one of those low budget videos from 1982. They just needed a white background and fog machine.

I liked the "let's get everyone ready for the prom" montage, it was slightly weird when they'd go back to Blair singing, but not too bad. The only part which bothered me was seeing Viki and Clint taking photos with Jessica. It just made me sad, what's become of her character.

"We Belong" was probably the best overall number of the four, aside from the mechanical voice they gave Starr.

I'm glad they didn't try to do any rapping...

[Eric83]

I miss them so much.....

[MichaelGL]

You know I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this musical, if it involved the characters I cared about. I mean this insta-teen set mixed with this other teen set that I have not cared about since they were first thrust upon us as viewers are being featured mostly in the musical and I could care less about seeing them prance around in this over produced yet tacky stunt. Now a musical/dream sequence featuring few of the vets and some likable characters like Brody, Layla, Charlie... I would be game. That is what sets this apart from Tomlin's musical/dream sequences, for those special episodes involved the entire cast, these are obviously not. To go even further, it's not even similar to Douglas Marland's infamous dream sequences on GL; some say they were fun, some might call it fluff, but it can't be ignored that it was a insight into the characters, characters who the viewers were devoted to. On OLTL, you have newbies and teen characters that have yet to be fully fleshed out being pushed up front and center for this musical. Not only the characters, but a few less than favorable storylines like Brody/Jess/Cris/Layla and Markko/Langston/Ford being tied to the musical as well.

[ChitHappens]

In all fairness to filthy Roxy, does she really know how to style anybody's hair? She's so disgusting, and not a good soapy disgusting. Just disgusting!

ANDREA

[EricMontreal22]

There's SOOOO much to complain about with OLTL right now--to pick on them actually trying something unique--despite mixed results, is mean spirited I think.

[SFK]

I think "unique" is questionable and part of the problem though. I'm sure MANY people see this as a Glee/HSM ripoff targeted at a questionably existant audience. I really don't know how to feel though... I won't condescend to or deny folks of their right to enjoy the musical, I just wonder what the show was hoping to accomplish, was this really the best choice for sweeps, and did they have more fun doing it than the audience did watching it? What I loved most was that the show had some long awaited revelations that I would have enjoyed in a less flashy context.

So the musical wasn't really my thing, but I'm sure there are fans who didn't care for Trading Places which I thought was a lot of fun yet completely stand alone with no s/l payoffs like the musical included. So...

[EricMontreal22]

Well it *is* a Glee ripoff (just like how the even worse prior musical was a HSM rip off), my unique point was in regards to other daytime programming. The thing is I really don't think they'd be spending the extra time invested in this, on actually improving the show.

[SFK]

I agree with you there. And really, how else can you improve the show besides focusing on better storytelling, and it's really hard to "tell" someone to do that when I'm sure they think they're already doing their best (save for interference from higher ups). Maybe you're right, maybe a cheesy diversion is what we needed. It's a lot more fun to poke fun at singing and dancing of dubious quality rather than breaking down a faulty plot. I wish someone had all the answers...

[SFK]

And OLTL has been the most "fun" show ever since Rauch "went there" back in the '80s. The show has never shook this history, this tradition and I can appreciate that as long as they balance it with the gut punch stuff. Maybe that's my point, this could have been more fun and forgiving if the show was really rocking right now, if we knew Wednesday was full of promise.

[DRW50]

I take it you weren't watching when JFP was producer

I do agree with what you're saying though. This in itself isn't a huge travesty to OLTL, it's just the rest of the show is not strong enough to balance.

I do kind of prefer this brief musical stuff to the wacky comedy misfires that go on for months. Poor Addie wasted months in a "hilarious" marriage to David...