Comments on: This Week on TCM http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan Coil http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-73931 Alan Coil Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:09:06 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/#comment-73931 I heard/read/imagined? that Sinatra and Brando were originally supposed to be in the other's role, but they switched for some reason. I heard/read/imagined? that Sinatra and Brando were originally supposed to be in the other’s role, but they switched for some reason.

]]> By: Rob http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-73885 Rob Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:58:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/#comment-73885 Of course, the big miscast in My Fair Lady isn't just that Audrey Hepburn was cast as Eliza, but that she displaced Julie Andrews, who had played the role on Broadway and could sing a little. As it turned out, because she wasn't in My Fair Lady Andrews was able to film Mary Poppins instead, which worked out OK for her. (She won an Oscar for that movie, while Hepburn wasn't even nominated.) Of course, the big miscast in My Fair Lady isn’t just that Audrey Hepburn was cast as Eliza, but that she displaced Julie Andrews, who had played the role on Broadway and could sing a little.

As it turned out, because she wasn’t in My Fair Lady Andrews was able to film Mary Poppins instead, which worked out OK for her. (She won an Oscar for that movie, while Hepburn wasn’t even nominated.)

]]> By: David Oakes http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-73875 David Oakes Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:21:23 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/#comment-73875 Sinatra had the musical chops, but for all his supposed Mob connections, he never had the threat/presence/gravitas to pull of Sky Masterson. (He did, however, make a very effective Oswald in "Suddenly" and "The Manchurian Candidate".) And Brando's inability to sing puts a chink in Masterson's armor that makes his soft inner core somehow more believable. I think there could have been better actors for the parts, but I never believed the common wisdom that they just switched them. For that matter, who doesn't consider G&D "one of the best"? There is a reason it keeps showing up on TV. (Maybe Top Ten and not Top Five, but still.) Sinatra had the musical chops, but for all his supposed Mob connections, he never had the threat/presence/gravitas to pull of Sky Masterson. (He did, however, make a very effective Oswald in “Suddenly” and “The Manchurian Candidate”.) And Brando’s inability to sing puts a chink in Masterson’s armor that makes his soft inner core somehow more believable. I think there could have been better actors for the parts, but I never believed the common wisdom that they just switched them.

For that matter, who doesn’t consider G&D “one of the best”? There is a reason it keeps showing up on TV. (Maybe Top Ten and not Top Five, but still.)

]]> By: Dave http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/comment-page-1/#comment-73864 Dave Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:59:07 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/09/08/this-week-on-tcm-10/#comment-73864 Had Sinatra and Brando been cast in the opposite roles in guys & Dolls, this one might now be considered one of the best movie musicals ever. The supporting cast is very good and the production overall is very strong (if memory serves - I haven't seen it in over 20 years). Had Sinatra and Brando been cast in the opposite roles in guys & Dolls, this one might now be considered one of the best movie musicals ever. The supporting cast is very good and the production overall is very strong (if memory serves – I haven’t seen it in over 20 years).

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