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Post by seoulmate on Mar 29, 2011 1:26:40 GMT -5
robininny.... YAY, YOU'RE HERE!!!!
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Post by robininny on Mar 29, 2011 1:29:53 GMT -5
robininny.... YAY, YOU'RE HERE!!!! Wow! Didn't expect that reaction. Actually, I reside on Twitter most of the time. But RL has my attention and consumes most of my time these days. But haven't forgotten about you guys  |
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Post by seoulmate on Mar 29, 2011 1:33:19 GMT -5
Wow! Didn't expect that reaction. Actually, I reside on Twitter most of the time. But RL has my attention and consumes most of my time these days. But haven't forgotten about you guys Screw twitter! You should pop in once in awhile to say HI!! We missed you!!!  |
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Post by robininny on Mar 29, 2011 1:41:25 GMT -5
Wow! Didn't expect that reaction. Actually, I reside on Twitter most of the time. But RL has my attention and consumes most of my time these days. But haven't forgotten about you guys Screw twitter! You should pop in once in awhile to say HI!! We missed you!!! LOL...okay, I will. |
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Post by 4Ms on Mar 29, 2011 1:45:32 GMT -5
I did not find the Eber interview that first mentioned the $50K job.... but here is a report from a blog. The original report is on SDNN somewhere. 2. Between musical theater jobs in 2003, Lambert worked at a cosmetics counter in an L.A. department store. His makeup and people skills were so admired, the cosmetics company offered him a $50,000-a-year job as a cosmetics demonstrator/trainer, but he turned it down to follow his performance dreams. Link: adamlamberttv.blogspot.com/2010/07/six-things-you-may-not-know-about-adam.htmlThanks for the info and taking the time to look. |
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Post by 4Ms on Mar 29, 2011 2:14:12 GMT -5
You may have told this story before, but it is new to me. Thanks for repeating it. My own personal take on the debacle is that ABC hired Adam to be the fierce, slightly dangerous, beautiful tiger at end their show. They choreographed him in a provocative way. They pimped him. "Ladies and gentlemen, see the ferocious, wild tiger. You won't believe your eyes." They set him up. They unleashed him. And Adam just did what a tiger does when wound up and released. In the process, the "tame" tiger scared the shit out of the handlers. Quaking, they realized they had a tiger by the tail, and canceled future performances. They just couldn't take the risk that the tiger might act like a wild animal again. Plus, having once been bitten, they had to slap that tiger down a bit for acting so fierce. But, all's well that ends well, and ultimately Adam survived and triumphed. ABC, not so much. They TOTALLY set him up. That was yet another thing that upset me at the time (the Hicklin letter being the worst). They pimped him relentlessly, using the word "shocking" to keep people glued to their tv sets. And then when he WAS *shocking*, they cancelled his future performances. Blatantly hypocritical. And callous. The tiger analogy is beautiful, but I'm not sure I agree. I don't have any sense that he was caged or on a leash of any kind. That choreography, imo, was designed by Adam, working in conjunction with a choreographer. My sense (and I could be wrong) is that Adam was completely in charge of that performance. I think he was given free reign to do what he wanted. And he got a little over-ambitious, imo. He was like a kid in a candy store, and of course he wanted to do something spectacular. And he was encouraged to do so. I honestly think people were saying "this kid is amazing, let him do whatever he wants, it'll be great tv". I keep thinking of the Zodiac show vid where he wants to have flames coming out of his effin head, and he is gently told "no". There was no one in this instance who said "no, too much" to him. The choreography was kind of a disaster with that song, because along with his nerves it affected his vocals. And after watching the rehearsal footage with the complicated scaffolding, I totally had a premonition of his fall. I almost died when it actually happened. But, Adam being Adam, he transformed a potential disaster into something iconic after all. OMG, I need to shut up about the AMAs. Sorry!! I agree that ABC & Adam always intended for that performance to be provocative, shocking even. My sense was that Adam got frustrated about the sound right at the beginning. Then he fell and that got the adrenaline pumping. I think he planned to be fierce and dominating but not with the edge of real anger. I think the song character was supposed to be dangerous, but more in a campy way, not one that would frighten or alienate the audience. |
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Post by kapsiz on Mar 29, 2011 2:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by kapsiz on Mar 29, 2011 2:49:49 GMT -5
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Post by kapsiz on Mar 29, 2011 3:00:08 GMT -5
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