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Megan Hilty as Ivy in the "Dig Deep" number
which Tom and Julia staged in like 30 minutes. |
This week's episode of
Smash was directed by Mimi Leder of
ER and
Deep Impact fame and I feel like I've got a hangover from all her revolving shots. Leder loves to spin her camera around actors to create a sense of drama and she did it twice here. First with Julia, Tom, Eileen, and Linda frantically conferring over the open dress rehearsal of
Bombshell and then at the end of the show where everyone was reading Richard Francis's ridiculous
New York Times article unfavorably comparing the show with
Hit List. Okay, I know the
Smash people are allowed a little dramatic license, but come on. First of all, the Arts Editor of the most important paper in the city would not write anything about theater. He'd assign it to the drama critic or a feature writer. Secondly, he would not write about a show wherein he is dating the producer. Thirdly, he would not write anything in the form of a review about a show which has just started previews and another that is still in rehearsal. After they both open, fine, yes. And another thing, Derek and Scott would definitely NOT let anyone in the press, particularly the
Times, into a "stumble-through" of
Hit List.
