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dragonsareawesome123 · 4 years ago

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My initial thoughts listening to The Prom (2020) Soundtrack

They kept the overture!!!!!!!!!! These new orchestrations!!!!!!!! I’m getting so emotional right now!!!!!!

Meryl Streep’s voice isn’t as powerful as Beth Leavel’s but I think she still sounds great as Dee Dee Allen.

J*mes C*rd*n doesn’t sound as bad as I thought he was going to sound but like...they really should’ve brought back Brooks Ashmanskas.

“Hoosier humping” akdfjalsfkdaslf

“Now let’s go start a fight” THEY DID IT, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT! THEY TOOK OUT THE SLUR!

Jo Ellen Pellman’s voice is so good!!!!!

“Note to self, people suck in Indiana” will always be a mood as someone who lives in Indiana.

‘It’s Not About Me’ will always be iconic and hilarious XD

Ariana DeBose also sounds really good!!!!!!!!!

‘Dance With You’ is truly such an iconic lesbian love duet and Jo and Ariana really do it justice.

It’s so good to hear Andrew Rannells’s singing again. He is truly such a powerhouse.

‘You Happened’ will always be a bop.

Keegan Michael-Key also has a really great voice. But that shouldn’t be surprising considering how great he sounded in Jingle Jangle.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THE ‘TONIGHT BELONGS TO YOU (REPRISE)’ IS ON THE SOUNDTRACK!!!!!!!!! My heart breaks for Emma every time I hear it and Jo really sells it.

Nicole Kidman!!!!!! Her voice works so well for ‘Zazz’ <3.

Meryl’s ‘The Lady’s Improving’ is SO GOOD!!!!

‘Alyssa Greene’ made me cry in the broadway show and it’s making me cry now listening to Ariana sing it. Like, the way that her voice went so quiet and soft when she said “your father might come back”???? My heart is breaking so much for Alyssa right now :((((

ANDREW!!!!!!!!

“Exactly. Because that’s the way God made her, Shelby.” THE SASS.

Andrew belting!!!!!!!! HE’S JUST SO GOOD!!!!!

Jo!!!!!!!! ‘Unruly Heart’ is making me so emotional, I just love that song so much and Jo really puts so much heart and emotion into it.

The finale!!!! I’m getting so emotional.

Wait, did they really give J*mes C*rd*n a song about coming out to sing in the credits?????? J*mes C*rd*n?????????? WHO DID THIS????? WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA???????

Overall, I’m pretty happy with the soundtrack! I’ve missed this show so much.

#the prom #the prom musical #the prom movie #netflix #the prom spoilers

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come-see-our-show · 4 years ago

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I just finished watching The Prom. And as someone who is a die-hard fan of the stage show... I loved it!

It was fun. It was entertaining. There were lots of pretty colors and choreography. Jo Ellen Pellman's smile lights up my world and her voice is angelic. Ariana Debose slayed the limited amount of screen time she had. Meryl Streep are Nicole Kidman were iconic. Kerry Washington and Keegan Michael-Keen were outstanding.

And it had a good message!! Andrew Rannells had a whole ass song about God loving everyone. I teared up during Unruly Heart, and danced during Time To Dance. Was it perfect? No. I do have some legit criticism with it. But the pros really outweighed the cons, and at the end of the day, my spirits were lifted.

I know that people have criticisms over James Corden playing a gay Jewish man. I'm not a gay man so I don't feel comfortable commenting fully, but I get that.

Anyways, it's okay if you didn't like it. But other people should be allowed to. So don't spam the tags with hate. Let us have this.

#mine #theater #the prom

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jemscarter · 4 years ago

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The Prom Movie Thoughts

Hi, so I watched The Prom movie last night, and I have a *lot* of Thoughts so here goes. Under a Read More because this is long.

I saw the Broadway production last year, it was phenomenal, the second the curtain closed I wanted them to reset and start again from the top. The movie was also great and enjoyable: both are good and valid.

-first things first, James Corden, who was not as bad as I was expecting based on the reviews. Was he great? No. Was he the weakest of the four Broadway stars? Yup. The biggest thing I noticed was honestly that when he just played the role he was fine, it was when he really leaned into the “I’m a gay man” aspects of his performance that it became off. I’m not sure though if this is a James Corden problem or a directing/Ryan Murphy problem. Would love to know if Murphy told him to “play up the gay” in ceratin scenes (i.e. pitch his voice higher and use his hands more)

-Jo Ellen Pellman was great as Emma. Caitlin Kinnunen was also great as Emma. Their Emma’s were very, very, different. I’m not even sure it’s fair to fully compare them, because movie!Emma is very optimistic and smiley and show!Emma is a bit more jaded and prickly. Both are valid. Both are awesome. (If this is something that interests you watch “It’s Not About Me,” the show cast performed it on Seth Meyers and then Netflix posted part of it on YouTube, you can definitely see the difference) -Also movie!Emma’s style is iconic.

-Kerry Washington did a fantastic job with a very difficult and prickly character. I am also very glad they didn’t whitewash Alyssa and Principal Hawkins.

-honestly a lot of the things that kinda bothered me about the movie were similar to things that bothered me in the show -- Emma & Alyssa don’t get a tone of scenes, don’t kiss until the end; Emma’s songwriter side seemingly comes out of nowhere, etc. -following on this one of these small things that bothered me in the show was that we don’t get to see Emma’s grandmother and I’m so glad she’s in the movie/they expand on Emma getting kicked out story

-The high school scenes during Just Breathe were strange choices. Why was she swimming? Why have a whole thing with being in a bathing suit in a homophobic school and then not have the other girls kick her out of the locerk room? What’s the point? And then dodgeball? Why does she have two gym classes? Why wasn’t she just going from class to class like a normal person? -also this would’ve been the perfect opportunity to set up her musical side -- i.e. showing her in band class, or showing her scribbling song lyrics/notes during class

-the Midwestern-ness of having two separate songs at the mall is wonderful.

-The Swallow the Moon flashbacks. It was great to see Hawkins love musical theater, but also (it’s my understanding) that was Dee Dee’s big break, her first big role, and that she was pretty young (hence the whole being an aging Broadway star narrative). Meryl crushed it, but they should’ve aged her (and Principal Hawkins) down more or cast a specific younger actor like they did for Barry’s flashback scenes.

-This seems like classic Ryan Murphy to me, but he should’ve included the original cast stars as cameos. It’s respectful since they worked so hard to originate these roles and you couldn’t even be deigned to cast them in the movie, and it’s a fun nod to fans. There were a lot of opportunities too. Why not have Caitlin and Izzy be one of the lesbian couples at the all inclusive prom? Why not have the original four Broadway stars as guests at the Sardi’s after party? I get it, they’re trying to do their own thing, but it’s the respectful and fun thing to do.

I’m not trying to come too hard for this movie, I honestly adored it, and will definitely rewatch it in years to come. The cast was great, the movie was stunningly gorgeous, and it was a fun, happy ending romp. As someone who tends to over-criticize, pick apart movies/shows/musicals they love for fun, these are just my thoughts on things that struck me while I watched.

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kentonramsey · 4 years ago

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The Meaning Behind The Sequin-Adorned Costumes Of The Prom

Warning: Some spoilers for The Prom below.

“Learn better faaah-shion…” Broadway diva Dee Dee Allen (played by Meryl Streep) condescendingly (yet deliciously) croons, during the opening reprise of “Changing Lives” in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix movie rendition of the Tony-nominated musical The Prom. Appropriately, she’s spectacularly clad in a fully sequinned, amethyst purple caped pantsuit.

Her showbiz cohorts are equally-well dressed: leading man Barry Glickman (James Corden) in a sparkling rhinestone-embellished aqua blue tux, showgirl Angie Dickinson (Nicole Kidman) in an emerald green sequin mini-wrap dress, and ‘90s sitcom has-been Trent Oliver (Andrew Rannells) in a raspberry Sardi’s bartender tuxedo. Thus begins Murphy’s blowout of catchy show tunes, slick choreography, and a fashion explosion of vibrant colours and sparkle, created by The Prom costume designer and frequent Murphy collaborator Lou Eyrich.

The story follows the Broadway quartet as it embarks on a self-serving image rehab mission, after it decides to use its perceived big city celebrity clout to support Indiana teen Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman). The provincial PTA, led by the tightly-wound Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington), canceled her senior prom because Emma planned to bring her girlfriend as her date. Consistent with Murphy’s previous projects, the Broadway lights-themed colour palette lays the storytelling groundwork. Bookending the movie, the eye-catching jewel tones first differentiate the self-involved New Yorkers from the denizens of Emma’s hometown of Edgewater, Indiana; in the grand finale number, the colours bring everyone together.

“[Murphy] talked about the feeling of a big Hollywood musical and bright colour palette of purples and pinks, aqua and greens [for the New Yorkers],” explains Eyrich — who’s won five Emmy Awards for her work on Murphy’s shows — on a call. “The rest was a neutral colour palette to show the difference between the glitz and glamour of Broadway and real life in the Midwest.” It’s also the colours of The Prom logo (see top photo).

Bridging the two, the James Madison High School colours are a golden yellow — as worn by Emma singing “Just Breathe,” as she faces bullying from her classmates — and spirited aqua — a distant cousin of the blue-green theme in Ratched, that Eyrich also worked on. The two hues foreshadow the two worlds colliding early on, when Dee Dee and Angie wear mustard and aqua, respectively, as they hitch a ride to Edgewater on Trent’s non-Equity tour of Godspell bus.

True to form, Dee Dee claims two rows on the bus, while lounging in a divine marigold cape and matching trousers by Valentino. She brazenly kicks her feet up on the seat back before her, her ultra-chic Stuart Weitzman ankle boots on full display. “Dee Dee’s just a confident grand dame of the theah-tah,” says Eyrich, whose “huge mood board” for Streep’s character featured larger-than-life icons, from Shirley MacLaine to Mitzi Gaynor and Lady Gaga. “Ryan really wanted her to be bold and brassy, and just grander than she really is. Being kind of a washed-up theater actor, but she still has a lot of bravado.”

Behind-the-scenes, Eyrich enjoyed a collaborative process with the triple Oscar and Emmy winner to devise Dee Dee’s chic trouser looks and her dramatic cape signature, which Murphy also famously loves. “Meryl loves to play with clothes, and comes into costume fittings just wanting to play,” says Eyrich, who estimates that she custom-built half of Dee Dee’s wardrobe and amplified show-stopping pieces with fur trims, fluttery feathers, tassels, and opulent embellishments.

Dee Dee makes her grand entrance into the James Madison High gymnasium in a fur-trimmed red cloak accessorised with a pearl-embellished fedora. The group announces themselves as “liberals from Broadway!” to the bewildered and apathetic teen audience, while principal and Dee Dee stan Mr. Hawkins (Keegan Michael-Key) looks on in sheer star-struck delight. (Chronic Juilliard-name-dropper Trent arrives in a “New York City” T-shirt that might as well read: “interloper.”)

THE PROM (L to R) ANDREW RANNELLS as TRENT OLIVER, KERRY WASHINGTON as MRS. GREENE, MERYL STREEP as DEE DEE ALLEN, JO ELLEN PELLMAN as EMMA, JAMES CORDEN as BARRY GLICKMAN in THE PROM. Cr. MELINDA SUE GORDON/NETFLIX © 2020

“We just tried to always make her the brightest one in the room. So the minute walks in the room, it’s, ‘Dee Dee’s here! It’s the Dee Dee show!’ She’s always theatrical,” says Eyrich. Referring to a glittery pink zip-up tracksuit Dee Dee wears for a fancy LED face mask sesh with Barry, Eyrich says, “Even with her sweatsuit, she had to wear her satin Moncler.”

The style of Angie, who channels a mod blonde bombshell aesthetic, was largely inspired by screen icon Brigitte Bardot — with a dash of ‘60s- and ‘70s-era triple threat Ann-Margret. “We were doing this one dance number, and Ryan loved the hat so much, he wanted it to be her signature,” says Eyrich, about the Breton cap Angie regularly dons to accent her sexy, undone French twist.

Arriving in Edgewater, Angie wears a mid-thigh-length mohair-wool Max Mara coat in aqua, matching (and to-die-for) croc-embossed over-the-knee boots, also by Max Mara, and purple tights. Highlighting her chorus line bonafides, Angie wears a lot of high kick-friendly mini-dresses adorned with fur and feather trim, sleek tall boots, and a plethora of hosiery, from translucent colours to fishnets. For her impromptu song and dance “Zazz” lesson, Eyrich custom-designed a black sheer blouse and miniskirt with tiers of saucy fringe to further emphasise Angie’s showgirl moves and impossibly long “antelope legs,” as Emma jokes.

Dee Dee patronizingly assumes the suburban teens need fashion help, but Emma already has a lock on self-expression through her own adorable, eclectic, and throwback-inspired style — even on a budget and in a small town without a Saks Fifth Avenue, much to Barry’s horror. “Emma just loves going to a vintage or a thrift store, which Jo Ellen likes to do in her real life,” says Eyrich, who incorporated Pellman’s own thrifted tweed coat into Emma’s costumes. “So just being able to throw things together and [create] her own style, and just to be her own unique self.”

Although, Murphy did share a specific reference. “Ryan said ‘maybe a modern-day Annie Hall,” explains Eyrich. “We just didn’t want to go too on the nose with it.” So the costume designer worked natty menswear-inspired flourishes into a few choice daytime outfits, including the unexpected combo of a bright aqua short-sleeve boilersuit by Big Bud Press, over a beige button-down accessorised with a wide tie.

The neckwear theme threads into the ultimate inclusive finale prom, which Emma planned — and the enlightened Broadway vets funded out of the goodness of their hearts (and not as a PR move). To proudly and openly attend with head cheerleader girlfriend Alyssa (Ariana DuBose) — who just came out to her mother, the aforementioned PTA head Mrs. Greene — Emma envisions wearing a vintage tux to prom. Or what looks like one, anyway.

Behind-the-scenes, achieving Emma’s sartorial goal was also a costume design endeavour. Eyrich and her team first tried a series of authentic vintage blue tuxedos. “They were cute, but we figured it’s been done before and wanted to make it our own,” says Eyrich, also noting that retro tuxes tend to appear more matte on-screen. “Everybody else is going to be glittery, sparkly, and satiny, so we wanted to up her look to fit in.”

Finding the finale-appropriate blue to both mesh with the Broadway colours and shine the spotlight on Emma also proved an undertaking. “We made a whole tux jacket and pants out of a different colour and it was just too sky blue,” explains Eyrich. “About a week before [shooting], we decided we didn’t like the blue. We needed it to be more saturated aqua, so we found a different silk. It made a big difference.”

THE PROM (L to R) NICO GREETHAM as NICK, LOGAN RILEY HASSEL as KAYLEE, ARIANA DEBOSE as ALYSSA GREENE, ANDREW RANNELLS as TRENT OLIVER, JO ELLEN PELLMAN as EMMA, SOFIA DELER as SHELBY, NATHANIEL POTVIN as KEVIN, TRACEY ULLMAN as VERA, JAMES CORDEN as BARRY GLICKMAN in THE PROM. Cr. MELINDA SUE GORDON/NETFLIX © 2020

Eyrich also piped the ruffles of Emma’s tuxedo shirt in a matching hue, for extra dimension, but the skinny ribbon tie — the sartorial cherry on top — almost didn’t happen. “We were going to do a bow-tie or a tie, but it didn’t seem like Emma,” says Eyrich. “But then we found that sparkly ribbon at the nth hour, and we liked how it matched the ruffles.” The glittery silver platform sneakers gave a “thrift store nod” to the whole ensemble.

Eyrich meticulously plotted out which of the principals would wear each of the original neon lights colour scheme for the finale, like Dee Dee in a sequin pink trousers look and Angie in feather-trimmed green-blue. But the typically pristine pastel pink-clad Mrs. Greene arrives to support daughter Alyssa in a body-skimming and harlequin-chevron patterned dress encompassing all the symbolic hues (top photo). Perhaps there’s a Saks in Edgewater, after all, because the resplendent look is from the British youth culture-inspired Gucci Resort 2017 collection.

Eyrich curated a few “contenders” for the final and meaningful dress. “But the minute that Kerry put that on, it was pretty much, ‘this is it.’ She was really gunning for that one,” she says. Although Eyrich admits she initially tried pushing Washington to a different multicolour look, just to allow for all the jubilant, arm waving and body-swaying choreography in the finale extravaganza, “Time to Dance,” but to no avail (and who can blame Washington?) “She’s like, ‘I’m wearing the Gucci and I will find a way to dance. Don’t you worry,’” laughs Eyrich.

“We just wanted a rainbow,” Eyrich adds. “Because throughout the whole movie, she’s in pastels and all put together. Then she has a change of heart. She realises she doesn’t want to lose her daughter and that she loves her daughter — and loves everybody for showing her that love is the answer. She comes through the [rainbow] tunnel in her rainbow dress.”

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