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 Jennifer
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Here is a SMASH clip with Nick Jonas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4cyDkYC8g
@0:26. He is arm and arm with Anjelica Huston.
I think they don't gear the ads to musical theater people because they know we will more than likely watch. I think they are gearing them toward the typical american. This is why they say "The Monday after the Superbowl".
I also like how Megan says "I'm not a doctor, but I watched ER."
As for not mentioning Bernadette the show hasn't mentioned any of its guest stars and I do hope it is a recurring role for her.
|  AMH
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I think it's always fun to see Bernadette play a character which is the polar opposite of who she really is, such as that of her upcoming SMASH role. I imagine this is also somewhat fun for Bernadette, playing a role which allows her to explore different dimensions of herself. I'm interested to get your (and others, of course) opinion on this, Ripley. As a performer, do you enjoy taking on roles which are completely different than your own personality?
According to the L.A. Times article that was posted a couple weeks ago, Bernadette will have a recurring role as Megan Hilty's mother. So that's good. 
| Jennifer
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Here's the article about hitting the actress in "Coming up Roses"
http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/bernadette-peters-2011-8/
“Yes, another light part,” Peters says, sounding mystified, or amused, by her choice. “And do you know what I had to do one day? I had to find a way to hit
my 15-year-old daughter.” (The actress playing the role was 19.) “I mean really smack her around. I’ve never hit anyone in my life! After I did it, I felt like I
was having a heart attack for a week.”
For a second it seems she may have one again, but instead the moment resolves in a giggle. “Isn’t it a strange profession? When you have to look for
something like that within yourself, it’s scary. And what’s also scary,” she adds, touching the moon at her throat, “is that you find it.”
| ripley123
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Well, speaking only as myself, I love playing roles that are completely different from myself. First of all, going against type is a huge challenge, and then if you can make someone see that your type is actually very effective for the role, that's like a slam dunk must be for a basketball player. The other thing for me is,if something is too close to me, it's harder for me to feel like I want to fully delve into it and to feel totally relaxed about it while performing. It's like I have to depersonalize it, make it about something else in my head, then connect that to the material and sort of back into it that way. When it's somebody totally different, it's both challenging and then totally fun when you get it. I did something where I had to hit my husband, so I did it the first time in rehearsal and the director said, "Haven't you ever hit anyone before?" and I said, "Ummmm...actually, no." So he had to show me how to hit, and we had to practice it and I had to find a way to have an impulse to hit someone and also then do it. It was SO hard and I had a lot of doubts, like, I don't know if I'm going to be able to hit him and not just look silly or have it be unintentionally funny. And when in the end I did, it was even better because it's NOT casual for me to hit him, so when I did it I'd burst into tears and fall into him and he could push me away...which was great because in the story he was supposed to be rejecting me, really, not the other way around.
And the other weird thing is, you find out that these completely different people aren't so completely different from you after all! I just did one thing where the end of the play is my character ruins everyone's life and then kills herself, followed by one where I walk out on my family in the end. And it's kind of creepy when you're going about your normal life and you become aware of the little impulses that you say no to, and the only difference is just that your character would've said yes. It kind of makes me even more aware of the minutiae of every decision about how I treat myself and others. So, that's how it is for me. I've never really asked anyone I worked with how it was for them, so I don't know if I am all alone in these feelings or if it;s pretty typical.
| ripley123
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11/8/2011 | posted: 1/18/2012 at 6:37:34 PM ET
That's funny you (Jennifer) posted that while I was writing the post responding to AMH about hitting my scene partner.
| Jennifer
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That is funny. 
| ripley123
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Well. I guess I'm not ALL alone LOL.
| AMH
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Thanks for the post, Ripley! I know Bernadette has said in many of her interviews that she's able to learn something new about herself through the characters she plays, so it's interesting that the same applies to you. I also think it's interesting that your character sticks with you outside of your performance. I guess that really does heighten your awareness of your behavior and decisions.
I imagine I, too, would find it difficult to strike someone, since it's not an everyday occurrence for me. I'm glad it worked out for you, though.
| Jennifer
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Better quality promo
http://www.nbc.com/smash/video/the-buzz-on-smash/1379734
| ripley123
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Yeah, I feel like if I didn't learn something new about myself, then the character was uncomfortably close to home, or I didn't look hard enough or creatively enough. And for me, really, like if I have an argument with someone, it somewhat affects me for weeks. So if I allow some crazy woman who is going to shoot herself to take over my entire physical being and emotional life, and completely surrender to that, and allow myself to fully feel all the shame and horror so that the only thing that can make me stop sobbing is the thought that I have a gun in my bedroom and can just go end it, then I can get myself to a place where I'm basically OK when it's after, but I'm not exactly light-hearted and joyful feeling. I need about a week.
Right now I'm working to go meet with some TV/movie CDs and agents, and I'm using sides from "The Blind Side" for some where you get to bring your own, and also in case anyone asks me if I have some I'd like to do. It almost feels like I'm on a beach vacation, because even though I am coming up with some things to make it my own, and yes, learning about myself, at least the character is a pretty centered, grounded woman who is operating from a place of strength and abundance. It's funny but the character is so much MORE that than I am, I find that things that would normally trouble me or make me feel insecure, I can just laugh off or just take some action and be done with it. So it's not always a dark and depressing thing!
| AMH
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It's interesting that a character can affect you that much. I can't even imagine what Bernadette must be going through as Sally.
| ripley123
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I know, I wish I could go give her a big hug after every performance. But she does have her dogs!
I spoke too soon about my vacation! Just got sides emailed to me about an hour after I posted. In two pages I have to wisecrack about how miserable my multiple sclerosis treatments are making me, discuss my impending debilitation, and ask my husband for a divorce, and I can't get through the second page without crying. At least I only have to focus on it for a week (audition next Thursday). And it's short and I'm a;ready off book, so I don't have to belabor it every day, and I won't have any nighttime rehearsals or performances, so it won't be so late when I come down each night. Also, I think this woman is still pretty strong and smart and spunky, just in a bad situation. So maybe not so bad after all, we'll see.
| AMH
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Good luck on the audition, Ripley! The material seems challenging, but it sounds like you're doing well since you already know your lines.
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