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sammy
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8/23/2003 | posted: 8/23/2003 at 4:59:53 PM ET
hey everyone! this is my first post on this board, but i've been reading it for a long time, and i'm a huge bp fan. anyway, to prepare for the release of the gypsy cd, i started listening to some of her other cast albums, and what struck me the most was how good she was and sounded on the sitpwg album. i know there was a post where people talked about their farvorite bp performance besides gypsy, and a lot of people said into the woods, but i think she is just out of this world amazing in sitpwg. considering the musical is centered around george, i think she makes dot stand out amazingly. and although i love her recording of "Everything's coming up roses" and "rose's turn", i'd still have to say that i think i prefer her "we do not belong together" even more. every time i listen to that song, i get close to tears. i'm just in awe of the whole show, and especially bp's underappreciated performance.
| BroadwayBabyGal
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5/8/2003 | posted: 8/23/2003 at 5:04:43 PM ET
Welcome to the board.  I also love SITPWG. Bernadette did a wonderful job singing and acting.
~*Jessica*~
|  XoHollywoodSweeti9
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New Jersey | posted: 8/23/2003 at 5:48:37 PM ET
Aloha and welcome to the board! I also love SITPWG, Bernadette was simply amazing in that show.
~°Christa°~
|  Linnie4Bernadette
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12/8/2002 | posted: 8/23/2003 at 6:00:16 PM ET
Hi there! And welcome to the board! I agree with you that Bernadette was absolutely amazing in SITPWG. I especially love the song "Move On". I think it is such a wise song and I relate to it so much. I have this musical on DVD and it's just wonderful!
| BrOaDwAy18
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7/24/2003 | posted: 8/23/2003 at 11:07:28 PM ET
Welcome to the board! Sunday in the Park is probably one of my top favorites of Bernadette's shows. Do you have the DVD? It's wonderful. She was amazing in that show! I love Move On most of all as well, but I also love Color and Light. I love the part when she sings 'But its warm inside his eyes...' Mandy Patinkin is awesome too!
| daedreams
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6/21/2002 | posted: 8/23/2003 at 11:36:00 PM ET
welcome...enjoy and have fun
sunday is one of my favs, it actually inspired me in many ways not to give up on things.
"beauty belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams" eleanor rosevelt
|  UCFGuardgirl
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Welcome!
I love Sunday in the Park With George. I agree, 'We Should Have Belonged Together' is the most heartwrenching song. The way Bernadette's character absolutely breaks down, the way she wells up with tears... the way you can see in her eyes that, at this moment, Bernadette IS Dot, and she IS feeling what Dot is feeling, and it's not simply the performer interpreting for the character, it IS the character, all dark and sad and lonely... *sigh* That song is magic. (So is 'Move On,' but moreso because the lyrics are just gorgeous.)
Right now, I don't know which is Bernadette's best work: that song from SITPWG or 'Rose's Turn' from Gypsy. Not that her other stuff isn't good, but sometimes a performer just gets really lucky. I.E: when everything else (besides the acting) about the material comes together (writing, directing, breadth and depth of dialogue, of moment) so that an otherwise unused range of potential gets to shine.
Ironically enough, there's another moment that I feel is one of Bernadette's strongest, acting-wise, and it's not from one of her plays or even from a terrific movie. It's the scene from Pink Cadillac, where her characer (Luann) talks about losing her child, and what it means for her to have lost the child after what she felt when she gave birth to it. While the rest of the movie isn't all that wonderful, this particular scene is so well written and fleshed out and directed, and Bernadette just totally nails it, that you have to wonder what happened with the rest of the movie.
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Regis: And look at all this hair. My God. That's a lot of hair. Look at this. How does hair get this way?
Bernadette: Um.. it sort of grew out of my head like this.
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|  Broadwaybaby17
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Alabama | posted: 8/24/2003 at 2:04:59 AM ET
I was just watching Pink Cadillac tonight and thinking how wonderful that scene was! I'm suppose to give a monologue in class soon and I was thinking about doing that one.
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bernadette
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I wish she had a child, I'm sorry but you know when you just see a woman who so should have a child? she seems like she would have made a great mum or should i say "mom". I love that scene in pink cadillac too!
they say bernadette's wonderful..........and she is
xx Jenny xx
| Linnie4Bernadette
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Jenny,
I love your accent!! I think it's adorable! Go ahead and say Mum....lol, it's too cute!! In fact, I call my mum "Mum" sometimes even though I'm not British
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bernadette
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aaw, cheers linnie! You know, notherners say "mam"...how odd...anyhoobly doobly. Let me see, whats an English thing to say.
"I'll have a packet of cheese and onion crisps please. Oooh, I fancy a cuppa!"
lol
they say bernadette's wonderful..........and she is
xx Jenny xx
| sammy
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8/23/2003 | posted: 8/24/2003 at 11:39:36 AM ET
the guy who writes diva talk has said that he thinks bp's emotional high in rose's turn comes when she sings the "well" in the line "well, someone tell me when is it my turn." i think in we do not belong together, bp reaches that same type of gut-wrenching emotion when she sings "no one is you, and no one can be/but no one is me george, no one is me" geeze, just writing those lines almost make me tear up! i think a lot of the betrayal we hear from bp in everything's coming up roses and rose's turn can be traced back to we do not belong together.
| RobRamos
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4/1/2003 | posted: 8/24/2003 at 11:49:42 AM ET
Hi everyone. I just wanted to say I think the people who post on this board are extraordinary. It is just wonderful to read such thoughtful and discerning comments on Bernadette's work. It never ceases to amaze me--Bernadette's fans seem to be uniformly compassionate, kind, and very inspiring people--I guess we have all learned from this amazing woman we admire! Bless you all.
| Broadwaybaby17
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Alabama | posted: 8/24/2003 at 12:35:02 PM ET
That particular line does it for me also. Whenever I sing it I cry my eyes out! What's even more amazing to me, is in all of the songs that she cries in(and that's a lot!) she always still manages to sound her beautiful self! I sound like a fruitcake when I try to do it. I guess once I have more training I'll learn how to cry and sing at the same time. See the thing is that most actors I know don't really cry on stage...they just look like they do by scrunching up their face and such...not her...she really does it. That's what makes it so much more powerful. I think she could be the worse singer in the world and I would still love her for her ability to evoke emotion like that. Also that scene in Slaves of New York where her boyfriend is belittling her, and the one where he asks her back is so great. She's just an amazing actress!
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| Anonymous
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134.126.4.x | posted: 8/24/2003 at 12:53:00 PM ET
And I think somewhat underrated as an actress too (not by those on this board, of course). She has these scenes such as those mentioned above that, watching her face, just break your heart. You totally believe her and that she is that character feeling that pain. And, oh man, *being* the character in a song, even tho she's sung it a hundred times. Awesome. Yet, she can also do funny tremendously, which comedians (not comics, joketellers) will tell you is some of the most difficult acting to do and to pull off.
| Broadwaybaby17
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Alabama | posted: 8/24/2003 at 1:08:07 PM ET
My friend and I were also discussing the difference between Bernadette and and actress who just happens to be able to sing. Anyone who has good pitch can sing a song and it sound good, the main difference is that she "becomes" the song. Like everyone else has said, she makes it real for you. That's something that she has taught me thatI will carry with me as an actress.
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