celeb news Nicole Scherzinger: "Hollywood didn't want to see me. So I made them see me"

[UnderratedVocalist]

31 minutes ago, feelslikeadream said:

People mad about the hat but I'm mad at the performance; yes, she slayed the vocals, but I actually thought her acting was BAD  She is a total miscast for the role, idc how well she can sing.

How so? She literally goes mental in the final act and leaves it ALL on that stage.

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50 minutes ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

How so? She literally goes mental in the final act and leaves it ALL on that stage.

Well because I thought she was unconvincing as an aging actress who was bitter and delusional about her stardom, which is what the role is. Instead, she came across, to me, as just playing a rich, kooky lady, leaning too far into the absurd without being grounded in Norma's pain. This was especially true in Act 1. She didn't play the more dramatic scenes poorly, but I felt like I was watching a college production with how she was acting in some of the other scenes.

 

Furthermore, it made no sense that she's supposed to have "aged out" of Hollywood and yet Nicole was looking stunning and doing splits on the stage  I know this is up to direction and not all her fault, but the whole production was illogical. They could have made better choices in makeup and blocking to give the appearance that she really was "past her prime."

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Queen

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3 hours ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

Why are you trying to use logic? The usual gays have once again created the narrative for Nicole and are going after her. The racism against her is truly something else...

 

Y'all just cannot see a Polynesian woman succeed.

That's not how it works. Calling people racists because they have certain opinion about someone'a action (whether they're right or wrong) only proves you got no points. 

[UnderratedVocalist]

17 minutes ago, feelslikeadream said:

Well because I thought she was unconvincing as an aging actress who was bitter and delusional about her stardom, which is what the role is. Instead, she came across, to me, as just playing a rich, kooky lady, leaning too far into the absurd without being grounded in Norma's pain. This was especially true in Act 1. She didn't play the more dramatic scenes poorly, but I felt like I was watching a college production with how she was acting in some of the other scenes.

 

Furthermore, it made no sense that she's supposed to have "aged out" of Hollywood and yet Nicole was looking stunning and doing splits on the stage  I know this is up to direction and not all her fault, but the whole production was illogical. They could have made better choices in makeup and blocking to give the appearance that she really was "past her prime."

I think you missed the entire point.

Jamie Lloyd switched the story in its head. It's not the fact that Norma is past her prime. It's the fact that Norma is IN her prime. But because she's 46, Hollywood won't cast her in anything. The show is calling out Hollywood for it's ageism. Nicole is giving you a Norma that is at her best (except mentality), vocally in her prime, dancing still on point, looking fantastic. I mean, the amount of athleticism, endurance, commitment and motivation it requires to do what she does 8 times a week for 9 months. Just like Norma, Nicole HAS been discarded in her career. Like, Norma, Nicole was also once in the spotlight, but faded away with the help of the industry. Nicole is Norma just as much Norma is Nicole. The industry, fame etc can turn you crazy, as we've seen with so many real life examples. They've blurred the lines of when Norma starts and when Nicole ends.

 

It's a very stripped back version and it makes you focus on the story, the lyrics, the music and the PERFORMANCES. No props or big stages, just raw emotion.

[UnderratedVocalist]

15 minutes ago, LVP said:

That's not how it works. Calling people racists because they have certain opinion about someone'a action (whether they're right or wrong) only proves you got no points. 

Well why then?

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1 minute ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

Well why then?

Cause I'm just a soulless person who likes to make jokes about celebrities (of all races)

[UnderratedVocalist]

3 minutes ago, LVP said:

Cause I'm just a soulless person who likes to make jokes about celebrities (of all races)

Excellent, I really appreciate the honesty. So, let's get off that high horse then, because you would be in no position to come for anyone's morals.

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1 minute ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

Excellent, I really appreciate the honesty. So, let's get off that high horse then, because you would be in no position to come for anyone's morals.

Says someone who calls people racist just because someone says sth negative of his favourite celebrity..

[UnderratedVocalist]

Just now, LVP said:

Says someone who calls people racist just because someone says sth negative of his favourite celebrity..

Well, I do have a soul.

[LVP]

2 minutes ago, UnderratedVocalist said:

Well, I do have a soul.

But no sense of humor if you think I'm serious.

[UnderratedVocalist]

7 minutes ago, LVP said:

But no sense of humor if you think I'm serious.

It's obvious