Saturday, June 25, 2011

song for malia obama

song for malia obama



the planet is my family you see so you and you and you are part of me


to heal the mother land and sea and sky lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow


i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now



the planet is my family you see so you and you and you are part of me


to heal the father love from land to land lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow


i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now



the planet is my family believe yes you and you and you are part of me


to heal the brother love from man to man lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow


i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now



the planet is my family baby so you and you and you are part of me


to heal the sister love in every home to carry sister love where ev you roam


to be the sister love just ask me how lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow


i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now


i want to save the world when i grow up i want to save the world and raise it up


if only you would save it for me now if only you would save it for me now




Friday, June 10, 2011

glee notes

glee



rachel: she sings funny girl as well as streisand… (not to be blasphemous) but seriously, the girl has something more than notes for that material. if only her part would veer away from the way we were (quinn is prettier than me…) but I guess its accurate to the mini streisand character… her eyes do a lot of her acting.



kurt: his voice has gotten better as the show progresses ~ he sounds like a young julie andrews, just brilliant. he should be covering a bronski beat/communards song, his voice is richer than jimmy sommervilles (no disrespect, its apples and oranges ~ i love jimmy sommerville). his face/body acting is very accurate to his character ( i wonder if he is actually acting…).



blaine: the most talented all-around actor on the show (of the kids), the best musical actor on the show, his face/body and voice are always in the perfect right reading. his character is a little more sophisticated than its age… but he is the perfect dreamboat.



mercedes: can run with the best of them (pun intended), her voice has also improved during the show. (like rachel with streisand) she has a genre that fits her voice ~ she shines at bluesy gospel arias… but gives rachel competition in any genre. her acting is ok, she isn’t given much to work with.



notes: most of the actors swallow their words from time to time, making replays necessary to monitor the writing.



the writers walk a tightrope of heavy themes in an early time slot, dealing bravely with important teen issues in an acceptable manner. there are some continuity problems in the stories; there are grammatical (tense) problems with the dialogue (timeframe problems in the stories).



the camera work/editing is often disappointing, possibly a result of the early time slot and the needs of an ensemble cast.



more on other glee characters later.