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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Worst Idea Ever

As we've noted before: Grey's Anatomy is the kind of show that likes to do crazy things that shake up the show (ferryboat accidents, shootings, documentaries, bombs, ghosts, Meredith dying, mystery diagnosis episodes, flashbacks, etc.) And it works about half of the time. It's usually at least interesting or entertaining.

But now Grey's Anatomy is going to do what dozens of shows have done before it: a musical episode. That's right, Grey's is about to get a little Glee'd up. Dear God. Dear God, no. Please no. This is not groundbreaking. It's groan-inducing. We don't see how on earth they are going to make this fit with the tone of the show without just being laughable. Unless the writers are brilliant (they aren't, or Denny would have stayed dead) and the tone is perfect (fat chance), this is going to be a mess.

What kind of music will they do? Don't expect rap, Broadway, or Journey. Shonda Rhimes told TVGuide, “Part of the way I figured out that we could do this was to take the songs that our show has made iconic and have them be sung by our cast members, as opposed to singing Broadway songs or singing some songs by a known artist. We’re simply singing songs that Grey’s Anatomy has made famous.” So it's gonna be a bunch of mature indie songs.

The only good thing that could possibly come out of this is that more people will get to hear Sara Ramirez (Callie) sing. She was on Broadway, you know. And she won a Tony. She won't be the only person singing. Watching serious characters sing and be true to their characters is going to be funny and we will be embarrassed for them. The characters we don't think will be able to pull it off? Owen, Cristina, and Alex. Actually, Sandra Oh can make anything work/do anything, so she might be fine.

Still, this is vomit-inducing. And we LIKE Glee and musical episodes. Just not on this show. Is the show out of ideas?

12 comments:

  1. This is EXACTLY what I meant a while back when I said, "Grey's should not try to be something that it is not."

    Auuughhh.

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  2. We are going to watch it, because even if it is a trainwreck, we can't look away. We were totally onboard for the documentary thing and most of the Grey's experiments, but we agree that this is too far from what the show is. It's just not the tone of the show at all.

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  3. MMMHHHMMM. That was our reaction.

    We are not lying either. Shonda said this is going down. Here's hoping they change their minds.

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  4. Alright, now I've thought about this. if they would take a note from supernatural (a show that is par excellent at making fun of itself, check the episode where they visit a supernatural fan convention) it could work as a joke. The thing is grey's has been on for so long, and its become iconic, so if they would flat out make fun of themselves I will accept it. can they grey's writer pull off that comedy? well...... I don't know. lets hope there's some hidden talents in the writing staff that will come out....

    -H

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  5. btw, seeing the Salvatore brothers break into song would be PRICELESS

    -H

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  6. Huh. That's a thought. If it were really and intentionally funny, we would forgive them for it, we guess.

    The Salvatore brothers could easily pull of a Les Mis or Sweeney Todd type musical, haha.

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  7. I think "worst idea ever" were the exact words I said out loud when I saw this news story. Just when I start to think that Shonda Rhimes might actually have a purpose for what's going on over there, she proves that she doesn't.

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  8. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Shonda-Rhimes-1025983.aspx?rss=breakingnews

    interview with Shonda about the musical

    also one of the commenter posts- "worst.idea.ever"

    -H

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  9. That's three people for the "worst idea ever" line as their instant reaction. And you're right Cat, Shonda needs to create and then get outta there.

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  10. your right, we need a fan campaign to see Somerhadler singing a Sweeney Todd number :)

    H

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