Comments on: Soapbox: Gleeful http://asitecalledfred.com/2010/07/16/gleeful-soapbox/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Simon FitzGerald http://asitecalledfred.com/2010/07/16/gleeful-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-26094 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:38:41 +0000 http://www.asitecalledfred.com/?p=13987#comment-26094 That’s not a bad notion, brother. Lea Michele actually does look uncannily like Menzel and casting the movie a wee bit younger might not be the worst idea in the world.

]]> By: Rick Smith http://asitecalledfred.com/2010/07/16/gleeful-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-26089 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:17:11 +0000 http://www.asitecalledfred.com/?p=13987#comment-26089 Well done, sir. Great piece, celebrating a bevy of delights.

I would suggest, however, that in order to make WICKED: THE MOVIE the blockbuster hit it truly deserves to be, the filmmakers might consider casting Lea Michele (GLEE’s Rachel) as Elphaba. She actually plays Idina Menzel’s daughter on GLEE, and the resemblance is uncanny, plus she’s a simply superb singer/performer. Then find a Galinda as marvelous as Michele’s Elphaba is sure to be, and I think we can finally shove aside disappointing movie musical “successes” like “Chicago” and “Mamma Mia!” and enjoy something truly magical!

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