Well, it's happened. He can't seem to pull this one off. Only 90 minutes in and dull as dishwater. Lame jokes, and the big dance number "In the Middle Of The Show" that brought back memories of Debbie Allen's lame Oscar work. Just terrible choreography with Harris looking ill at ease. Seems like Harris needs more of the Broadway talent ( Marc Shaiman, Rob Ashford, etc) rather than Hollywood folk to make him shine in the musical sense.
Apparently Carrie Underwood isn't the man she used to be. Who knew.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
God, was that choreography for the Harris production number suppose to be taken seriously. It was a spoof of bad b'way choreography, right? And in that case, taking it for Ashford makes total sense.
Did anyone else notice Neil looked a little bothered by the end of the show? He seemed kinda bored. It looked like they were really only using him for pre-taped stuff and (bad) dance numbers.
I don't blame NPH; I blame the producers. That was one of the least entertaining, more poorly executed Emmy telecasts in memory. The awards themselves actually were quite interesting, but would have been more interesting if speeches were allowed to be of any meaningful length (or if all the nominees were shown clips! Or if we had any clips, really, of the season as a whole! TV is great right now; why don't we show off how good it is instead of how good you think the Emmy telecast is because, spoiler alert, it's not.)
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.