"Whether she's shrieking her way through a Burt Bacharach ballad or breaking glasses on a Stephen Schwartz song from Pippin, she claims there's a little child inside who does all of her singing for her. That child must be a screaming schizophrenic. On opening night, a woman collapsed in the middle of her blistering histrionics, knocking over a table, and while the stunned audience waited for her to be picked off the floor and carried out, Ms. Buckley continued full-speed ahead like a runaway diesel truck on the Long Island Expressway, completely unfazed."
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
"Screeching Betty Buckley"
If you love scathing criticisms, you will enjoy Rex Reed's review of singer Betty Buckley. I read it during lunch at work and laughed out loud. The title tells you all you want to know: "Screeching Betty Buckley Bombs in Feinstein Fiasco." I particularly enjoyed this part:
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I was there the night Rex Reed was and his whole "review" is so inaccurate. From not knowing why Seth Rudetsky would talk about "Carrie" (Duh...Betty Buckley was IN the movie idiot) to the woman fainting. Betty wasn't even singing when it happened and she asked the staff to go check on her from the stage. She made sure the woman was all right and the maitre 'D said "She's fine, please continue." The woman even apologized and was totally embarrassed. So Rex Reed needs to lay off the booze and actually pay attention before he rights a review!
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