Are TV recaps the new TV?
Rich Juzwiak at Gawker mentioned TV recaps as entertainment themselves when he announced he was done (“Recapping television…amounts to writing sandcastles”). It’s a classic set-up, […]
Recaps
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP17)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald Well, here we are. After two seasons, and countless hours spent away from the theater and in front of our […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP16)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald For a true theater fanatic, there aren’t many more exciting places to be than the theater district at awards season. […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP15)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald First thing’s first. As you probably know by now, word came in late Friday night that NBC has indeed cancelled […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP14)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald When SMASH first started, there was a lot of debate as to where the real world theater line and the […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP13)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald After three good episodes in a row, the momentum was bound to wear off eventually. And it did this week […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP12)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald We may base a big part of our Reality Index on SMASH’s major missteps. But believe it or not, we […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP11)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald It’s really too bad that NBC decided to move SMASH to Saturday nights right when the show was getting good. […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP10)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald Every once and awhile, we have to give the SMASH writers props for getting an episode right. And while “The […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP9)
By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald Well here it is: the last Tuesday episode of SMASH. From now on, NBC is banishing the show to a […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP8)
If we’ve learned one thing about Broadway from SMASH, it’s that the creative process requires a lot of collaboration. Producers, directors, choreographers, book-writers, actors, critics, […]
The SMASH Reality Index (S2, EP7)
FUN FACT: Ivy wasn’t in this scene in the actual episode, so you’re kind of seeing a deleted scene. Ooooooooh By NineDaves and Linda Buchwald […]