Title: A Cornballed & Hokey Trivilialization of South Pacific
Review: Maybe I am too old (56) and have too fond memories of the earlier, classic recordings of this wonderful musical (the 1949 Enzio Pinza/Mary Martin recording or 1958 Rossano Brazzi/Mitzi Gaynor recording), but I found that its recent Carnegie Hall rendition with Reba McEntire awful. McEntire has a wonderful voice but she sure corn-balled up the Nellie Forbush role beyond belief -- both vocally and visually (crossing her eyes to look the country bumpkin) -- to the point where I found that it was almost unwatchable. Listening to the CD wasn't much better. I know that I'm in the minority, but I'm afraid that the point of this 2006 South Pacific was to attract new listeners to South Pacific through the popularity of McEntire, instead of by assemling a cast that was up to one of Richard Rodgers' best musicals.
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