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- Josh Steinberg
I only had a chance to get to one version this year and I took a chance on the Kelsey Grammer made-for-TV adaptation of the musical stage show he had starred in. I always love revisiting the “Frasier” Christmas episodes so I had thought there was a good chance I’d enjoy this one. Boy, was I wrong. It was just horrendous.
The songs were all dreadfully dull, and there were so many of them.
The performers are all broadcasting to the balcony even though it was taped on sets and not in a real theater.
Makeup and costume design were clearly holdovers from the stage production and don’t hold up under television lighting.
It was just so bad, but not in a fun way. So disappointed. All Grammer had to do was deliver the classic lines in a reasonable fashion and I would have been satisfied, but this production doesn’t give him any room to do anything except cue the next musical number.
The songs were all dreadfully dull, and there were so many of them.
The performers are all broadcasting to the balcony even though it was taped on sets and not in a real theater.
Makeup and costume design were clearly holdovers from the stage production and don’t hold up under television lighting.
It was just so bad, but not in a fun way. So disappointed. All Grammer had to do was deliver the classic lines in a reasonable fashion and I would have been satisfied, but this production doesn’t give him any room to do anything except cue the next musical number.