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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse
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Again, Meat is rushed because the whole show is rushed.
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Yes, I'm aware of that, in fact I said in my post "I hope as the numbers of performances reduce he gets to show more of what he can give them .. " .. not conversation, but useful feedback and pointers, plus the explanations he can give about the meaning of the pieces. He's knowledgable and well-researched, and himself deserves better than a UK rag deriding his soundbite comments.
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It's nothing to do with Alan Titchmarch wanting to constain him, it's about him needing to constrain him..
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Certainly the format for the first show, with so many introductions, put significant constraints on it .. I also think, and it's my view, that AT seemed less than comfortable hosting this type of show, which is a bit of a first for him. Meat WAS being brief in his comments, and imo interrupting him to tell him to be brief just extended the process.
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He's the host, so it's his balls on the line if the show is suddenly running 20 mins late.
Prime time TV, Live, and it's up to YOU to make sure everything stays dead on time.
Hell, I wouldn't like that challenge.
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Presumably why you don't audition for such a role
But it IS the role, and if you take it on you need to manage it without getting tetchy. It's a role Meat has undertaken for two series of TV shows in the US, so he'll be aware of it, and imo is why he DID keep his comments brief. But I stand by my view that Meat has much to offer in terms of giving feedback on the drama/passion aspect of the performances as opposed to comments on vocal aspect.
There are two things here for me. Firstly, Meat has more to offer, and I hope that as the show progresses and there is more time for comments from the judges, he can give the performers more. On Friday's showing he has more to offer than LLB imo.
Secondly, Meat DID keep what he said brief and to the point, and AT had no need to interrupt him to hustle him on in my view .. all it did was lose time.
Caryl