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Well, Lucy was definitely the crowning attraction of the entire show.
Basically every single seat (except, by some luck, the one right next
to us) was filled, from gold seating through the big ol' two (if that
many) rows of preferred seating. Of course, that meant that we certainly
couldn't go and sit in gold like we had on Saturday, since they were
all filled, and these big hulking, scary looking security guards were
watching us all like hawks.
Anyway, the excitement was building in the room as the mean MC man came
on stage. He was going to announce Lucy!! And then, he began to announce...
some interviewer?? What the hell was going on? We didn't pay $45 a piece
to watch a freaking interview! We could have not flown the 3000 miles
and instead sat in front of the tv and watched Regis and Kathy Lee
to see an interview for crying out loud!
Well, anyway, the interviewer lady came on stage and proceeded to read
the answers to the 10 most commonly asked questions of Lucy Lawless.
It was actually fairly amusing, had she not later gone and asked
the questions anyway. Gee, that served a big purpose. Heck, she'd
probably never even seen the show before. *sigh* I was so pissed
about the interviewer that I left a few times (I had already heard
everything she was asking before) and bought some more stuff, chatted
with all the other pissed people, and would eventually work my way back
into the auditorium, just to be glared at by the security guard on our row.
Julia attempted to go to the side and take pictures, like she had
for everyone else, but she was thwarted a few times. Finally, she
managed to sneak down there and got some in before they sent her back.
After she tried from another place, they tried to physically take her
dad's really expensive camera. Needless to say, she was very unhappy with
that turn of events. And that time she wasn't even down at the side!
She was standing in one of the freaking entrances to the auditorium,
not even in anyone's way! Wait, now tell me again who was paying the
big bucks to go to this thing, and then get treated like dirt? I
obviously didn't appreciate the treatment.
Ok, ok, enough of my ranting, back to Lucy. She was very charming, and
seemed to really try to connect to the audience, even though she had
the interviewer there. She answered the 10 pre-approved audience
questions, including one where someone asked her to say something in
German. She said "Laß mich nicht wütend" which means "don't make me
angry." Since I know German, that made me very happy ;) Anyway, after
answering the pre-approved questions, she even answered some yelled out
from the audience; maybe she could sense our disappointment at having to
watch an interview.
The second time I got up to leave, I had just exited the auditorium when
I heard the word I most want to hear from Lucy's lips--"sing." I went
right back in and sat in rapt attention as she got up and sang a Scottish
song quite beautifully. The funny thing was, she told us that she
had heard a recording of a famous black woman (sorry, I can't remember
her name) singing the same song in the 1930's. So, basically, it was
a New Zealander impersonating a black woman singing a Scottish folk song.
I found it a bit amusing ;)
She also talked a bit about her Saturday Night Live stint, mentioning
how they start out with a lot of skits, and then narrow them down
further and further until the actual day of airing. She said that
she enjoyed doing it a lot, and while I couldn't really hear very
well, I think she also said she had hoped they would cut the skit with
her singing.
Lucy was definitely the highlight, but I wish it had been arranged
better. I was very very disappointed until she got up and sang, which
in my opinion totally made it worth it. And, of course, I love
listening to her voice.
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