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lip synching

posted 7 years ago by tankitty
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I watched half of this, and there is NO WAY this was live singing, especially from overweight people who are thrusting their hips back and forth, jumping around and kicking. Never once did I hear even the slightest change in the voices as they're shaking their collective booties.

It was especially evident during the "Good Morning, Baltimore" number. Tracy, running across the street, jumping on sidewalks, doing the Mashed Potato, all the while singing like she's standing in her shower. Come on.

And the "Nicest Kids in Town" number was also lip synched to death. With all that motion, those people weren't even breathless for the slightest of seconds.

I'd say this could conceivably be considered Hairspray Live, since it's supposedly being beamed into our living rooms as it's happening. But they NEVER claimed, in any PR material that I've read, that the vocals would be sung live on camera.

Given that, it's definitely a cheat!

[–] delmoki 7 years ago

No. Everything is live. Trust me, overweight people have been doing this show on Broadway and on tour for years, 8 shows a week. In live theatre, people actually sing and dance at the same time. Imagine that!

[–] DuckSupreme 7 years ago

This was definitely live. If you rewatch the song scenes, you'll definitely be able to hear it, from Maddie (Tracy) being out of breath at the beginning of You Can't Stop the Beat to Garrett (Link) starting off shakily in Without Love. I also think Derek Hough was slightly out of breath in the middle of Ladies' Choice. But yeah, it was definitely live.

[–] mhenderson22 7 years ago

Dude, you need your hearing checked- Maddie was struggling thru alot of Good Morning Baltimore- she even had to drop out and not sing several lines to try and catch her breath.....

[–] DuckSupreme 7 years ago

she even had to drop out and not sing several lines to try and catch her breath.....

I agree that she sounded out of breath during Good Morning Baltimore, but I think that the missed lines were actually a technical error. She was definitely saying (or at the very least mouthing) the words, so I think there may have been a mic issue. Makes sense, given how terrible the audio was throughout a large portion of the show.

[–] tankitty 7 years ago

Lip-synched totally throughout.

[–] ginatiger 7 years ago

Totally agree! I am finally watching it, and my head is hurting watching the lips not matching the singing. Nauseating.

The speaking segments appear live, but the singing is definitely not in sync with the movement of their lips.

[–] mhenderson22 7 years ago

It's either your TV or you eyesight- Not only are they singing live, but there are even lyrics that are missed up by the actors- take note of 'Timeless to Me' when Martin Short clearly sings the wrong lyrics and tries to fix it. If this was pre-recorded, why in the world would they record wrong lyrics and NOT fix it. You can even tell by the way he sings it that he relized he was singing it wrong and was trying to fix it.....

[–] PopSixSquish 7 years ago

I don't doubt that it was sung entirely live, but which lyric did he flub? I did not notice.

[–] mhenderson22 7 years ago

It's even more clear they are singing live if you take the time to watch the Live Facebook feed of the show- which shows it from a more behind the scenes angle.