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Alice Ripley's Speech

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Alice Ripley's Speech#1
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:15pm
What did you think of it?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#2
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm
Started off nice enough. The she went nuts and was rather scarey.....maybe Diana is not as big of a stretch as I would have guessed.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#2
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm
It scared me.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#3
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:17pm
Mental illness is nothing to laugh at.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#4
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm
It's so HER! I loved it! Added some excitement
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#5
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm
It was slightly manic but yet somehow that totally worked given the show she won for and the moment re: Alice Ripley's Speech

I love her. She looked amazing, and I loved the over all message of her speech!
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#6
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:18pm
It was off the deep end and I loved it. She completely deserved it.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#7
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:19pm
Yeah- I liked the content but she was screaming it. It almost seemed a little fake to me. This is totally unbiased. I have never seen the show and have only heard her sing on The View and the show tonight.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#8
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:20pm
Well, I'm just going to put 2 and 2 together

Her Crazy Speech, Her Youtube freak-outs, her freaky Broadway.com Ask a Star Interview, and her Facebook issues.

This is why she plays a mentally ill person so well.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#9
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:21pm
^ You are so smart for a 12 year old.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#10
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:22pm
Ha. Yeah she was a tad intense, but she was hot as hell! Lookin' good Rip! And she was on fire tonight in her performance!
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#11
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:23pm
The woman could have stood there and twiddled her thumbs and it would have been awesome. Honestly, I don't care if she was a little wacky during her speech - in my opinion, she was just trying to hold it together after one of the most triumphant moments of her life. I don't blame her for being a little over-exuberant. I thought it was great. She completely deserved to win, and I'm thrilled that she did.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#12
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm
Hey ljay:
I'M 15!!!!
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#13
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm
maybe she wanted to avoid more sound issues, so she just shouted.


loved the content, though.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#14
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm
I think she didn't expect to get emotional so that caught her off guard, and she just got caught up in the moment and got a little...loud lol.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#15
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:24pm
She DID look stunning.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#16
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm
I lol'd.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#17
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm
So Alive Ripley was the only one who didn't expect her to win the Tony?
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#18
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:25pm
the woman is crazy, as (i'm not sure if you've noticed this yet) most people in theater are (myself included). But she just dominated tonight, it was amazing. Love her to death, and she SO deserved that win tonight.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#19
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm
She looked crazy. Sorry.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#20
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm
Yeah agreed, she looked GORGEOUS. I don't like her frizzy Diana hair, it looks so nice when it's pulled back lol.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#21
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:26pm
I thought her speech was completely flat and off-pitch, she was even yelling!! How she won was beyond me.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#22
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:27pm
Did it seem like this year everyone who won sort of expected it, with maybe the exception of Roy Robinson. They all seemed to make comments about how "I've been thanking people all week," etc.
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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#23
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:27pm
She gave her best two performances at the Kennedy Center (thus her long quotation of the inscription on the wall in the lobby), and it was apparent from her offstage demeanor during those shows that she was ebuilliant and rightfully glowing (her performance as Amy in COMPANY was met with standing ovations and the highlight of a truly remarkable festival filled with highlights)... there is a concert she gave at the time at the KennedyCenter.org website. It's fantastic.

I must say I much preferred her performance tonight than the cast recording or when I saw her months ago.

Good for her. I hope to see her again.

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re: Alice Ripley's Speech#24
Posted: 6/7/09 at 11:28pm
"This is why she plays a mentally ill person so well"

LOL!!!

She looked very pretty indeed, but her actions were a little scary.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-