Review Mary Tyler Moore Rendition Of "I'm Still Here"

Why wasn't she given a brusque letter while rehearsing this?

She sounds actually good when she's actually singing the notes. Why was she directed to speak a lot of this?

I doubt she was directed that way, R2. It was her interpretation -based, I suspect, on fear/lack of confidence in her singing. She knew she could act the song, but she didn't trust herself to actually sing it. The song really requires a strong belt and a big finish that she wasn't vocally up to, so she chose a different interpretation. She was brave and committed to it -but it wasn't a wise choice. If you can't really do a song, pick another.

I don't think she has ever reminded me of Jane Fonda before, but she really does here. Thanks for posting.

Buck would never have sounded so shitty

“I’m Still Here” could have been Conrad Jarrett’s theme song.

Reminds me of her horrible rendition of "On for My Baby and One More for the Road."

She's very stiff.

^ that was done as comedy and Mary is very funny.

Mary’s Incredible Dream is a horrid, campy mess and we should all be watching it.

that MTM scene must have helped inspire The Golden Girls scene with Rose's film and the It would be better with Shelley Hack line.

Mary's Incredible dream looks more like a nightmare. I'll be generous and say needs work has serious deficiencies.

I think Mary's incredible dream special may have been inspired by Anne Bacroft's Emmy winning "Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man" (1970):

"Bancroft funny. Bancroft sad. Bancroft singing and dancing. Watch and be dazzled."

At OP's video, 11-minute mark or so, Mary also sings "Morning Has Broken." I love Mary, but that was awful.

Actually, R13, she wasn't that bad. At least the song suited her voice this time!

NYT: this is precisely the kind of thing a star should not do, ever. It is a fiasco. In its misguided way, it may set a landmark in TV vulgarity.

adequately. She changes costumes every three minutes. But energy alone is not sufficient. Most of the time, the actress resembles an ambitious ingénue and, for a woman in her late 30's, the image is hardly flattering. And, unfortunately, more than lips and prerecorded soundtracks seem to be out of synch. Singing “I'm Here” from the stage production “Follies,” Miss Moore turns what should be a tone of defiant celebration into one of bitter pathos.

oops. second para should read

Miss Moore works hard. She sings, pleasantly enough. She dances, adequately. She changes costumes every three minutes. But energy alone is not sufficient. Most of the time, the actress resembles an ambitious ingénue and, for a woman in her late 30's, the image is hardly flattering. And, unfortunately, more than lips and prerecorded soundtracks seem to be out of synch. Singing “I'm Here” from the stage production “Follies,” Miss Moore turns what should be a tone of defiant celebration into one of bitter pathos.

Jesus!!

How about a link R15/16?

I prefer this.

link for NYT review

Cloris Leachman (Phyllis) doing "Ten Cents a Dance."

Mary's dancing should be better than average. She originally wanted to be a dancer.

Hard pass.

Song falls apart completely if the singer feels sorry for herself. I suspect MTM doesn't really understand what she's singing.

I vaguely remember Mary’s Incredible Dream and how it was savaged by the critics.

Wow that NY times review was stinging. Why don’t reviews do that anymore? Are they afraid to “hurt someone’s feelings?”