Carrie Underwood slams 'Sound of Music Live!' critics: Mean people need Jesus

[icymist]

Jesus take the wheel! Carrie Underwood isn't letting "Sound of Music Live!" critics get her down. The country singer has slammed "mean people" via Twitter on the very same day the film's original star, Kym Karath, bashed Underwood for her acting chops. Karath played Greti von Trapp in the 1965 musical film "The Sound of Music."

"Plain and simple: Mean people need Jesus," 30-year-old Underwood wrote via Twitter on Friday, Dec. 6. "They will be in my prayers tonight...1 Peter 2:1-25." The Bible scripture Underwood cites states to "rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind."

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No Carrie; you can't act! Even Jesus can't help you there honey!

[avebury]

1. I watched some of the show and it was obvious

early on that Underwood could not act her way out of a paper bag.

[Vashta Nerada]

2. She needs acting lessons.

The critics were right.

[icymist]

3. Some of the scenes were so bad that we had to shut it off...

And we're really big Sound of Music fans at this house!

[pinboy3niner]

4. I don't care what vile slurs those mean people sling at her...

Carrie Underwood is NOT a thespian!1!! (You're welcome, Carrie.)

[icymist]

5. LOL

[kwassa]

6. The critics are not trying to be mean, just do their jobs.

Carrie's acting was very weak compared to everyone else in the cast. Her singing is her forte, but I felt even there others were stronger, particularly Audra McDonald as the Mother Superior.

I was not impressed with Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, either.

[Lars39]

7. There went whatever sympathy I might have had for her being in over her head in that role.

[Aristus]

8. "Untalented people need training!"

- Aristus

You're welcome, Carrie...

[mnhtnbb]

9. Mean people might need Jesus but that doesn't mean you can't act, sweetie.

But, but, but, I'm the American Idol! Jesus wouldn't have let me win
if I wasn't the best!

[jmowreader]

10. I just talked to Jesus, dear

He said you tried to make The Sound of Music into a country concert, he wasn't happy with your acting either, and he's gonna smite the asshole at the network who cast you instead of Zooey Deschanel.

[hobbit709]

11. Then why are all those Republicans so mean?

[nolabear]

12. Oh, I said "Jesus!" quite a few times during that performance, Darlin'.

I hate it when people who can't take criticism (and imo she was awful) get all sanctimonious. Everyone isn't your mom. And of course it's important to blow off criticism that is mean, but part of being a pro is to know the difference, take the real critique to heart, say thank you with humility and get better.

[Boomerproud]

13. I watched 10 minutes and thought "you've got to be kidding me"

Jesus has nothing to do with your lack of talent, Miss Underwood.

[AngryOldDem]

14. And some people need acting lessons.

While I applaud the effort, I really question the casting decision here. I saw just a few minutes of it, and couldn't take anymore. The acting on almost all levels seemed wooden, if not lifeless.

You sucked, Carrie. Period. I don't fault you; I fault whoever thought you could pull this off.

[avebury]

15. If she can't take the heat then she

should have stayed out of the kitchen (or in this case the studio). With all of her money she couldn't afford to pay for a few acting lessons? If she thought that she would take on this ambitious project without proper preparation and not receive any criticism is naive to say the least.

Big fail for NBC for their casting choice. There are so many experienced known actresses with singing skills that could have done a far more superior job.

[B Calm]

16. That explains why the christian right hates everybody

who doesn't agree with them.

[LWolf]

17. That she should never have been cast in that part

is an understatement. I'm sure she did her best, but she was never going to be anything but pathetic following Julie Andrews.

Sorry, Carrie. Keep your day job.

[pipi_k]

18. Blech

I'm unimpressed with her, anyway, even as a singer.

Her voice, IMO, is about as common as horseshit on a farm. Nothing at all distinctive about it that would make her stand out from a hundred other singers with generically good voices.

Anyway, I didn't watch the program.

And judging from the responses here, I'm glad I didn't waste my time.

[Yavin4]

19. "Mean people need Jesus" and Carrie Underwood needs talent. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

20. Even the Von Trapps are mean people.

http://www.examiner.com/article/family-von-trapp-not-happy-with-carrie-underwood-the-sound-of-music-live

Case closed.

They wanted Anne Hathaway in the role, based on her performance in Les Miz. That never occurred to me. She would have been an EXCELLENT choice.