{"id":222178,"date":"2021-07-30T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=222178"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T02:12:40","slug":"schmigadoon-episode-4-suddenly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2021\/07\/30\/schmigadoon-episode-4-suddenly\/","title":{"rendered":"Schmigadoon! Episode 4 — “Suddenly”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Schmigadoon!<\/em> Episode 4, \u201cSuddenly,\u201d has to answer a question: “How do you solve a problem like Josh Skinner (Keegan-Michael Key)?” The answer, it turns out, is simple: pair him for an entire episode with the most promising young talent in the show\u2019s cast and have him turn into Harold Hill<\/a>. By setting Josh up to actually play a character that needs to be a bit sketchy and untrustworthy the show puts Key in a much better position than he has been in previously. It also allows the spotlight to be much brighter on the other characters since he is actually an integral part of the plot rather than just commenting on it—the biggest spotlight being shined on that promising talent, Ariana DeBose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n DeBose, who is playing the schoolteacher Emma Tate, has developed quite an impressive reputation in Broadway fan communities due to her breakout role from the chorus of <\/span>Hamilton<\/span><\/i>. Her role dancing throughout that show was a narrative one, the Bullet that was looming in the lives of Hamilton and Burr. Hamilton<\/em> was not her first role on Broadway<\/a>, she had previously been in a few shows, including a short stint as the Leading Player in <\/span>Pippin<\/span><\/i> and as Eponine in <\/span>Les Miserables<\/span><\/i>. But, the cultural phenomenon of <\/span>Hamilton<\/span><\/i> has undoubtedly increased her profile considerably. She will soon be Anita in the Steven Speilberg film version of <\/span>West Side Story<\/span><\/i>. Because of all of this, and her incredibly charming Instagram feed, even more than the established stars, it was her presence in this show that made me feel that it was one I had to watch.<\/span> For the first three episodes, Miss Tate has been in the background. She has had some lines every now and then and a prominent place on the dais at the basket auction in <\/span>\u201cLover\u2019s Spat\u201d<\/span><\/a>. Now though, Miss Tate is front and center as Josh tries to woo her to <\/span>\u201cCross That Bridge\u201d<\/span><\/a> with him. Given the new centrality, DeBose does not disappoint. Her performance is winning and she makes the character much more engaging than the other cartoons that inhabit Schmigadoon.<\/span><\/p>\n
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