What’s your favorite part of the “Let Me Be Your Star” sequence in the pilot of Smash, or do you not have an opinion on one of the most enduring pieces of television made in the 2010s? For me, it’s the moment when the lyric “the past is on the cutting-room floor” plays as Anjelica Huston struts along a mirrored hallway, as if to specifically remind us that her character is divorced and angry. But there are many options to choose from: The way Megan Hilty, dressed as Marilyn Monroe and wearing pink headphones, hails a cab by crouching down; the harmony when Katharine McPhee and Hilty sync up on “choose me”; the fact that McPhee’s hair remains brunette even when the people watching her audition are imagining her as Monroe.
Not that I ever need an excuse to watch the Smash…
