Lindsay Mendez - "Pretty Funny" from DOGFIGHT (LIVE at Joe's Pub)

Lindsay Mendez performs Pasek and Paul's "Pretty Funny" from their Lucille Lortel winning show DOGFIGHT at Joe's Pub (May 15, 2013) Buy the DOGFIGHT album here!
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Filmed by Ted Stevenson and Dan Tracy

[@Cheekycrissy]

Lindsay Mendez has an incredibly powerful gift of putting herself 'in the moment' and what you are getting is raw emotion packed into a song that has the impact of a full forced punch to your gut. She's a special kinda singer..

[@lukeevans5427]

Cheeky Crissy I completely agree. What Lindsay has can't be taught. You can't learn how to feel the music like she does and be as completely engulfed in a song as she is. What she has in her has only one name: raw talent.

[@sophiamuharram]

Yes, I completely agree!!! She just melts my heart everything! I'm not a cryer, and I cry everytime!!

[@Blocktheworldout]

I wish this musical was on broadway instead of off-broadway cause if it was on broadway she would've been nominated/won a tony

[@ellaa499]

Yes! 100%. This is why we need to have a broadway revival with the original cast 🤫

[@jillianjernigan6778]

Excuse me a moment as I sweep up the shattered pieces of my heart...

[@AddisonRamirez]

will i ever not cry at this song? the answer is no. i will never not cry at this song.

[@BarakatLush]

The moment she closes her eyes as the song is beginning, and you just see her completely fall into character is beautiful. Breathtaking performance!

[@mackelliotschaefer]

Lindsay is such a cute person. Just watch all the faces and emotions she has when she's reacting to Justin's remarks and *snap* she instantly in character. And once the song ends she had been completely sucked into the character that she was on the verge of tears.

[@dancer2989]

what did he say and what did she say after right before she started singing?

[@eb.3764]

Makenzie Schaefer actually she was staying in character after the song ended. it helps to not ruin the illusion for the audience

[@miettasmith6408]

I loved how she immediately snapped into character

[@jacksonholt9029]

why doesn't she have a tony

[@megandelaney159]

I agree. She's phenomenal. She's one of my family friends and is one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet

[@MikeHunt-hq4oz]

i read this comment on Lindsay Mendez from three years ago. SHE FINALLY HAS A TONY! You made a great prediction.

[@rubybutt7343]

Ur mind is so powerful

[@ellaa499]

@Megan Delaney YOU ARE FAMILY FRIENDS WITH LINDSAY MENDEZ??? That’s awesome!!

[@DavidGraham97]

And she's wearing a dog tag okay brb just dying

[@tessagracekennedy]

lindsay has such a unique gift for connecting with characters my lord

[@GioGrillo04]

I'll never get enough of Lindsay singing this song

[@MikeHunt-hq4oz]

I'm here because of Lindsay's WIN at the Tony Awards. She's so lovely, effusive and luminous. I had no idea there was a musical adaptation of one of my favorite feature films, DOGFIGHT. Looking forward to seeking out the score. Hope someone posted the entire performance.

[@mdthsings1]

So since I already loved this song, I was already emotional when I saw Lindsey's face shift to match the attitude. And then she SANG... SANG this number! I'm in Afghanistan with a tear rolling down my eye. Fantastic job. Pasek and Paul know they wrote something KILLER when they penned this.

[@kevinjohnshazzy]

watching her get into character and get to that emotional place is just breathtaking. and this song is beyonds heart heartbreaking. been listening to the album nonstop.

[@clayedwards5183]

This is everything.

[@aaronlanier203]

This is such a beautiful song. Dogfight is my favorite film, and when I found out there was a musical based on it, I was… Skeptical. But this is by far the best musical I've ever seen/heard. Lindsay puts so much emotion into these lyrics, and they are possibly the most relatable lyrics ever written. The last line. "For a moment, he convinced me I could be pretty… Funny." So heartbreakingly beautiful.

[@alicialomeli655]

She is beautiful...

[@morgannicolepatterson1066]

My friend sang this for auditions for our choral concert the other day and it was the most heartbreaking thing I ever heard. she put so much work in. I love this song.

[@HazelOct]

You just want to hug her :(

[@jpazli123]

Um you guys... I think my heart just broke

[@ChristopherCherry02]

Ugh She's so wonderful. She's also one of the sweetest people ever.

[@arianavilani5968]

She is absolute perfection 💓💓

[@meapmeap11]

0:53 it's so incredible how she internalized and embodied the character in a matter of seconds

[@jasonerictesta]

Lindsay Mendez is such an amazing performer! She is one of my favorite broadway actress's EVER. Her voice is flawless! I look up to her so much. I cant wait to see her in Wicked!

[@briannamykail585]

I'd love to hear her sing "Perfect" from Edges

[@devanfrench7598]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭(sobbs very loudly)

[@CrystalShoener]

Adore, adore, adore, adore.

[@jjjcc3]

Woooow

[@mrjcb91]

I think she is going to make an amazingly unique Elphaba and take broadway by storm!

[@ronniemcleod2880]

Lindsay wicked mendez show show moment inton song powerfull gift hsa getting that mover show show london ❤❤😊

[@superreader94]

That song kills me every time.

[@adriana410]

It still amazes me how quickly she went to the character. Like a flip of a switch.

[@lpsallycat9600]

NO! MY BEAUTIFUL BEAN DO NOT BE SAD!

[@Actress416]

I've never seen this show, but I love Lindsay Mendez and really wanted to watch more of her stuff besides Wicked (have never seen her in that, but eventually I will!) and this made me cry. Her acting is flawless I just *falls over*

[@Burtonboard90210]

so goooood!!!

[@deboy2011]

ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL!!!!! GREAT JOB!!! We want more, Pasek and Paul!!! COME to Southern Methodist University!!!!

[@MichaelKrasMagic]

Jesus Christ this is perfect.

[@TDWu]

Wowowow!

[@cassandrabarckett611]

This song makes me want to cry.

[@TenorReacts]

💔 😭

[@xMusicFillsMyHeartx]

Lindsay, tell Patrick I said hey! He's coming to choreograph us next month :D

[@RandomRandommer]

Hey! I would love to sing this at university for assessment, is there sheet music anywhere?

[@TheatreDork87]

Don't worry Lindsay, you are beautiful.

[@TheAgeofFabulous]

For all the ugly girls out there, I totally relate (( had to have double jaw surgery to feel pretty) . I have such a hate/love with this song...because there was this one man that came along.

[@mdthsings1]

I kind of miss the sometimes there's nothing redeeming line, though.

[@leahlo5133]

All things aside she looks like she’s wearing the other mothers dress from coraline

[@mindbuilder8768]

i googled aireal combat music and i got this my brain: *excuse me what the frick*

[@TheJakeman789]

Amazing! I know this contradicts the song, but I will say, she looks stiff, maybe loosen up. But outstanding still!

[@eleanorepavelle6053]

I feel like that may have been an acting choice, just kind of that betrayed, small body language really goes with the song and the context. Especially with the lyric 'no more crying, don't you dare" it's like she's trying to be hard and stoic but she's just frozen and at a loss for how this could've happened, and how she could've believed 'that it was real' :)

[@71morehead]

Singing in a cabaret setting a in a situation that allows mainly her face to convey everything in the song. While she is not 'acting' per se, she is performing. Perhaps, on a stage, in the setting of the show, more "loosinging up" occurred. However, "less is more" most certainly applied here. Sometimes, all a performer needs is simply the song. This, and especially in the hands of the role's creator, is a song wherein just the emotion of the moment is necessary, and is everything. 'Outstanding' doesn't need more to make it "more" outstanding.