Reba McEntire including "The New York Times", which commented, "Without qualification the best performance by an actress in a musical comedy this season." McEntire personally called the musical, "some of the hardest work I've ever done in my life". In 2005, McEntire starred as Nellie Forbush in the Carnegie Hall concert production of the Broadway musical "South Pacific" with Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis and Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile de Becque, directed by Walter Bobbie and with an adapted script by David Ives. The concert was broadcast as part of the "Great Performances" series in 2006. In October 2001, McEntire premiered
Strong Female Protagonist the best new and short webcomics of 2012, approved of the comic posing "intriguing questions about the relationship between superheroes and real-world problems". As "Comics Alliance" wrote, "the idea of someone with superpowers questioning whether they're making a real difference or just making things worse by throwing bad guys through buildings" isn't new to the genre, but the reviewer considered "Strong Female Protagonist"s approach to it refreshing by its lack of cynicism and the fully formed, likable characterization of Alison and the comic's supporting cast. Like "io9", the reviewer also highlighted the improvement of Ostertag's drawings throughout the comic's first