As far as Sheila "not making it," I'm actually surprised the the character actually makes it through the first cut and stays for the rest of the audition!
She comes off with so much attitude during the opening combination, not even doing all the steps... why would Zach even consider her for anything?
She's a "been there, done that" girl, and feels she has nothing left to prove on stage. And it's pretty obvious that she's worked with Zach before... but she's relying entirely on past history and not current abilities.
I would have cut her ass after the first five minutes, if she walked off stage in the middle of a combination like that.
BUT... as Zach says in his initial comments (after "God, I Hope I Get It"), his chorus for this particular show has some speaking parts, and he's not expecting them to be great actors... so he wants to see who they really are as people (hence, the premise for the rest of the show). I always thought he had some specific "attitude-filled" character in mind for Sheila to play in the fictional show.
Otherwise, she should have been outta there before the head shots were ever collected.
And I also used Zach's introductory premise of "small speaking parts" as to why these specific final eight were chosen. Not necessarily because they were the best dancers out of the group... but also because they fit the parts that he has in mind.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
Updated On: 8/23/06 at 09:55 AM
