Grease Talent Show Winners Question

I thought this was a thread offering comps.



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Neusimone said: "Why is Laura Osnes so more successful then Max Crumm?"

Well, first off - how are you defining success?

As some sort of attempt to legitimately answer a silly question...

Osnes fits the ideal of a beautiful young Broadway ingenue. Essentially every Broadway musical has a role she could play. This she works all the time.



Crumm, even on the tv program he won, was championed as a quirky, unconventional choice. He's a character actor and there aren't a lot of roles on Broadway for young male character actors.

Well Borle is over a decade older than Crumm. Not exactly sure how you could even compare them on paper. It's not as if they were contemporaries up for the same roles.

Updated On: 3/26/17 at 11:20 AM

I don't argue with anything you're saying Brody, but My point is that Borle's most noteworthy successes have been in the last decade when he was older than the age Crumb currently is.

I disagree there are a lot of major roles on Broadway for character actors in their 20s. And I'm sure Jackie Hoffman among others would agree with me on that point. She's a perfect example of a character actor who is had later in life success.

Moreover, I'm sure part of Crumm's issue for casting directors is that he is a little quirky for a traditional leading man, and perhaps too cute for an oddball character part. Obviously a big part of success in the industry is just the right role happening at the right time for the right performer.