I cant tell you whats happening in that scene because I didnt see it, but that is a scary looking picture.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
It looks like Madame Rose is explaining to her daugher, the soon to be Gypsy Rose Lee, why she needs to go out onstage to strip for the first time. Or Madame Rose may be explaining to Louise how to strip without actually getting naked. It's probably one or the other. You should see the show sometime if you can, the movie (with Bette Midler) isn't half bad. : )
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
she's telling louise what to do to prepare for her first strip. only moments before rose tells the theater owners that louise will strip against louise's will. so louise sits quietly in front of the mirror while rose launches into a two page monologue- frantically trying to make louise, her "no talent ox" into a stripper "star" in the five minutes before she goes on stage.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy:
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird