I found Sara superior to Jessie in every way including acting. Sara just has charisma, my eyes were drawn to her at all times. I found her a flawless actress, and really, how can anyone have expected her not to be. Fine, she never "acted" before but she's a performer and if you can convey emotion in writing and performing songs, i don't see why you wouldn't be able to do so while acting also. She did write the music and lyrics after all.
As far as the only criticism that some here are leveling at her, I always thought--and still do though Sara pulls it off as well as possible--that the whole Sara/Earl abusive relationship is the fatal flaw of the musical. Outside of that dynamic, the musical is a complete farce. Every character is a complete caricature and the whole musical is not meant to be taken seriously (such as how the presentation of infidelity as the greatest thing ever is not meant to be taken seriously). Well, everything is not meant to be taken seriously EXCEPT for the Sara/Earl relationship which, for understandable reasons, is supposed to be as serious as it gets. Hell, the character Earl is a complete caricature one moment and a serious abusive husband the next, not to mention that one time before "she used to be mine" where the creatives decided to actually try to get the audience to feel sorry for him and portray him as sad guy who only has Jenna. The Sara/Earl relationship is just a flaw: both Jessie and Sara did admirable jobs overcoming the flaw but the flaw is in the musical, not in Sara's performance.
EDIT: I shouldn't say that Sara is "superior to Jessie in every way" . Truth be told, i saw Sara a full year after Jessie and I don't have the best memory so who knows.... My point is that Sara is amazing, there's something so special about seeing the creator perform her work, anyone wondering if Sara is worth seeing, the answer is yes... she has talent oozing out her pores so go see it if you have the funds (not cheap) to do so
Updated On: 5/15/17 at 11:59 PM
