weep nomore my lady please the starlet episode 5by Chloe
There are only four girls left in the running – Michelynne, Mercedes, Cecile and Katie. They begin this episode with comedy coach Michele Danner. Comedy is a stretch for all of the girls and in their side interviews they all express ignorance for this side of the craft.
First up are Katie and Michelynne with a scene revolving around a family member who is in the hospital. While performing they have to wear big Bozo the Clown noses and shoes. This adds a sense of silly, of which the girls seem unaware, but it is effective in their lighter attitude.
Mercedes and Cecile go next, and while Cecile dives right in, Mercedes seems to hesitate and not get into the scene at all. It is so obvious she is very uncomfortable and frustrated. Coach Michele accuses her of being passive and attacks her attitude.
Next the girls do a little creative improv. The coach yells out a character and they have to immediately put themselves into that character. Michelynne had to be a karate expert and a duck. Katie was a bear scratching her back. Mercedes was supposed to be a rock singer, but completely stalled and wound up fumbling around the stage in embarrassment. The coach tells her to be a striptease dancer, but she refuses. She is reduced to tears once again, as she shuts off the creative juices. Someone hand her a Kleenex box!
Coach Michele tells them they have to take a chance in comedy or they will be boring. Best in class for comedy was Michelynne, who won the Diva Suite again and an interview dinner with a comedy director.
Cecile and Mercedes now realize this is a competition, and that they’ll have to work harder to stay in the running.
Screen test for the day was a scene from Friends between Rachel and Phoebe. One difference from the other tests – they will be performing in front of a live audience.
That evening, Michelynne goes off to dinner with her comedy director, Luke Greenfield. They hit it off. Luke was impressed with Michelynne’s determination.
Meanwhile back at the house, Cecile and Katie are arguing over who will play Phoebe and who will play Rachel’s role. Cecile decides she will play Rachel. Later she changes her mind and tries to talk Katie out of playing Phoebe. Katie doesn’t budge.
The next day, Coach Michele shows up at the house to help the girls out. She does a session with each group. Katie tries to help out Cecile with direction, but it isn’t received well.
During Mercedes’ and Michelynne’s session, Coach Michele says they are boring and tries to get them to liven up. Michelynne and Mercedes are getting annoyed with each other. Coach Michele fusses at Mercedes, who analyzes the situation and she gets weepy again! Still got that box of Kleenex, Mercedes?
At the Comedy Store that night, the girls prepare for their screen test. To their surprise, the judges, Vivica, Joseph and Faye are also in attendance for the tests. Surges of nerves sweep over all of the girls.
Mercedes and Michelynne go first. Mercedes was too giddy and fake. Michelynne, however, actually made me and the audience laugh!
Katie and Cecile went next. Cecile also was too unreal in the role. She and Katie didn’t mesh at all on stage. Katie tried too hard.
The judges were very impressed with Michelynne. With Mercedes they could tell she found the scene hard. They thought she gave up. Vivica told her she was good only because of her partner.
Katie did not impress the judges when she ad-libbed the scene. The judges could not agree about Cecile and even argued over the technique Cecile used.
In her side interview, Katie turns on the drippy eye faucet as she relays how much she’s been through and how much it means to her to be The Starlet. Mascara certainly doesn’t last around this crew.
It was a hard decision, but Cecile was given her leave. The judges said they wanted to send two girls home tonight, but decided to give one girl another chance. Cecile was axed mainly because of her performance that evening. Faye said she didn’t have the acting ability…yet. Cecile of course weeps at the end, though she vows to keep trying. You can almost see Scarlet in the scene from Gone With the Wind…fist is in the air and she vows, “I’ll never give up! Not while there’s breath in my body!” Whew, where’s my Kleenex box?
I welcome your comments. Chloe@realityshack.com
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