Hollywood Domination Chapter 45: This girl is a monster
"She is so beautiful!"
"It would be great if I could take this episode home and watch it again and again, she is so beautiful, it feels like she is shining!"
For a short while, the audience made low-pitched discussions, but soon, the stage was lit up again, and due to audience etiquette, the audience quickly returned to silence, and Velma and Roxy reappeared on the set , the story moves forward.
Verma's one-person double-horn dance, Roxy pretending to be pregnant, and Verma couldn't stand her "Baby" aria at all. No matter what kind of viewing attitude the audience held, the whole show rolled forward smoothly. There is no ambiguity when there is applause. Although you can clearly feel the difference between the applause of Roxy's aria and the rest of the aria, it is not so embarrassing as to boo and boo. And Brantley's worries were not fully fulfilled. Although Velma was completely suppressed by Roxie in the drama, the singing and dancing music has not yet collapsed. Soon, the plot progressed to the final climax. After being released from prison, Roxy and Velma, after another embarrassing and unbalanced rivalry scene, decided to work together to launch the "Chicago Murder Sister Flower" combination. Their first official chorus, which is also the most classic "Nowadays" in the whole play, is finally about to debut.
"Ladies and gentlemen, The Chicago Theater is proud to present your debut jazz duo..."
With the slightly excited voice of the luthier, the stage slowly lit up, and two figures appeared on the top of the steps, the blond-haired and white-skinned Roxy and the black-haired and dark-skinned Velma, both dressed in shiny silver dancing clothes. Skirt, and sang the classic song, "You can like your life now, and you can live it as you like."
Although both of them put on beautiful costumes in the previous dance music, this costume is undoubtedly the most luxurious. In the strong light, the silver coat shone dazzlingly. The costumes are cheap and exaggerated, but they cannot deny that at this moment, they are very beautiful——
Well, or should I say, she is very beautiful. No one has gone to see Wilma now. Although the two people's faces are blurred in the strong light, the previous performances have already let the audience know clearly, Compared with Roxy, Velma's appearance can only be regarded as mediocre.
Generally speaking, ordinary people don't say 'beauty is correct', but human instinct is always irresistible. When watching a performance, no one will pay more attention to others for the sake of political correctness. Such a beautiful performer, Roxie, so she shines and naturally draws all the attention of the audience to her. Even if Wilma's dance is not inferior to her, and her singing voice is not bad compared to her, but... who would care? It's been more than an hour since the opening, and by now the primary and secondary distinctions between the two have been completely defined. Even if the two share the spotlight equally, the lights on Roxy's side seem to be bright.
Different from the 10-minute long "Roxie", the last performance consists of the jazz song "Nowadays" and the hot dance "HotHoneyRag". Yes, it is very different from Wilma's strength and sexiness, and Jennifer's song is also sung lazily and casually, but it is more 'received' than the devotion and madness in "Roxie", In formal stage performances, she is not so narcissistic and confident. She is not as confident and charming as 'Juanita'. Instead, she is a bit petite and coquettish. This style and her delicate voice, It is a good contrast and complement to Dietrich's deep voice and strong stage style.
When the lights are bright, these two 'sisters' who are similar in height and attire form a harmonious picture. If you don't pay attention to the face, the performance of the two people in this song is evenly matched and complements each other. It can be said that they complement each other. In the bright lights of the whole stage, the two danced briskly and playfully, holding machine guns and shooting at the screen. They couldn't help cheering and laughing too, celebrating the brilliance of these two criminals.
—They did commit a crime, but what does that matter, it's fun, It'sfun, isn'tit?
At the end of the song, the cast came to the stage to greet the audience. Amid thunderous applause, cheers, and occasional shouts of "Rocky", the show came to an end.
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"Woohoo!" He clasped his hands into horns and yelled a few times, and then Jon stopped jumping, sat back in his seat embarrassedly, packed his coat and bag with his mother, and then mixed into the crowd Exit slowly. But she couldn't be quiet for a while, and she couldn't help discussing with her mother excitedly. "Jennifer's performance tonight is really great! She dances so well! The only regret is that we are not in a good position and can't see her face clearly."
"Yes, if we come again next time, we should buy the front seat, maybe we should sit in the front row." Jon's mother agreed, although she was not as smug as her daughter in the middle age, but I also applauded vigorously at the end, and now my hands are still a little sore. "The musical is pretty fun, isn't it? Maybe you can try it next semester."
"But Jennifer is so beautiful—" Jon was a little unsure, "and she sang so well, so it was fun. If it was me..."
The audience around are also sharing their thoughts, "This is the most exciting musical I have seen in recent years."
"I think she's even prettier than in the ad. Her first solo is so beautiful!"
"The second one is not bad either, she's really good at acting, totally into the character - Harry, you've seen a lot of musicals, do you know this girl? What's her name?"
Jon couldn't help saying, "Her name is Jennifer Jefferson."
Many people have cast interested eyes, Jon, as a well-informed person, proudly shared with everyone, "We came here specially to see her perform, she played a cameo role in "CSI" before, let's see Just captured our hearts. Unfortunately, apart from that episode and tonight's show, there is no other information on her."
"Impossible!" More than one person thought it was ridiculous, "She acted so well and looked so sophisticated—maybe you didn't look in the right direction, she used to work out off Broadway, and you are very good at musicals. Unfamiliar - I heard what you said just now, in fact, sitting in the front row is not effective, you will be blinded by the bright light, and the sound is too loud."
The boy who was called Harry earlier talked to Jon, "If you want to come back, you can buy first-class seats. The middle of the fifth row is a good seat, but you have to book early. There are no cheap tickets for seats, and it is impossible to buy them at TKTS.”
He was very interested in Jennifer Jefferson, and kept asking Jon if he had any clues other than "CSI". Jon shook his head regretfully, "Someone said on the discussion board that she had been Worked in a restaurant in Los Angeles, he met her a few times, just a few months ago, he also said that Jennifer was very young, not yet 21 years old, but he couldn't produce a photo to prove it, just swore it must be true .”
"Impossible." Harry snorted, "Her acting skills are so good, how could she be 21 years old—that kind of calm feeling is not something a rookie can have."
"But we have no other clues." Jon said helplessly.
"Why don't you just ask her?" asked Harry, who seemed to have made up his mind. "We can go to the back door of the theatre. That's the staff access door, and Jennifer will come out in an hour or two. "
"An hour or two?" Jon exclaimed.
"Yes, today is the premiere, and there will definitely be an AfterParty." Harry said, "Even if there is no makeup, it will take a certain amount of time to remove the makeup. I decided to wait, how about you?"
Even though Jon was very moved, he looked at his mother and shook his head wisely, "I came with my mother, we have to go back - but please do tell me if you ask. "
"No problem." Harry exchanged MSN with her.
When Jon mother and daughter took a taxi, Jon's mother looked at her reluctant daughter and comforted her, saying, "Next time we will watch the first-class seats together, and then go to the staff aisle and wait after watching. Daily performances I don't know how to hold a party, you can see her after waiting for ten minutes."
"Yeah!" Jon was happy again, she stuffed the piece of paper Harry gave into her bag, and found excitement again. "I can't wait to go home—I'm going to the discussion board to post today's drama impressions!"
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Unlike fans, theater critics must be treated better. They are naturally invited to the backstage to participate in the AfterParty and interact closely with the cast. Some drama critics are friends with James and other theater executives. Let's take this opportunity to get together. The entire backstage is very lively now, all kinds of alcohol are spilled together, and voices like 'Congratulations', 'Great success', and 'Cheers' can be heard everywhere. It can be said that the party was completely immersed in the ocean of joy.
"The applause and cheers lasted three to four minutes, and the loudness of the cheers was rarely heard even in "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera." Patrik shook his head and Brantley sighed, " Did you hear what they said when they exited the show? Even if the reviews are all bad, word of mouth alone can still sell like crazy at the box office, and this time James made the right bet."
Audiences pay great attention to film reviews when choosing movies, but for musicals, the impact of film reviews is relatively small. The Schubert Theater only has more than 1,000 seats. "Chicago" is a famous play, and a guaranteed box office They are all three or four hundred. If half of the audience give a good review of the show after returning today, their relatives and friends can fill the theater in a short time. ——This is the word-of-mouth effect. No precise marketing can compare to the power of word-of-mouth effect. After all, if a local person will watch a drama today, at least it means that he has this spare money and this level of education, so his friends must be related to his economic situation. Similarities, if he raved about "Chicago" and highly recommended it, he would probably watch it again with a friend. The result of this back and forth **** is that even if there are only a hundred audiences who give rave reviews at the beginning, as long as the snowball rolls, it can bring 200 to 300 copies to the theater for a long time stable box office.
Judging from the audience's reaction, there are definitely more than a hundred people who are very satisfied with the show, but Brantley can't say that he watched a very good musical tonight, the audience only needs to see that the whole show is good The singing and dancing, and the highlights of the Roxy scene are enough, but the critics are looking at something more professional.
"But it's not "Chicago" anymore," he shook his head, "it's completely Roxy's solo show."
"Yeah, poor Velma," Patrik also sighed, but it was obviously just echoing, his interest was completely focused on Roxy. "Did that girl show up? She should also finish removing her makeup."
Sometimes the leading actor would take off his makeup and change his clothes before coming to the party, so Patric kept looking at the door.
"How do you plan to comment on tonight's drama?" Brantley asked, and such exchanges are not taboo among drama critics.
"Of course it's a great review." Patric said without hesitation, and looked at Brantley strangely, "Are you planning to give a bad review?"
You can see at a glance that Patric has been completely conquered by Roxie, and he will definitely comment on Roxie's wonderful performance at length in the drama review, but Brantley is still hesitant about this: I have to admit that, Roxy's performance is very good. The only contradiction in this show is that her level is higher than that of the troupe, so that there are faults in her performance. But——Brantley is a loyal audience and lover of Broadway. He instinctively wants to maintain the current cultural system and hierarchy of Broadway. If it is published on the column, then Brantley is emotionally unacceptable.
"Oh, here comes the girl!" Before Brantley could reply, Patrik said, he tried to look around the door within the range of decency, "Ah, she is shorter than I thought."
A burst of applause and cheers erupted at the door as Jennifer Jefferson walked into the party.
Compared to the fancy clothes on stage, Jennifer Jefferson is much more low-key off stage. She is wearing a long bohemian dress with flat shoes, so she looks shorter and more modest than on stage. Thin and thin, and—of course she is still very beautiful, but compared with the ecstasy and charm on the stage, the offstage her... lacks the temperament that makes people ignore her shortcomings and only be fascinated by her style.
No one's looks are perfect, but when she is on stage, even in front of the camera of "CSI", you don't pay attention to it at all. Now after watching the real person, you will be picky. Feeling that her nose is a little too high, Brantley observed her for a while, and found that she was not that charming, and felt bad: If her temperament is so plain, doesn't it mean that she Has his acting skills reached perfection? Juanita and Roxy are all characters created by her acting skills?
Jennifer Jefferson was of course the star of the show, everyone wanted to talk to her, congratulations on her miraculous debut, halfway through the party she was brought in by her PR assistant to talk to Bran Trey and the others greeted each other separately. Brantley found that she was very calm and rational. Although she had just received good reviews, she seemed extremely calm and not excited. She was also very clear in thinking and well-spoken. —although Jennifer had a glass of wine in her hand, she barely drank it.
"The girl is a monster." Suddenly, he felt more sympathy for Dietrich. For any actor of his generation, working with monster-level colleagues was their worst nightmare.
However, Brantley is a professional drama critic anyway, and he also has his own professional ethics. It is impossible for emotion to dominate his objective attitude. By the time the party was almost over, he had an idea for a review and a title.
Because of conflicts in his heart, he didn't drink too much alcohol, and he was still sober when he walked out of the venue. Patric was already too drunk to notice the inexplicably many people gathered in the alley.
"What happened?" Brantley asked theater security.
The security guard shrugged, "They are all waiting for Roxy, Man, the number of people tonight is definitely a record."
As a security guard on Broadway, he is of course well-informed, and he is not surprised by such things. Of course, Brantley has seen many fans waiting for idols to sign autographs after the show. However, local Broadway actors are more common people after all, and the number of fans is limited. After a show is over, if there are more than ten or twenty people waiting, it is considered very popular.
Brantley silently counted the crowd that was about to line up outside the alley, and shook his head giving up after a while—anyway, there must be more than fifty people.
"This girl is a monster!" He said viciously in his heart, and then said it loudly under the puzzled eyes of the security guard. "Let me tell you, she is definitely a monster!"
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