Hollywood Domination Chapter 50: Who is the winner?
Of course Jenny knew that Ann Benson would be her formidable enemy.
When I was acting in "CSI" before, it can be said that Nick and Juanita also had a slight pressure on the performance in the performance, but this phenomenon of pressure on the play due to the relationship between the roles, on the contrary promoted the audience's viewing experience— —Nick’s actor, George, was very impressed with Jenny in the performance, even a little cramped, which caused the lines to be staggered, and this happened to match Nick’s mentality towards Juanita, so the effect of that episode was hit by mistake very good.
This is a lucky cooperation. Although there is pressure, both parties benefit, but when it comes to "Chicago", everything is different. This is a drama with two heroines. In the struggle, whether it is cooperation or hostility, there is a fierce sense of competition between them. That is to say, between these two characters, 'either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind'. In every confrontation scene, the audience will naturally follow the guidance of the plot and start thinking about who is the one among them. The winner of the contest. No matter who is playing Velma and who is playing Roxy, these two actors will inevitably be compared, and objectively speaking, from the perspective of the distribution of plot roles, Velma has the upper hand in the contest, after all She is in a glamorous and radiant state throughout the musical. Of course, Roxy's role is more complex and has more room for exploration, but in terms of viewing, Velma really has an advantage.
It was Dietrich who played this role before, and the contrast between Jenny and her strengths and weaknesses was too obvious, to the point where Velma's character advantages were completely overshadowed, so of course there would be no such problem. After replacing Ann Benson last week, Jenny realized at the first audition that she is not a Dietrich-level character. Apart from her body being not as good as hers and her looks not as beautiful, Ann's acting skills are average. Above the line, her singing and dancing skills are quite good, plus Wilma's plot bonus, when both of them are standing on the stage, she can't overwhelm Ann like she overwhelmed Dietrich, and even There is a possibility of being counter-pressed by the security. ——It’s not about the show, but about the limelight. The audience’s attention will definitely be attracted by An, and she will no longer be the only star in the field.
It cannot be denied that at that moment, Jenny felt a little sour in her heart. Although it was only over a month ago, she was used to the feeling that all the audience's attention was focused on her alone, and she signed autographs for fans every day. At the time, the words she heard, "I came to watch the show just for you", "You are the brightest star in the audience", somewhat made her forget that "Chicago" was originally a play with two protagonists. But she is not Dietrich after all, and it is impossible for her to imitate Dietrich and do some extra tricks—if she doesn't even have the confidence to play with An Biao, how will she be with those actresses and actors in the future? acting?
However, real gold is not afraid of fire. After a few rehearsals, Jenny has a certain degree of confidence and prediction about the situation of the whole performance-after all, this is not a competitive sport, and there will be no suspense until the last moment. was revealed. Including the fact that Dietrich was fully suppressed, it has also been reflected in the rehearsal, but there is no reaction from the audience, and James did not pay attention. Although Ann is very good, she is not bad either. Even if she does not open Goldfinger, she will not lose too much. After all, in the past few months, she has not been idle all the time and has always improved.
Although Cesare's decision to let her act in a musical was somewhat incomprehensible at the beginning, it was purely out of professionalism that she did her best. But now Jenny has discovered the charm of this decision, not to mention the basic skills progress made during the audition and rehearsal process. In the past one and a half months, there was a performance every day. This rhythm arrangement has greatly improved Jenny's acting skills. Feeling is very helpful. Of course, this kind of progress can only be felt by herself, because her external performance has always been astonishingly over 100 points, and only Jenny knows which of these are the help of Goldfinger and which are her own achievements.
During the premiere and the following week, Jenny has been performing cheating for the entire show. Her empathy effect decays for about five minutes. It is enough to enter the performing arts space every five minutes and open cheating. With many times of practice and a three-to-one time flow, the speed at which she can open and close her golden fingers is almost negligible. As long as she arranges the timing and uses her acting skills to overdo it, she can perform the whole scene seamlessly. Frequent opening of gold fingers and headaches.
A week later, Jenny started to use the combination of golden fingers and real acting skills. Thanks to her group of technical fans, she can easily see the feedback on the discussion board. For example, today she sang "Nowadays" by herself, and "Roxie" has a golden finger, then there will be posts on the forum, giving feedback on her "Nowadays" yesterday and today: ""Roxie" is still very stable, But in "Nowadays" I think Jenny sang better yesterday..."
Of course not everyone can buy tickets for two consecutive days, so Jenny also kept a gold finger diary for herself for every performance, so that she can refer to it when reading movie reviews. With these enthusiastic voluntary critics, she can see her acting progress very intuitively-at least in the play "Chicago", her progress can be felt completely.
As time goes on, first of all, the singing and dancing part, whether there is cheating or not, the audience's reaction is gradually the same, and then the acting dialogue part, now the day with cheating will be commented as "extremely good condition, very moving", And if it was played naturally, the audience's feedback was also "shiny and touching".
In addition, Jenny herself also feels that she is more able to devote herself to the role. Maybe she is not very talented and needs a lot of practical practice to achieve the level that those talented actors can achieve overnight. With the help of the performing arts space, she knows what it is like to fully devote herself to the role and restrain herself into the role. With such an ideal state, it is not so impossible for her to adjust herself to get closer to the perfect score. Now she has vaguely grasped the state of entering the play—it is quite mysterious to say it, while abandoning herself, she still has a trace of self-awareness, but when she really grasped that state, she felt that she was not acting well. It will be worse than Goldfinger's upper body time difference. All she has to do is keep practicing, learn how to quickly grasp this state in practice, and keep it going.
Stupid birds fly first, with three times the flow rate of the performing arts space and the contrast playback function (James arranged for someone to record the whole performance before, and after Jenny asked for a copy of the DVD, she can also replay it in the space), as long as Her perseverance is enough, and her speed of progress is faster than others.
In the last week, for the first time in the audience, Jenny did not open the golden finger, and successfully followed the trick without any mistakes, whether it was the audience comments waiting for autographs after the show, or the fan repo on the discussion board, and even the drama reviews. The comments in the column are all very good, and no one feels that her performance is worse than usual.
Before the rehearsal with Ann, Jenny also asked Mary to record the whole scene. Although it was against the rules, she enjoyed the privilege after all, and even James didn't talk too much. After watching the rehearsal, she thought that she and An should be evenly matched if she didn't use the golden finger.
This is an objective review result, but Jenny thinks that the comments and feedback may not be so objective. First, she knows that her popularity is still too short, and the feeling of being airborne is still very strong. There are even many people in the troupe I think she was airborne by her relationship, and her strength is SoSo. And An has been in the industry for four or five years, and her resume is more beautiful and more orthodox. Therefore, when the two are evenly matched, drama critics may praise An even more, thinking that her performance meets expectations. Second, her starting point is different from Ann’s. Ann’s predecessor was Dietrich. As long as she does better than Dietrich, she is successful. But Jenny’s starting point is her own. She is doing as well as before. will be pleasantly surprised.
Besides, the more important thing is the third, that is, Jenny has been performing for more than a month, and many regular audiences, including critics, have begun to lose her novelty, but Ann is still a new face, and foreign monks will Chanting scriptures, people will always be more tolerant and enthusiastic towards new geniuses.
This is the entertainment industry. People like the new and dislike the old very quickly. Even if she is making progress, as long as the speed of progress cannot keep up with the speed of the emergence of latecomers, she will be ruthlessly abandoned by critics and the public's attention. ——When Jenny was an attacker, she definitely hoped to respect her ability and enjoy the bonus of novelty to the fullest, but now that she has become a defender, she has complicated feelings about the rules that have not changed at all. , even similar to the emotions of hatred and helplessness.
To sum up, this is a game that is destined to be unfair before it even starts. Jenny can already predict the result—she and An are both performing very well, and they are evenly matched. Praise Ann in the comments, 'new face of Broadway', 'compelling musical upstart', 'the best Velma ever', then in the comments, a bit more vitriolic 'Ann Benson puts Jennifer... Jefferson was overwhelmed', and said kindly, 'Jennifer finally met a strong opponent. Although she performed well, but...' Finally, everyone concluded that '"Chicago" has two This year's Tony Awards are for them. ’
Perhaps it's selfish to say this, but Jenny doesn't need the 'but', of course she wants Chicago to be a true masterpiece, a tony winner, but if the result needs a 'but' to do Basic, then I'm sorry, she will never cooperate.
To be honest, she did feel a little sorry for Ann, and she hoped that this would be a fair game so that she would not have to cheat and could respect her opponent. However, when the reality is not what she wants, she can only open the golden finger.
Following the signal to play, she walked fifteen steps in the dark and came to her seat, watching An's charming "All That Jazz", silently counting the beats in her heart.
"3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1..."
The police show up and take Velma away...the lights change...
In the blink of an eye, Jenny opened up the performing arts space and skillfully made selections.
"She is a strong enemy." She said to herself, "but I will win."
When the light came on her, she opened her eyes, feeling better than ever before.
She will win.
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Jennifer's performance is different! ——Brantley realized this almost immediately.
This is not the second time he has watched "Chicago". Although this regional phenomenal drama is rarely mentioned in the drama reviews, Brantley has watched it at least five times. Of course, he would not come to see Dietrich or other characters in a unique way, but to see Jennifer. Even the discussion board on IMDB, Brantley will often log on to read drama reviews (and occasionally read some J.J.J gossip, but he quickly realized that there is not much valuable information and it is not worth wasting time). He was very familiar with Jennifer's performance, so just after she made her debut tonight, Brantley realized something was wrong.
Perhaps because of the different performance objects, Jennifer appeared in a different state tonight than in the past, which is extremely rare for her. ——Although the state of many actors will fluctuate, the monster Jennifer will not. She is like a humanoid projector. There will never be a time when the performance is slightly worse. But tonight, she seems to be very excited, and she will be more "released" than usual when she comes on stage. If she and Dietrich used 100% firepower to bombard the audience at the climax, then today she will 120% of the firepower was used when she appeared on the stage, whether it was the tightness of her body, the fullness of emotions contained in her lines, or even her steps and movements... all showed the abnormal state of Jennifer tonight.
"Could it be that in the previous performance, in order to cooperate with Dietrich, she suppressed herself?" Brantley panicked: If this is the case, how high is Jennifer's normal level? "No, it's impossible. It must be because An's excellent performance stimulated her, so she broke through herself again."
This kind of acting breakthrough brought about by co-starring with outstanding actors is not uncommon. Brantley felt "relieved", but he couldn't help feeling a little bit lost. He was very familiar with this feeling. When witnessing the rise of a talented new star on the Broadway stage, as a normal person with ordinary qualifications, Brantley would feel a little bit of envy and helplessness. The talents and efforts of these people are so dazzling, it is almost like a miracle, and it is not that he has no ambition or no opportunity, it is purely because of insufficient talent, so he can only choose to witness the miracle happen.
From Ann Benson's signing of the contract to her appearance on the stage, the period will not exceed half a month. Even Jennifer's appearance on the Broadway stage is only one and a half months. Make a breakthrough again on the basis of perfection. This is tantamount to creating another miracle on top of a miracle. This kind of "impossible" mood even made Brantley pay no attention to Ann, who was outstanding, and only wanted to know how far Jennifer could do it.
Ann is excellent, after the first "AllThatJazz", her second dance is "CellBlockTango", the remaining five female prisoners are overshadowed by her aria, in that song, she ruled the whole world The audience was mesmerized and applauded for her.
But Jennifer is a miracle. Even if Ann is already so good, she can't take away Jennifer's dominance in the occasions with her. This shouldn't be the case—she is prettier than Ann, but The gap is small, and since it's a musical, most of the time the audience can't see her face clearly. With the talent and strength shown by An, as well as the role of the two, there is no reason for Roxy to show any dominance when he asks Wilma for help and is ridiculed by Wilma.
But Jennifer has a way to make the audience's eyes stare at her. This is not a strength that can be determined by technical details, it's not, it's her—her aura.
Yes, it is her momentum. There is an indescribable aura about this girl, even though she looks unexpectedly thin and plain after removing makeup, and she has no allure on stage at all, but when she appears in the spotlight, when she looks at the audience, It's as if... as if she owns the stage, as if she is today's birthday star, and the entire audience are her personal guests. She is so unreasonably using the birthday star's privilege to grab everyone's attention, Hold the leadership firmly in the palm of your hand. Neither Ann nor Dietrich had any impact on her rule.
Of course, there are still differences. When the opponent is Dietrich, the scene is quite satisfactory. Although there is Jennifer as a bright spot, because of Dietrich's existence, the audience still plays from time to time, but Now, Dietrich has also changed into a strong player, and the audience feels like being brought from one audio-visual feast to another audio-visual feast. This is simply a spiritual multiple orgasm. At the beginning of the dance, it was constantly raised, and it lasted for tens of minutes. It fell back briefly due to the lawyer Billy's solo, but quickly, because of Jennifer's reappearance, it ushered in a period of excitement.
Another significant difference is the performance status of the two lead actresses. Jennifer is obviously mobilized by Ann, a strong enemy. The state is more 'released' and more vivid than before. The "ICan't Doit Alone" she performed for Jennifer was orderly and easy to handle. Even though one person played two roles, the whole audience was full of excitement, but she even winked at the audience during her busy schedule, causing several An unbearable whistle. As for the several dialogues between the two, as well as the scenes of intrigue, sparks are flying everywhere. Wilma's strength and cunning, and Roxy's hypocrisy and small calculations are all played out very thoroughly by their lines and postures. As an audience, you It doesn't even take a strong comprehension to understand the deep characters of the two of them.
In the previous performance, the climax of the whole audience was actually Jennifer's "Roxie", because Dietrich couldn't support her role in the joint dance between the two, so the last song "Nowadays" was a bit difficult to support blemishes. But today, things are different. Although these two actresses have played against each other before, they have not danced against each other. , The audience in the audience completely fell into a frenzy.
"You can enjoy your life now," sang Velma, who gave Roxy a distinct sideways look, as if trying to overshadow her.
"You can also live as you like." Roxy winked at the audience unmoved, "You can even marry Harry—"
"I'm messing around with Aikehu." Wilma quickly gave the audience a wink.
The rivalry between the two caused a wave of commotion in the audience. As the dance music gradually warmed up, the audience abandoned the etiquette of watching the drama, and some audience members in the back row directly stood up and shouted loudly. Whistle, accompanied by warm applause and cheers. Roxy and Wilma threw off their coats, revealing their beautiful bodies wrapped in tight-fitting tutu skirts, which aroused the enthusiasm of the audience even more. This musical is now even like a rock concert. When " The pure dance segment of "HotHoneyRag" came, Wilma twisted her hips and challenged Roxie, and Roxie was not to be outdone, while twisting her body and lifting her chin superiorly at Wilma, this beautiful woman danced and was alive The astonishing picture of color and fragrance is simply stunned and dizzying—this is the purest visual impact that directly hits the primitive instinct, and finally aroused a wave of cheers. The audience's voice was so loud that it even temporarily drowned out the sound of the music .
"I really hope this will never end!" Jon, who came to watch the stage play for the second time, shouted hoarsely. She walked beside her new friend Harry and said loudly, "I really want to Can't believe they did another show this afternoon! - I'd love to see two shows in a row if I could! Or maybe the afternoon show, the first show is always better, Do you say so, Harry?"
"You've had pretty good luck," Harry said, "I bet you didn't expect the cast of Velma to change when you bought the ticket, and it just so happened that it was the day you bought it. Will Na and the others were depressed, they bought yesterday's tickets, and when the news came out, they found out that the first game of Wilma's replacement was after tonight, and Wei Na was so angry that she cried."
"Listen, we should wait for Jennifer in the back alley." Jon wasn't listening to Harry's analysis at all, she was still immersed in the excitement after watching the movie, jumping up and down holding Harry's arm, "The last time I was with my mother, I couldn't stay, and I couldn't miss it tonight. Come on, Harry, didn't you say Jennifer would sign at least fifty? Maybe we could get a good spot , so I have *J's signature, and maybe I can get Wilma's signature later."
Harry was very happy to be dragged to the back alley by Jon, but they were quickly dumbfounded - even Harry didn't expect that there were already hundreds of people waiting in the back alley, judging from the time when the show ended, They were either the audience who left before finishing watching (but Jon wondered how anyone would leave early), or the fans who didn't get tickets at all and just came to block people and line up for the midnight box office by the way.
"Impossible." The experienced Harry concluded at a glance, "It is impossible for *J to sign with us."
But he didn't go back home, but pulled the frustrated Jon to the gate of the ticket office, "Let them wait there for Jennifer in vain, it's already half past ten, just chat for an hour and a half, we You can buy tickets half a month later—the best location!"
Jon was happy again, and she agreed without thinking, "Okay, let's do it!"
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Compared with the excited fans, Jenny in the backstage was much calmer. She could even be said to be very unhappy—two performances in one day were a great test of physical strength, especially when she was aroused by Ann again. More excited than usual, now that it's all over, she's so tired she can almost fall asleep straight away.
But she obviously can't go back home now, just like welcoming her premiere, there is an AfterParty backstage for Ann's premiere tonight, if she refuses to attend, I wonder how much malicious gossip will spread outside, besides , An Xin may not be very comfortable. So, taking the opportunity of changing clothes, after sleeping in the performing arts space for an hour, she came out of the dressing room and joined the lively party.
Same as last time after the performance, she was immediately surrounded by a bunch of greetings and compliments. Although this was Ann's party, judging from people's performance, they didn't seem to value Ann more than her. In Jenny's opinion , This should be an affirmation of her performance just now, just like when Brantley and Patrik came to say hello after the drama critic session in the afternoon, she was the main one. This is seen by Jenny as evidence of her victory.
After greeting Cesare in a circle, Jenny happily walked to Cesare's corner, ready to show off her success to him and ridicule his continuous questioning during lunch.
"Good evening," she began with a toast. But all the words were swallowed by Jenny before she could utter them. Jenny observed Cesare for a few seconds, and also suppressed the smile on her face. "What's the matter, Chesa?"
Cesare didn't mean to hide it, he nodded stiffly at Jenny, "Have you seen Agata?"
"I see, we chatted for a while." Jenny found Agata in the crowd, she was talking to Ann Benson, "What happened?"
"The man next to Agata is her good friend," Cesare said quietly. "It took a lot of effort to get him to come tonight's show through Agata. It's a shame that my efforts paid off for someone else, who seemed more interested in Ann than you. "
Jenny followed Cesare's instructions and looked over, her brows also furrowed, but soon relaxed again. ——Since Renee can bear the naked consumption of her promotional slogans like "our Roxy is better", there is nothing to say about Anzai accidentally snatching her reserve contacts tonight, Shitthinghappenseveryday, I was saying hello just now When Jenny was chatting with Agata, the man was on the side, but he didn't seem to want to talk to her at all. At that time, Ann hadn't even come out of the dressing room. It can only be said that he just likes Anna's type No, it wasn't Cesare's fault, hers, or even Agata's fault.
"I'm not a dollar, so I can't be loved by everyone." She comforted Cesare, and at the same time asked out of curiosity, "What kind of big man is he? Can you care so much?"
"During your performance of "Chicago" this year, there will be 12 B-level productions that do not have a leading actress or a first supporting actress, and 3 A-level productions that have entered the stage of formal filming." Although there is no expression, but Jenny could still see that Cesare was still brooding, and he said in a flat tone, "They will all start shooting in the second half of the year, and in these 16 films, there are a total of 78 people who have the right to speak for the protagonists. Among them, 23 people are permanent residents or often come to New York, and I was able to connect with a total of 16 people to watch the show, exactly one for each movie.”
Hearing this, Jenny was already dizzy by Cesare's series of calculations - the agent seemed to be a very simple prank, but Cesare had a way to make her feel that she had to do it well. A line simply requires a talent comparable to a financial wizard.
"Damn." She said emotionally. "So you really figured everything out, right? The whole job of the musical is to provide you with the most convenient merch display or something?"
Cesare ignored Jenny's words, and raised his chin in the direction of Agata, "Gore Verbinski is the most important of the 16, and he represents the one I am most optimistic about. A-level production."
"What?" Jenny had a bad premonition, and she asked Cesare, "What production?"
Cesare frowned and glanced at her, as if he was weighing whether to tell her the truth. After a while, he raised his glass and took a big sip.
"Disney's biggest hit next year," he said, in a tone that suggested he was still on the hook, "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Pirates of the Caribbean...
Jenny said weakly, "Damn."
The author has something to say: Note: Gore Verbinski is a real person, he is the director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films...
Pirates of the Caribbean should not need popular science, the most profitable series in the world...
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