Remember that movie Striptease where a younger, pre-Ashton Demi Moore was forced to slither through the seedy underbelly of the stripping world to support her son? Yea me either, but this week the seven remaining contestants on I Wanna Be A Soap Star must perform an homage to this art film by acting in a scene where they strip in order to support their younger brother. One of these would-be strippers won't make it out alive. Find out who and why after the jump.
Once again everyone is woken up at the butt crack of dawn and told that they are due on set in an hour and a half. They all retrieve their scripts from their assigned cubby holes and everyone lets out a communal groan when they realize that the scene is about them stripping. Ashlee laments, "I thought the stripping and nakedness was over." Yves replies, "Hell no, it's never over." He continues, "you spoiled little girl. Don't you understand there is no through! There is no out! You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! Until you reach over and put your hand in a pile of goo that was once your best friend's face, that's Chinatown baby!" ACTING!
The thespians in question are reviewing the scene and attempting to get into the head of the character. Justin says that for his character the stripping is just a means to an end in order to support his kid brother. Travis says his character would do anything to keep his little brother out of the system. Anything? Good to know. Wink, wink, nudge nudge. Ashlee states that the scene isn't about the stripping, but the emotion behind why the character is stripping. Ashlee can relate since she has a son to support, which is why she is pursuing stardom on Soap Star. Let's face it, this show is barely a step above bumping and grinding at Dejavu. Jimena describes the scene and literally says that she has to beg the owner of the strip club to 'give us the job." Even she thinks she has two faces. She continues and says that her character is "nervous and uncomfortable at first, but then blows him away." I'm really glad she added "away" because it would be a completely different scene. Monica says her acting method is "to wear pig tails. And this cute little lacey bra I got at Victoria's Secret. I love love love Victoria's Secret. And shopping. I snack when I shop. But not too much. Do you shop much? Oh my god, I found the cutest little shoes last week at Nine West." It goes on and on from there and slowly deteriorates into why Bring it On is the best movie ever.
Monica's inner dialogue: "I wonder how I'd look with bangs. Am I Indian or Pakistani? I miss Hannah Montana. TRL is awesome!"
Acting coach Eric M. Stuart gives the group some tips about digging deep and finding the character behind the words on the page. He encourages them to find something that genuinely touched them and just hit them. For most strippers this is their dad. Stuart then introduces Julie Pinson, television's Billy Reed from Days of Our Lives. She struts on stage and claps at everyone while squealing, "oo, good looking people!" Must be hell working with all those fugs over on DOOL. She then tells the actors that they need a back story to make the scene believable and they need to make up that back story in their head, or the technical term, think box. Days is not only full of fugs, but also quite an Algonquin round table of freakin' geniuses. Julie gives a little more advice about method and smell the fart acting and then leaves, hopefully never to return.
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The screencaps were too awesome this week, Fozz! Will you please come to my house and talk in waitress speak to me?
1 of 1 | Posted by angiemarie | Posted on September 13, 2007 5:56 PM