NBC on Sunday Night's is airing an "American Idol" type show to find new stars to be in "GREASE" in a broadway production. You might think this is great I say this show is just bullshit!
The show should be truthful and just film casting offices and interviewing people who are auditioning for the parts! They could show them getting the roles and then show all the rehearsals! They could show how things change and all the fucking Drama that happens behind the stage!
Do you really think that people that went to the open auditions are going to be cast? Think again! This is the oldest trick in publicity that started when David O' Selznick went nationwide to find a Scarlet O' Harra. It was a joke then as it is now! David ended up casting a British Girl- Vivian Leigh.
Years later Columbia did the same thing going nationwide to find "Annie" all along Aileen Quinn was already cast (but not signed) by the director John Houston!
Disney did the same thing with their hunt for Tina Turner. Again nationwide search and they cast Angela Bassett! She had already had parts in "MALCOM X", "THE JACKSON'S", &
"BOYS IN THE HOOD". In fact she was in rehearsals for the part while the
publicity stunt /talent search was going on!
In 1986 Warner Brothers did another talent hunt to find someone unknown to play Selena- they cast "Jenifer Lopez" who won the part over Salma Hayek. Both were on the short list to play Selena from the day Warner Brothers announced they were going to making the movie about the slain singer!
So here is the 2007 edition of the talent hunt! The only thing different is that there is a TV show behind the talent hunt! Don't be fooled! I am sure they may have 4 unknowns (for ratings) up against Actors who have extensive training & experience already! Who do you think will it end up in the play? I am willing to bet someone who has been on Broadway before!
Hey if you have never seen the play before let me tell you this the songs you loved from the movie are not in the play! Unless the producers decided to use those songs instead! Also remember the play is much different than the movie! In fact Sandy is an American!
So Don't even bother watching this! I am sure they had the cast already set before the "TALENT HUNT" started!
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