Questionable Media Month Part 20
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amatyultareChapter 20 – Hell Breaks Loose
Please, oh please let this be the chapter where Mr. Lord is arrested and/or fired for (allegedly) sleeping with an underage student over whom he had direct authority?
Sadie fully returns to the show as an unofficial assistant director. The acting is okay, the music is good, but the transitions are rough and some of the staging is choppy. Also, the performances are set for December 17, 18, and 19. Man, they are really cutting it close.
Then, at the beginning of tech week, Lucey has to quit! Her morning sickness is so severe that she’s dehydrated and needs to be put on an IV. I’m just throwing my hands up in the air and saying of course, because, well, of course Lucey is being severely punished for her slutty, slutty ways.
And Sadie, of course, immediately starts wondering if she’ll be offered the role and finally decides to ask the club advisors directly. Instead, she accidentally overhears Mr. Ellison and Mr. Lord fighting about that very question; Mr. Ellison wants to give Sadie the part but Mr. Lord wants to find someone more professional who can jump in and shine at the last minute. He asks for 24 hours. Incidentally, this is at least the fifth time the plot has been pushed forward by someone accidentally overhearing a relevant conversation.
The next day, it’s announced that Mr. Ellison has quit the play and is taking a few day off from school entirely. Also, Mr. Lord is being (more of) a jerk and tells Sadie to read the part of Bella “just for today”.
The whole cast freaks out. However, Sadie and a couple of the old-timers talk it out and convince everyone to keep going by breaking down their problems.
One, they need a director. The solution? Adrienne will try to get in touch with Mr. Ellison and if she can’t, Sadie will do her best since she’s apparently not actually going to play Bella.
Two, they need a Bella. They are trusting in Mr. Lord to find one.
Three, the show still needs a lot of work. But having a director besides Mr. Lord (whether that’s Mr. Ellison or Sadie) will help.
Oh, and we finally get a plot reason for that weird scene back in chapter 8 where Adrienne and Sadie teach Mr. Ellison how to text and in the process put Sadie’s number in Mr. Ellison’s phone. She gets a couple of texts from an ~unknown number~ , one of which says: (sic)
“If life were anna k, je would be a and tl v after Italy. Have retreated to my secrt place to think with ab snopes. Pleas forgive me for mising show. Tell cast to break leg. PS Pleas don’t forget your friends (A).”
I confess, I have not read Anna Karenina. I guess JE is Mr. Ellison and TL is Mr. Lord? But reading the Wiki summary of Anna Karenina, I’m still confused as to what this means.
Sadie doesn’t understand it at all and, rather than texting this mystery person back, ignores it. Of course.
Please, oh please let this be the chapter where Mr. Lord is arrested and/or fired for (allegedly) sleeping with an underage student over whom he had direct authority?
Sadie fully returns to the show as an unofficial assistant director. The acting is okay, the music is good, but the transitions are rough and some of the staging is choppy. Also, the performances are set for December 17, 18, and 19. Man, they are really cutting it close.
Then, at the beginning of tech week, Lucey has to quit! Her morning sickness is so severe that she’s dehydrated and needs to be put on an IV. I’m just throwing my hands up in the air and saying of course, because, well, of course Lucey is being severely punished for her slutty, slutty ways.
And Sadie, of course, immediately starts wondering if she’ll be offered the role and finally decides to ask the club advisors directly. Instead, she accidentally overhears Mr. Ellison and Mr. Lord fighting about that very question; Mr. Ellison wants to give Sadie the part but Mr. Lord wants to find someone more professional who can jump in and shine at the last minute. He asks for 24 hours. Incidentally, this is at least the fifth time the plot has been pushed forward by someone accidentally overhearing a relevant conversation.
The next day, it’s announced that Mr. Ellison has quit the play and is taking a few day off from school entirely. Also, Mr. Lord is being (more of) a jerk and tells Sadie to read the part of Bella “just for today”.
The whole cast freaks out. However, Sadie and a couple of the old-timers talk it out and convince everyone to keep going by breaking down their problems.
One, they need a director. The solution? Adrienne will try to get in touch with Mr. Ellison and if she can’t, Sadie will do her best since she’s apparently not actually going to play Bella.
Two, they need a Bella. They are trusting in Mr. Lord to find one.
Three, the show still needs a lot of work. But having a director besides Mr. Lord (whether that’s Mr. Ellison or Sadie) will help.
Oh, and we finally get a plot reason for that weird scene back in chapter 8 where Adrienne and Sadie teach Mr. Ellison how to text and in the process put Sadie’s number in Mr. Ellison’s phone. She gets a couple of texts from an ~unknown number~ , one of which says: (sic)
“If life were anna k, je would be a and tl v after Italy. Have retreated to my secrt place to think with ab snopes. Pleas forgive me for mising show. Tell cast to break leg. PS Pleas don’t forget your friends (A).”
I confess, I have not read Anna Karenina. I guess JE is Mr. Ellison and TL is Mr. Lord? But reading the Wiki summary of Anna Karenina, I’m still confused as to what this means.
Sadie doesn’t understand it at all and, rather than texting this mystery person back, ignores it. Of course.
