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amatyultare) wrote2018-12-30 08:18 pm
amatyultare) wrote2018-12-30 08:18 pm
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Questionable Media Month Part 25
Chapter 25 – The Difference Between Real Life and Make-Believe
My summaries get pretty short from here on out; I would apologize, but I’m sure you’re all as low on patience as I am.
Apparently Other Bella, a college theater major, is determined to play the part because she thinks that performing in a mediocre high school play will be GREAT for her resume. Is literally every single character obsessed with what happens in high school?
The rest of the club gathers around, ready to tell Other Bella to step off because “this is Sadie’s show and Sadie is Bella” (direct quote), but instead Sadie gets a nice little monologue taking the girl to task. Chastened by this sixteen year old, Other Bella slinks away.
Two unpleasant encounters right before a show are too many for Sadie, so she sneaks away backstage to calm down before the curtains open. Alex finds her and reassures her that she’ll be fine, even with Jerkface Nigel. He tells her that she just needs to take charge, like she did when they were kids and she wrote, directed, and made the costumes and sets for every show they enacted together. That’s actually why he got into sports, apparently; he wanted to prove to himself that he could lead in something rather that just following Sadie’s direction.
She’s still nervous, so he literally turns her towards the stage, whispers, ‘make believe’, then turns her towards him, says ‘this is real life’ and kisses her. And they make out a little bit before she has to go on, now feeling on top of the world.
I could go into how this seems a tad unrealistic and that I know almost nothing about Alex – he disappeared for a huge section of the book – but you know what? Cool. Whatever. Four chapters left.
My summaries get pretty short from here on out; I would apologize, but I’m sure you’re all as low on patience as I am.
Apparently Other Bella, a college theater major, is determined to play the part because she thinks that performing in a mediocre high school play will be GREAT for her resume. Is literally every single character obsessed with what happens in high school?
The rest of the club gathers around, ready to tell Other Bella to step off because “this is Sadie’s show and Sadie is Bella” (direct quote), but instead Sadie gets a nice little monologue taking the girl to task. Chastened by this sixteen year old, Other Bella slinks away.
Two unpleasant encounters right before a show are too many for Sadie, so she sneaks away backstage to calm down before the curtains open. Alex finds her and reassures her that she’ll be fine, even with Jerkface Nigel. He tells her that she just needs to take charge, like she did when they were kids and she wrote, directed, and made the costumes and sets for every show they enacted together. That’s actually why he got into sports, apparently; he wanted to prove to himself that he could lead in something rather that just following Sadie’s direction.
She’s still nervous, so he literally turns her towards the stage, whispers, ‘make believe’, then turns her towards him, says ‘this is real life’ and kisses her. And they make out a little bit before she has to go on, now feeling on top of the world.
I could go into how this seems a tad unrealistic and that I know almost nothing about Alex – he disappeared for a huge section of the book – but you know what? Cool. Whatever. Four chapters left.