| | Okay, we'll start this off with something easy and something I've talked to many people about.
The Actor's Grading Scale
Ever wonder why you didn't get the lead in a show when try-outs were
open and you had a great try-out, better than everyone else's and
you're not the only one who thinks so, but you didn't get the
part. You got a lesser role, still a good role, but not the role
you really wanted. And someone with a worse try-out than you got
the lead role. Here is my explanation to you.
Let's say these two really impressive actors are trying out for a
show. Let's name them Cain and Abel. There are two parts
that need filling in a show, the lead and a supporting role. Both
Cain and Abel try out for both parts. To simplify our lives, we
will say that the directors decide to give all the hopefuls a score on
a scale of 1 to 10. Cain scores a 9.5 for the lead role and a 9.0
for the supporting role. Abel scores a 9.0 for the lead role and
a 4.0 for the supporting role. Cain is amazing for either part,
but Abel was really only good for the lead. Cain had the better
try-out for the better part, so it is justified that he should get the
lead role and Abel should have the supporting role. But the
directors give the lead to Abel and the supporting role to Cain.
Why? The reason is that the show as a whole is better, hopefully,
with Abel in the lead and Cain in the supporting role. A show
with a score of 18 instead of 13.5...
Of course, now Cain turns on Abel and slays him in order to obtain the lead role, but that doesn't really matter.
So the real question is, should we be honest in all of our
try-outs? If we pull an Abel and have a crappy try-out for the
supporting role, does it actually increase the likelihood of us getting
the lead? Granted, I'm only in High School and have only workied
with two directors, but I wonder how many directors actually follow
this idea. Kinda sucks...don't it.
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