So, class plays are a lovely time of the year, right?
WRONG.
My parents probably won't let me do it. So, why did I audition? First mistake, but hey I can live with that. Hide it for a bit, bring home good grades, pull my life together- everything's hunkydory again.
I don't even care if I have a tiny part! Well, I do, but not terribly. Its just the kind of caring that makes you happy when you get, but you could care less if you don't. There we go, not even stressed yet.
No, what really cheeses me off is when I walk into an audition that I have prepared nothing for, do a great job, then get told this and end up with that. S. handed me one of the audition sheets because she got food on the other. I do pretty well for that part that she handed me. More than well. I do bloody
fantastic. They told me so! "Wow, that was great, that had to have been one of
the best auditions we've seen."
Alright, so far so good.
"Now, we understand that you would like a bigger role"-no shit Sherlock-"but you were one of the best *insert role here* we've seen. So we might give you that instead."
"Um, I'd rather not, I'd rather be *insert other role here*."
"Okay, we'll keep that in mind."
BUT THEY DIDN'T. Not being mean, but I'm pretty good at acting and some other people are not! Hell, its called acting for a reason! And if I was good in that part, it stands to reason that I would be good in others, right?
No. Obviously not. Obviously I'm only suited to the role handed to me by chance that I would really not like to do. Obviously I'm only worth that bit piece.
It just.... it disappoints me. I'm going to get passed over this year
again to a smaller role while other people that I know I'm a better actress than get the parts. They're going to halfheartedly shine while I bite my tounge in the wings. The lines, can't people see they have so much potential? Its not enough to pretend to be the character, you have to become the character. And the people who get parts, well its a popularity contest and I obviously didn't win.
Just give me a chance. Please?
Because, dammit, I'll be irritated if I'm held back because my acting was
too good! How messed up is that? It bugs the jeebers out of me that I'm not even being considered for anything because they had me set on this. Or if I am, its a total fluke because they cast list is messed up and they would "prefer if I kept with that role."
Damn them to hell. I have half a mind just to pull out and save myself the trouble... but I can't. Acting... its too much fun for me. I
love it. I "act" every time I write; I become a character and tell a story. And where else am I going to be able to do this?
If it weren't for Soph and her part, I'd be even more pissed. But thank the LORD someone had their head screwed on when casting that.
Goddammit. I just want what I deserve, not the bit piece that I did by chance and now I'm saddled with. Is that really too much to ask?