Starring the Baby-sitters Club! Part 2!

[road_baby]

Hey, lovelies! I've been feeling productive lately for a miraculous change and just had to work on a snark. I think it's because I finally made a playlist of all my fave songs and listening to good music always puts me in a working mood. And I gotta say, this book is a lot funnier than I remember. I used to love it for the theater angle but now I

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[shatisarockgod]

Showing more fairness than I'd expect from a BSC member, Jessi asks Cokie to take notes on her experience for the school newspaper article.--This is actually pretty surprising to me. Jessi's at least breaking out of the hivemind somewhat to even reach across the aisle to ask Cokie to do this instead of it completely being an article from the cult/clients of the cult's point of view

[road_baby]

Thank you! I think the only person I thought fit in the BSC movie was Mary Anne but that might be because I like Rachael Leigh Cook and think she's super pretty and Mary Anne is my fave. Marci in the show definitely makes a better Cokie than the girl they got in the movie. She's who I always picture when I think of Cokie.

[the1812overture]

Even if it does have a lot of Dawn in it. At least she's not being her usual shrill self. She's annoying but not intolerable.

This may be her at her most tolerable, yet OMG, her attempts at changing the show remind me of what's happening with the Beauty and the Beast movie and the confirmed changes in the movie and the reasons for those changes.... Emma Watson channeled Dawn, and honestly, I'm having a hard time remaining a fan of Emma for it.

Cokie is in class, kissing her ass about how she and Grace duped the teachers into giving them more classes together. That shit wouldn't have flown in my middle school.

My middle school just had us make a list of classes we wanted, and if there was room, we got them.

Claudia comes up and sees that Stacey and Sam are playing Mrs and Mr Darling The director at my school cast a popular boy as the male lead in...dammit, I can't remember the name of the show...anyway, he cast a popular boy, and cast the new girl, a freshman, he auditioned with and seemed to get along well with, in the

[the1812overture]

He said he wanted other kids to have a chance to perform.

WHICH IS REASONABLE. It actually is. Also it might be a lie he told her to make her feel better. Didn't she only do so-so at singing in her audition? Also she's supposed to be more girly while Kristy is more of a tom-boy and might make a more believable boy.

Also Peter is traditionally played by a woman because women can play long boys better than men can, and until the play Annie, lead roles (like Peter and Wendy, but not the smaller roles of Michael and John) that were children usually went to adults for the reason that adults are better suited to the pressure. Also children are unpredictable. Kristen Vigard, the first Annie, was replaced after just a week because her performances on stage ended up being "too sweet" for a street-toughened orphan.

At SMS (why isn't the play taking place at SHS?)

For the convenience of the BSC.

When she's done doing that, she hears Jackie say oops. She finds him hanging from some of the ropes holding up the sets and asks him how

[the1812overture]

This gets me curious about another thing too. Isn't Captain Hook and Mr Darling usually played by the same guy?

Yes. But that doesn't mean it has to be done this way. Tinkerbell is usually just light, not a spawn of Satan.

Mallory shits her pampers again at the thought of measuring a hot guy.

I was the nerdy kid like Mal, and the thought of measuring a hot boy would have given me more anxiety than Mal got.

Tell Stacey to do it. I'll bet she'd be more than happy to get down on her knees in front of him.

You win the internet today!

Mary Anne isn't happy with her either and reminds her she's the backstage babysitter.

Well, Mary Anne wasn't catching the kids doing stuff. Mal was within her right as the triplets' sister to tell them off.

She says even for a play written in 1904, it's pretty sexist. No it isn't. It actually glorified the role a mother has in her children's lives. At the time, being a mom was a given and not a big deal, but the book/play showed how important the love and care from a mother can be to a

[danidee92]

This was my problem too.
Logan did one bad thing, while Karen and dawn are periodically causing issues, yet Logan gets kicked out of the show

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST MOVIE SPOILERS

[the1812overture]

Just some of the changes CONFIRMED by the cast, mostly Emma, in interviews

Re: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST MOVIE SPOILERS

[fairest1]

I agree with most of your objections, but don't think it's too off to have Belle as a confident horsewoman. I mean, she seemed okay riding Phillipe in the animated movie. I guess it depends on her skill level -- the animated film treated it more like, say, a teen who knows how to drive. It's a common form of transportation, though not everyone has a family that owns a car/horse for them to learn with and some only ride in the passenger seat/carriage, so you'd need a position of advantage and interest in learning but otherwise wouldn't stand out in having the ability.

Re: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST MOVIE SPOILERS

[the1812overture]

The term horseman or horsewoman does mean someone who is exceptionally skilled at riding a horse. I can ride a horse very basically, and would not be considered a horsewoman. It's like the horse-equivalent of a chef versus a home-cook, a seamstress versus someone with the basic skills to sew on some buttons and tack up a fallen hem, or a race car driver. Though those things clearly state what someone can do, they also are titles that are earned through having higher skills than average.

I suspect we'll see Belle doing some fence-jumping and trick-riding if she's a this skilled and confident horsewoman rather than a run-of-the-mill horseback rider.

Re: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST MOVIE SPOILERS

[fairest1]

Ah, my mistake -- don't have any experience myself, so didn't realize the term had specific connotations.

Honestly, it sounds like they're turning Belle into the female version of Gaston -- awesome at everything. No wonder he's in love with her!