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winterwilde wrote:

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Like someone said earlier- this is really gonna be hard work and she's not gonna be able to phone it in. I hope working day in and out with real non-zombie like people will light a spark in her eyes and soul that seems to have been dimmed in the last 2 years by her lil man.

This is a fantastic opportunity for KAK to prove whether or not she's serious about her acting career. If she can get through the demands of the rehearsal period and then the eight gruelling sessions per week then good luck to her.

However, given that...

marconi wrote:

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Scarlet, it's a pretty great role. The men are the central figures in the story, but she will be playing the main character's love interest.

Let me sum it up for you all:

Basically, she's pretty f#$king important. And must be very down to earth, smart, yet heartbroken in many ways. She's dating the brother of her former boyfriend who died while away at war due to the boyfriends' father's negligence, and their father is putting the blame on her own father who she has shunned (he's currently in jail). That's heavy stuff.

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marconi wrote:

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Hippo, I definitely think she does NOT have the chops for this. It's a serious role, and can't be flitted through like an airhead. I don't think she could pull this role off in film, let alone onstage. On top of that, she has no real stage training and has the voice of a baby! I'd like to see how well she does projecting without damaging her voice.

... I wonder why the producers/casting directors/whatever didn't offer her a lesser role, where she could get still get great exposure and experience and not make a total dick of herself or ruin the play? Why did she not suggest such an option? Either they are all very optimistic or very stupid or both.

I googled "All My Sons" and found the following study guide:
Studying Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"

From that guide, here are the descriptions of a couple of characters that Katie might have been better placed to play, ie. they would not have been such too big a "stretch" for her:

Sue Bayliss is an utterly cynical woman. Believing Joe has "pulled a fast one", she does not mind his awful crime, yet she dislikes Chris because his idealism, which she calls "phoney", makes Jim feel restless. She is an embittered, rather grasping woman, whose ambitions are material wealth and social acceptance. She does not at all understand the moral values which her husband shares with Chris.

Lydia Lubey is a rather one-dimensional character: she is chiefly in the play to show what George and Chris (so far) have gone without. She is simple, warm and affectionate, rather a stereotype of femininity (she is confused by electrical appliances). Her meeting with George is painful to observe: she has the happy home life which he has forfeited. We understand why George declines her well-meant but tactless invitation to see her babies.