Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
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:15:01
I didn't know "Pygmalion"
had already been cast.

:15:03
I would have loved to be
Eliza Doolittle.

:15:05
Maybe if I could
just prove it to you now.

:15:07
Oh, no, no, Lola.
:15:08
I just put the notice up
on the board.

:15:10
Auditions are not until Friday.
:15:14
Thank you, Miss Baggoli.
:15:18
George Bernard Shaw
is a great playwright.

:15:24
And he's also a vegetarian.
:15:29
You're just in time, Lola.
:15:30
Quickly.
:15:31
I'm telling all the others
about this idea that I have had

:15:37
for our production
of "Pygmalion."

:15:40
Now, as you know,
"Pygmalion" is a play

:15:43
which takes place
in old-timey London.

:15:47
My idea is that we will set
our production of "Pygmalion"

:15:53
in modern-day New York.
:15:55
And Eliza will be a checkout
girl at a supermarket,

:16:00
And Professor Higgins will be
a professor at NYU.

:16:05
That is such a brilliant idea.
:16:06
That's gonna give
the play new resonance

:16:08
and immediacy for today.
:16:11
You mean it was your idea?
:16:12
Yes, Lola, it's my idea.
:16:15
I know I'm just a teacher,
but I am capable of thought.

:16:20
Now, since we're going hip
and modern,

:16:24
I have also added
contemporary songs.

:16:29
And I am calling it
"Eliza Rocks"!

:16:36
Now, each of you will be singing
a song for me of your choice,

:16:41
and then you'll be reading
a scene for me.

:16:43
But I haven't rehearsed
a song or anything.

:16:46
I'm simply not prepared.
:16:47
That's fine.
:16:48
You can just wing it.
:16:49
But acting is my chosen career.
:16:51
I mean,
I intend to be in theater.

:16:53
I don't want anyone remembering
a substandard audition.

:16:56
Then how are we to proceed?
:16:59
I guess I'll try, of course.

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