Originally Posted by LaurieMarlow:
“I taught drama for a while and like to think that I have an eye for these things. Perhaps I am kidding myself, but in this instance I have faith in my judgement.
I watch interpretation in songs and group numbers very closely and I've always found Stephanie to be very two dimensional and cartoonish in her acting. From what I can see there is no subtlety, no true craft there at all. I'm thinking of moments like A Fine Romance, I'm Losing My Mind, America, where it was all very over the top and pantomimey when it should have been refined and subtle. The only time I saw her acting something difficult well was during Smile. And even then only flashes. Bojangles showed her up terribly, but in fairness, not many of them would have been able to do anything with it.
Steph, Danielle, Lauren, Dani and even Sophie have shown infinitely more acting talent than Stephanie.
That's not to take away from the singing and dancing which is absolutely excellent.”
I know what you mean. Her acting really let her down in Bojangles but her voice is terrific.
Out of interest, what did you think of Camille? I thought she was excellent in both the group numbers and I still don't understand why the judges didn't put her through. Admittedly, it was a strong group but I thought she was actually better than Stephanie then.