"Liza played underdogs on film before, in "Cabaret" and "Stepping Out", IMHO quite successfully. I never bought the mindset that the star in a project about stardom CANNOT be obviously talented sp we cam accept they haven't been discovered yet. "
Agreed, but the set-up for the Cassie subplot in A CHORUS LINE is very different from what you described above, so I'm not sure what your point is. |