i was going to try write one big post about all the new y4 mince principals but i started writing this and realized maddie needed her own post so here are my ramblings.
i never caught maddie when she was a cover in any of her roles and was delighted to hear iâd have a chance to see her now. she really, really blew me away with some of her acting choices and her vocals are incredible. her eyebrows might as well have been a sixth actor because boy were they working overtime. due to her age and having heard that sheâs a very joyous monty, i was worried she might lack the power or authority of other montyâs, but that simply wasnât the case. the only way i can think to describe how she plays him is incredibly oblivious to just how manipulative heâs being, while also clearly being on the brink of a breakdown as the show goes on. she has the audience absolutely hooked around her finger with every little wink and gesture, while also being very scary in act two during the jean scene and the father scene. the audience was so clearly on edge that not a single person laughed when she made the âfatherâ jokes. she bounces off the rest of the cast extremely well, and her and ahmed really make charles and monty feel like friends and like theyâre growing closer throughout the show (until theyâre not). sheâs very very smiley, but it only serves to make monty more charming and made me believe he truly has no clue that what heâs doing can be downright mean and controlling, itâs just what heâs always done and been expected to do. my god can she dance, and it is glorious. chloe almost broke her after the âwhat do we have to loseâ âthe warâ part of the pitch, which was brilliant, and chloe DID break her juan during the morgue scene. after juan didnât get his cake the entire crowd went âawwwâ which resulted in chloe turning to the audience and mocking the âawwwâ. maddie proceeded to very clearly giggle to herself so hard that she couldnât do the juan frown and was instead kinda manically grinning.
some specific acting moments that i jotted down and thought were great:
- maddie!monty doesnât know his left and rights (turn left at france) he does the L things with his hands before nodding to the left
- her cockney voice is so squeaky that i cried laughing in surprise
- âjames james⌠i think i might be sickâ
- she points a LOT, reminds me of alex with ties
- she does a split jump thing in jft
- very trans coded monty right here!! he crosses his hands over his chest a lot, especially post his first failed pitch when heâs talking to charles. maddie!monty might actually be the most trans coded monty iâve seen live.
- looks jean up and down in the pitch and mouths âwowâ
- her acting pre jft is so fucking good
- her scream when spilsbury comes through the blackboard is pure terror
- when maddie!juan has the yellow hat and phone he excitedly compares the two and mouths âamarilloâ to himself and it is ADORABLE OH MY GOD
- before calling haselden a genius, monty gives charles a sort of knowing look that solidified for me that maddie!monty is not using genius as a way to manipulate charles. the look she gives him very much reads like âwatch what iâm about to say to this dumbass, know youâre different because you are a geniusâ
- sheâs in the air a lot
- she REALLY does not want it to come out that monty is a filmmaker - other montyâs almost seem to be pretending to fight for the files back because they want to show off their brilliance, maddie!monty is terrified of people finding out
- âat least itâs not a bloody musicalâ followed by spinning in a circle, little leg kicks, and grinning at the audience in delight at his own jokes
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