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 i’d 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 she’s a very joyous monty, i was worried she might lack the power or authority of other monty’s, but that simply wasn’t the case. the only way i can think to describe how she plays him is incredibly oblivious to just how manipulative he’s 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 “father” 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 they’re growing closer throughout the show (until they’re not). she’s very very smiley, but it only serves to make monty more charming and made me believe he truly has no clue that what he’s doing can be downright mean and controlling, it’s just what he’s always done and been expected to do. my god can she dance, and it is glorious. chloe almost broke her after the “what do we have to lose” “the war” part of the pitch, which was brilliant, and chloe DID break her juan during the morgue scene. after juan didn’t get his cake the entire crowd went “awww” which resulted in chloe turning to the audience and mocking the “awww”. maddie proceeded to very clearly giggle to herself so hard that she couldn’t do the juan frown and was instead kinda manically grinning.
some specific acting moments that i jotted down and thought were great:
- maddie!monty doesn’t 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
- “james james… i think i might be sick”
- 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 he’s talking to charles. maddie!monty might actually be the most trans coded monty i’ve seen live.
- looks jean up and down in the pitch and mouths “wow”
- 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 “amarillo” 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 “watch what i’m about to say to this dumbass, know you’re different because you are a genius”
- she REALLY does not want it to come out that monty is a filmmaker - other monty’s 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
- “at least it’s not a bloody musical” followed by spinning in a circle, little leg kicks, and grinning at the audience in delight at his own jokes
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