Thanks to Amy and Mark for their comments, which are much appreciated. The biggest casting problem for me, which I alluded to the other day, was our leading man - the fact is, I had no choice at all - there were no other candidates and we ran out of time. I knew it was a problem when I gave him the role but I was assured that since he'd have the script and demo for eight weeks, all would be well. It wasn't. I almost let Cason do it, but in the end, this very talented man was just in over his head and not right for the part. We'll get that right next time. I liked the George better than Amy and Mark, partially because he's the spitting image of the film George, and partially because of his tongue (we have a joke about George's porn nickname - wrote it before meeting Russ, but he's got some tongue, that's all I'll say). And I guess we now know the number I was not going to give away - so mum's the word on it. It really is the biggest improvement on the film - it replaces a scene I never liked and it lands perfectly. And the song does exactly what I wanted it to - it gets squeals of laughter that grow each time a new and unexpected rhyme comes in. We had four teenage girls there Monday night who were literally screaming with laughter at each new verse.
