Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Mollie Who?
By Potes | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on 04.04.2006
But alas, Tyra gets up. At first, she seems weak and shaken, and then she jumps up and screams that today they're going to learn about acting. Instead of looking pleasantly surprised and excited, the girls look like they're a little betrayed and pissed that Tyra is such a punk. It's the same look Season 5's Nicole had when she was in the final two on bogus non-elimination night. Only Jade looks mildly amused, because she, too, is evil. Furonda cries, which makes Tyra feel a little like an jerk, and rightfully so. Furonda interviews that Tyra is too good an actress, and that it was a mean trick that she played. The first part of that statement was both scripted and false. Tyra tells the girls that she played the mean trick because they are going to learn all about acting this week, and must be both convincing and real, (allegedly) like her own breasts. She says that they'll have to be in a commercial and "say the words and be convincing." She fainted to show them how you really have to go for it and commit to a role. To make up for her trick, she gives them cheap pink tank tops that have their names on the front and "I am going to shine" on the back. Jade immediately begins to cross out this slogan and bedazzle, "I am the undiscovered supermodel" on hers. Tyra tells the girls to be good actress-models and make their mama proud. By "mama," she means herself. She flounces off. Nnenna ends the scene by saying, "I'm too gouchable." Either she means "gullible," or I wasn't aware that there was a single word meaning "demonstrating willingness to let oneself be pawed by a stranger dressed in a loincloth."
The girls head to The Groundlings theater, where they meet Jeremy Rowley, improv coach. He tells them that a lot of very successful performers have come from that theater, including Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Coolidge, and the long forgotten Pee-wee Herman. This should be someone's cue that all they have to do for the next two hours is say, "I know you are, but what am I," and they will win the challenge. Jeremy says that even Tyra has taken classes at The Groundlings, and has performed on the very stage where he stands as a celebrity guest. Her fabulous sense of humor is one trait that Tyra does indeed share with her idol, Oprah Winfrey. Jade, who is wearing giant white hooker boots, says that she's always wanted to take acting lessons, and that she thinks she was "made for the stage." The girls will have to partake of some improv games, in which Jeremy will help their personalities to shine through. Mollie Sue is excited about this, because she's still convinced that she actually has a personality.