Elisabeth Shue what a part

Elisabeth Shue what a part

Elisabeth Shue was an Academy award nominated actress. She was a pretty big star in the nineties. She was in a variety of different films and played a variety of different roles. She was getting a bit older and the roles that she was being offered were no longer the best in quality or that plentiful. She began to take smaller roles and roles in lesser films. She was never really a full on leading actress even in her peak period. She was offered a role in a comedic film that was aimed at children and teenagers. It was something in mould of Spykids or a Nickelodeon type of film. She would play the mother. It was a decent sized film so she decided to take the job. It wasn’t the best script and it was kind of corny, but it was a pretty big production.

The film was about a family that were on a road trip across the country trying to get to a theme park. The main idea was that they had their car and some of their things stolen and they had to try to make their way to where they were going. It was sort of like a race against the clock sort of picture where they had to get where they were going by a certain time. They had to find ways of earning money and getting transport to where they were going.

There was a scene where they found themselves on a gameshow in an attempt to win some money and prizes so they could get closer to where they were trying to be. Her character was sat in underneath a bucket dump that was similar to the one that was used on Wild Animal Games. The game was a quiz between one Elisabeth’s character’s children and another child. That person’s father was sat underneath a similar bucket dump next to her. It was explained that the winning team would get the prize of a new car and the losing team’s parent would have the contents of the bucket dump poured all over them.

The scenes before showed the family passing by and seeing a flyer for the show. There was a scene where they argued about taking part and who would be taking part. It then showed her sat under the bucket dump. She was then shown squirming and crossing her fingers, hoping that her team would win and she would avoid getting dumped upon.

It was shot in a way that was not like the way a gameshow would be shot. There were quick cuts showing the other child getting an answer correct, followed by a reaction shot of Elisabeth’s character. She started out looking anxious but hopeful and ended up annoyed and angry. This was played for comic effect. The other child was portrayed as a boffin and a genius who got all of the questions correct.

The presenter then shown congratulating the winning team and handing them the keys to the new car. They celebrated together. Elisabeth rolled her eyes. Her on screen husband and the other child were shown. They looked nervous, not because they lost, but because Elisabeth’s character was steamed.

There was then a shot of the audience clapping. The presenter then said,” Well, congratulations to them. They did so well, but we do have the matter of our losing team. Only one team can win. Unfortunately, the Mom from the losing team has to pay the price. Sorry Mom.” She was shown shaking her head in disgust and anger. The crowd were then shown cheering. “We all know what that means.” Everyone cheered. “Let’s see what we have in the bucket dump today shall we?” There was then a shot from above showing everyone what was inside it. It was filled with chocolate sauce. “That’s right chocolate syrup and lots of it. Sorry Mom.”

The presenter then pulled the release valve on the bucket dump. The chocolate syrup fell down one level and then to the second. Elizabeth looked up and raised her shoulders just as the chocolate sauce began to pour down upon her face. It came down in lines at first. She was forced to close her eyes and mouth quickly as the chocolate sauce poured over her face. The pace then began to quicken. There was a huge wave of the chocolate that poured onto her hair and face. More poured down her body, over her shoulders, down her back and all over her chest. More then poured down upon her legs and down to the floor. She was soon covered in it.

There were shots of the audience and her family members laughing and cheering. Her husband tried not to laugh but he could not help it. The host was then shown thanking the audience and the contestants as the show ended. She was seen standing up behind him and shaking her head. She was covered in chocolate. She looked very annoyed.

As the show ended, she stomped off set. She walked past her family. They were lost for words. She looked at them and said,” Don’t… just don’t even.”