A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 698

Zoe wanted to challenge herself-she would abandon Cora’s interpretation of the character and make a completely new character instead. However, doing so had its risks; the audience might not be used to the new character since it went against what they remembered, which in turn would lead to her being slaughtered.

After thinking things through, Zoe decided to stick to Cora’s interpretation.

The audience began to vote after the contestants’ performances before the program moved on to the judges’ comments.

Hailey was the most experienced amongst the judges, and she had been watching solemnly.

She was even more solemn after watching Zoe’s team’s performance.

Zoe, Wynn, and Candice felt their hearts racing nervously.

They more or less managed to recreate the performance as it was, but had no idea if the judges and audience would buy it. 1

Hailey then spoke, “First and foremost, it’s commendable that the performance overall was replicated without obvious mistakes. Naturally, there were some minor mishaps. For example, corpsing, aren’t we, Wynn?”

Wynn smiled in embarrassment and nodded. The studio audience laughed in amusement.

You were too quick with your lines,” Hailey added bluntly, pointing out all their mistakes. “It may be normal to make mistakes while you’re on stage, but even if you didn’t have much time to prepare, mistakes should always

and

was as serious as she was meticulous; it was as if no one on stage could pull the wool over her

contrast, even if she made zero mistakes, Zoe’s performance is the worst

words-the

afraid to react at all since the

I said that?”

host promptly passed the micto Zoe, who replied, “Please

way: you were playing Cora

my opinion, Cora’s interpretation of the character

an excuse. Take Hamlet for an example—the character had been played by countless

and Zoe nodded, too fearful to

was true-she had

performance and do well. In contrast. Candice and Wynn were breathing new life to their characters despite their mistakes. On the other hand, you didn’t, and I actually find your performance a waste of

exceedingly sharp critique left

she wanted to stave elimination, and