Jay Binder

If the first part of the journey is the high school for performing arts and the training and learning if you have what it takes and learning how ruthless it can be and, and, and what's required of you, then that documentary gets into an even more real world brutal assessment of the process, which really captivated me, and I want to say it, it did so with great surprise to myself.

I'm not a musical theater guy.

I wasn't a theater kid.

I often poke gentle fun at actors for the silliness of the profession without really giving due diligence to how impressive it is to stick with it in the face of the overwhelming rejection.

[upbeat music] [students cheering] [laughs] I mean, apparently there's electric bass going on and a full drum kit.

I know.

I am that guy.

[upbeat music] [students cheering] And, you know, it goes on from there.