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| SUMMARY |
Honey arrives at Silvercup Studios and finds herself thrown into hair and makeup by a harried production member. After a single moment of privacy, Honey is led onto set where production on the Jadakiss video is in full swing. As a snippy choreographer directs a team of dancers, Michael Ellis announces that it's not working. Honey practices dance moves until Michael calls her over and introduces her to the choreographer, who hates Honey immediately. Honey falls into the routine with the other backup dancers, but Michael still isn't happy. He asks Honey to dance like she's in the club, inspiring her to show off some completely different moves that Michael loves. To the choreographer's dismay, Michael instructs the other backup dancers to follow along with Honey. After the shoot is over, Honey approaches Michael, who informs her that she won't be bartending at the club anymore. |
| ANALYSIS |
Here, Honey is forced to hit the ground running as she is thrown headfirst into the industry of her dreams. While the audience has grown to love Honey as a personable and talented individual, in this environment, she's just one more dancer with a job to do. Compared to the other dancers, in fact, Honey is such a mess that the crew member in charge of her barks, "I know, I know!" when hair and makeup gets a glimpse of her. Thus, we learn along with Honey that the music video industry does not exist to spare people's feelings. In a moment of privacy within the chaos, Honey takes a moment to examine her body in the mirror and "let it all hang out," showing us that she has insecurities just like you and me. This is yet another indication that Honey is down to earth, and allows the viewer once again to relate and look up to her at the same time. However, perhaps a more compelling plot development than "Even Honey feels fat sometimes" is the question of why Honey has this entire room to herself on such a hectic, crowded set. The answer, of course, is that every other dancer arrived on time and is already made up, dressed, and performing in front of the camera. Indeed, it is fully understandable when the sharp-faced choreographer fails to be delighted at Honey's very existence, as everyone else in Honey seems to be. On the other hand, Honey's natural talent makes the choreographer's job quite a bit easier as she picks up the entire routine after observing it only once. While Honey masterfully emulates the dancers onstage, however, the viewer is compelled to wonder how on earth she has managed to never get hired until now. The evidence at our disposal, unfortunately -- Honey doesn't have a cell phone, doesn't bother to find out when open auditions are, is unspeakably late to her first job, and doesn't take responsibility for any of these things -- indicates that she is her own worst enemy. Fortunately, Honey is not alone in her unprofessionalism, as Michael and the choreographer appear to be starring in a vocational training video entitled "How to Ensure You Will Never Work Again." While we appreciate the choreographer's indignance in response to Michael’s unprofessionalism, it is difficult to imagine how she was hired in the first place when she clearly has nothing but contempt for Michael and his vision. Michael's vision, it turns out, is letting Honey redo all the choreography in the video, seemingly wasting the producers' time and money; in the end, however, Honey’s amazing dance moves speak for themselves and the video shoot is a success. After seeing her struggle through so much adversity already, Honey's triumph is the viewer's triumph as well. |
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