Bunheads
While last week’s episode hinted at the financial disarray Fanny was in, this week the issue is brought to the forefront. Like much else Fanny’s life moves at a different rhythm to everyone elses. And since they live in a sleepy town where almost everyone knows everyone, Fanny’s season of payment is plausible, though not entirely. Part small-town cookiness, part Fanny’s people skills, part trust the older generation seems to have (that the younger generation is too jaded to have) and I’m ready to believe this.
Michelle tries to make sense of it, but her big-city brains fail to comprehend small-town workings. She would’ve probably let go of it had local too, had local dance accessory shop owner not come over to collect his dues. Michelle discovers Fanny operates the dance school mostly on scholarships, making the dance school not a profitable venture for her. Michelle suggests making the students pay for their classes (does NOT work out), then suggests adding more classes to compensate for the scholarships; Fanny rightly says she needs more help and asks Michelle to teach, but she is adamantly against the idea. It’s not just the fear of commitment holding her back, the larger reason is that becoming a teacher means hanging up your professional dancing career shoes. Michelle’s just not ready to do that as yet. Maybe it’s a fear of commitment to that aspect of her career too; to stay in limbo, that’s where shes’s most comfortable at. Slightly nested, but not completely settled in. If she begins teaching here, she’s made the conscious decision that this is her life now.
Boo begins work at the Oyster Bar this week, where the owner’s son has returned from a spiritual trip. In true teenage fashion, all the girls fawn all over him, use their best tactics to get his attention (be older and bolder). They show up everyday, wear their fanciest clothes, and act as worldly as they can. Boo who’s too busy working (and crushing on Melanie’s brother) to pay attention to him, is the one who ends up being the one he shows interest in (please don’t be a pedo) and becomes friends with him (behind the dumpster). Another reason for Sasha to be antagonised by Boo.
Who could ignore these beauties?
At the town fair, when Fanny’s class performs; Michelle realises that as crazy as Fanny’s system is, it’s a system that has rewards worth teaching for. Fanny also comes to accept that Hubbel is no longer there to pick up her financial slack and that she needs to start taking care of herself now.
Which reminds me: what happened to Hubbel’s shoe shop? Can’t it be rented or something?
