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.

mistakes in positioning. 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,

Both Wynn and Candice

was as serious as she was meticulous; it was as if no one on

"But in contrast, even if she made zero mistakes, Zoe's performance is

words-the one who made zero

all since the cameras

why I said that?" Hailey

micto Zoe, who replied,

could even put it this way: you were playing Cora Levine, not Zoe York,” Hailey said, cutting straight

my opinion, Cora's interpretation of

Take Hamlet for an example—the character had been played by countless characters over centuries, but

nodded, too fearful to

had simply copied

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

critique left

wanted to stave elimination, and was therefore afraid to