'Vampire Amy' Star Wants Greater Diversy of Gay Characters

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• MA CHARACTERS    TARA TARA WEBSTERPLAYED BY XENIA GOODWTARA STARTS OUT AS THE NAïVE EVERYGIRL OF THE SERI, AND THE SHOW LARGELY REVOLV AROUND HER STORY AND DREAM TO BEE A FAMO DANCER. SHE WAS THE BT DANCER AT THE STUD HER SMALL TOWN, AND WHEN SHE GETS TO THE AMY, SHE LEARNS THAT SHE HAS SOME TCHG UP TO DO. THROUGHOUT THE SERI, SHE IS SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF HARDSHIPS, AND HAS THE MOST RELATNSHIP DRAMA OF ALL THE CHARACTERS BY FAR. BREAK THE CUTIE: IN SEASON TWO, DUE BED FACTORS OF SASKIA DUNN'S ABE, GRACE'S FLUENCE, AND CHRISTIAN CHEATG ON HER WH KAT. CLGY JEALO GIRL: TENDS TO BE THIS WH ALL OF HER BOYIENDS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OCSNS WHERE HER JEALOY IS JTIFIED. DU MAG: ETHAN, CHRISTIAN, AND BEN ALL DATED HER AT SOME POT. SHE EVEN LAMPSHAS THIS AN EPISO WHERE SHE PLAS THAT NO GUYS HAD A CSH ON HER AT THAT MOMENT, AND SHE WAS ED TO ALWAYS HAVG GUYS LIKE HER.NAïVE EVERYGIRL: SOMETIM.--> NAKED FIRST IMPRSN: SHE HAS JT STARTED CHANGG THE LOCKER, AND IS WEARG A BRA AND SKIRT, WHEN SHE FIRST MEETS CHRISTIAN WHEN HE HAPPENS TO WALK . SHE IS MORTIFIED. TECHNICIAN VS. PERFORMER: TARA AND ABIGAIL'S ONGOG RIVALRY SIMMERS DOWN AND FLAR UP OM TIME TO TIME, BUT BASILLY HG AROUND THIS IA. TARA IS THE PERFORMER. ORIGALLY THE TROPE IS PLAYED VERY STRAIGHT, WH THE NARRATIVE BEG TARA'S FAVOR, BUT AS THE SHOW WEARS ON, EXPLOR THE OTHER SI, SHOWG ABIGAIL'S PERSPECTIVE SYMPATHETILLY. ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH KAT AND SAMMY.    KAT KATRA "KAT" KARAMAKOVPLAYED BY ALICIA BANKAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TARA MEETS AT THE AMY, AND BE HER BT IEND. DPE BEG THE DGHTER OF FAMO DANCER NATASHA WILLIS, KAT DO NOT ENJOY BALLET, BUT IS AN EXCELLENT HIP HOP DANCER. HOWEVER, SHE STGGL WH FDG HER PLACE AT THE AMY, AS SHE OFTEN FEELS SHE DON'T F . AFTER LEAVG THE AMY SEASON TWO, SHE RETURNS AS A FIRST-YEAR LATER ON. ALLERATIVE NAME: KATRA KARAMAKOV. BIG EATER: THOUGH 'S A MORE REALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF ONE, AND NSTCTED WHEN WHICH HER TROUBLE LATER ON. BREAK THE CUTIE: MUCH LIKE TARA, SHE GO THROUGH A LOT THE URSE OF THE SERI, CLUDG LOSG SAMMY, STGGLG WH HER EATG, AND HAVG TO RETAKE FIRST-YEAR.GENKI GIRL--> FAMO ANCTOR: HER MOTHER IS NATASHA WILLIS, A FAMO PRCIPAL DANCER FOR THE COMPANY AND TARA'S ROLE MOL. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: KAT AND ETHAN RPECTIVELY THE FIRST SEASON.KAT: YOU'RE STILL GOLN BOY, I'M STILL CHILD OF CONCERN. "NOT SO DIFFERENT" REMARK: WH GRACE THE FAL EPISO, BOTH REALIZE THAT THEY ONLY DANCE BEE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WANT TO. RELATIVE ERROR: WHEN TARA FIRST MEETS THEM, SHE ASKS IF KAT AND ETHAN ARE TOGETHER. LATER, A PROSPECTIVE LOVE TERT OF KAT'S ASKS THE SAME THG.FOOTBALLER: BOYIEND OR EX? KAT: YUCK, UM, EW, NO: BROTHER. ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH TARA AND SAMMY.    SAMMY SAMUEL "SAMMY" LIEBERMANPLAYED BY TOM GREEN AMBIGUOLY BI: HE DAT ABIGAIL, THEN VELOPS A CSH ON CHRISTIAN. HE GO ON TO DATE OLLIE AND BASILLY OUT AS GAY. AFTER BREAKG UP WH OLLIE, HE KISS ABIGAIL AGA, AND LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ABOUT TO ENTHIASTILLY GET BACK TOGETHER WHEN HE DI, CUTTG SHORT. COMG-OUT STORY: HE GETS ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. AFTER VELOPG FEELS FOR ONE IS HIS IENDS, SAMMY START STARTS TO SPECT HE’S GAY. HE GO TO DATE A BOY AND E OUT AS GAY. BUT AFTER THEY BREAK UP, SAMMY SEEMS ON THE BRK OF GETTG BACK TOGETHER WH HIS EX-GIRLIEND—WHO HE DID HAVE REAL FEELGS FOR—AND FIGURG OUT THE BI THG. BUT THEN HIS UNTIMELY ATH CUTS SHORT.KILLED OFF FOR REAL--> MISTAKEN FOR GAY: HAPPENS TO SAMMY WHEN ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS VISG THE AMY ASKS FOR HIS NUMBER. ZIGZAGGED THAT SAMMY TURNS HIM DOWN, NOT SAYG HE DON’T LIKE BOYS, BUT THAT "THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE," THAT SOMEONE BEG ABIGAIL. LATER SAMMY LIK CHRISTIAN AND OLLIE, PROVG THE FOOTBALLER'S GAYDAR ACCURATE. WATCHG THAT SCENE HDSIGHT, READS LIKE FORHADOWG. NICE JEWISH BOY: SAMMY'S KD AND IENDLY, NTRAST WH BYRONIC HERO CHRISTIAN ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH TARA AND KAT. WHY COULDN'T YOU BE DIFFERENT?: HIS FATHER ISN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HIS DANCG, TO THE EXTENT HE STOPS PAYG SAMMY'S TUN SEASON TWO. THIS IS MOSTLY BEE DANCE IS A VERY RISKY REER, AND HIS DAD WANTS SAMMY TO HAVE A FANCIALLY SECURE PATH LIFE, ALTHOUGH THERE’S ALSO A SI OF GENR-BASED DISFORT BEE DANCG IS "FEME."    ABIGAIL ABIGAIL ARMSTRONGPLAYED BY DENA KAPLAN ALLERATIVE NAME: ABIGAIL ARMSTRONG.DEADPAN SNARKER--> DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: ABIGAIL IS IALLY QUE A HORRIBLE PERSON, BUT SAMMY'S PERSISTENCE AND SUPPORT OF HER EVENTUALLY MAK HER MUCH NICER AND SHE EVENTUALLY FALLS LOVE WH HIM SPE HER CLAIMS THAT SHE "[DON'T] DO EMOTNS."MANIPULATIVE BASTARD-->THE PERFECTNIST/CONTROL FREAK--> RAGE AGAST THE REFLECTN: ABIGAIL HAS NUMERO MOMENTS OF ANGST MIRRORS, AND SHE ONCE BREAKS TARA'S MIRROR BY KICKG A MOMENT OF SELF-HATRED. SHIP TEASE: WH ETHAN SEASON TWO. TECHNICIAN VS. PERFORMER: TARA AND ABIGAIL'S ONGOG RIVALRY SIMMERS DOWN AND FLAR UP OM TIME TO TIME, BUT BASILLY HG AROUND THIS IA. ABIGAIL IS THE TECHNICIAN. ORIGALLY THE TROPE IS PLAYED VERY STRAIGHT, WH THE NARRATIVE BEG TARA'S FAVOR, BUT AS THE SHOW WEARS ON, EXPLOR THE OTHER SI, SHOWG ABIGAIL'S PERSPECTIVE SYMPATHETILLY.    CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN REEDPLAYED BY JORDAN RODRIGUBYRONIC HERO-->DARK AND TROUBLED PAST-->DECEASED PARENTS ARE THE BT: HIS MOTHER-->FRIENDTO ALL CHILDREN--> JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: HE'S MOODY, CLOSED-OFF, AND N BE HORRIBLE TO HIS IENDS AT TIM, PECIALLY TARA. DPE HIS TROUBL, HE'S KDHEARTED EP DOWN, AND BE A TEACHER AT THE AMY TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND LOV . PARENTAL ABANDONMENT: HIS FATHER ABANDONED HIM AND HIS MOTHER DIED. THE STOIC: RARELY SHOWS MUCH EMOTN. TOOK A LEVEL KDNS: ALTHOUGH HE WAS NEVER FULL JERKASS DURG THE ORIGAL SERI, HE IS SIGNIFINTLY MORE KR THE MOVIE SCE BEG A TEACHER, TO THE POT WHERE HIS BREAK-UP WH TARA IS PRETTY JTIFIABLE.    ETHAN ETHAN KARAMAKOVPLAYED BY TIM POCKBIG BROTHER MENTOR: FOR KAT.--> PUT ON A B: TO BARCELONA BACK FOR THE FALE: OKAY, SO ETHAN ME BACK THE PENULTIMATE EPISO, NOT THE FALE, BUT HIS REAPPEARANCE AT THE END OF SEASON 2 STILL FILLS THIS TROPE. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: KAT AND ETHAN RPECTIVELY THE FIRST SEASON.KAT: YOU'RE STILL GOLN BOY, I'M STILL CHILD OF CONCERN. "NOT SO DIFFERENT" REMARK: WH GRACE THE FAL EPISO, BOTH REALIZE THAT THEY ONLY DANCE BEE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WANT TO. RELATIVE ERROR: WHEN TARA FIRST MEETS THEM, SHE ASKS IF KAT AND ETHAN ARE TOGETHER. LATER, A PROSPECTIVE LOVE TERT OF KAT'S ASKS THE SAME THG.FOOTBALLER: BOYIEND OR EX? KAT: YUCK, UM, EW, NO: BROTHER. SHIP TEASE: WH ABIGAIL SEASON TWO.    GRACE GRACE WHNEYPLAYED BY ISABEL DURANTBCH SHEEP'S CLOTHG--> KICK THE DOG: DANCG THE RED SHO TO MOCK TARA, KNOWG HOW MUCH MEANS TO HER AND AFTER EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENED WH SASKIA.MANIPULATIVE BASTARD--> PUT ON A B: DON'T APPEAR THE MOVIE. SECRET TT OF CHARACTER: SHE TELLS TARA THEIR TEACHER KISSED HER, TO SEE IF TARA WILL STAND BY HER. TARA DON’T. TEACHER/STUNT ROMANCE: SHE HAS A CSH ON HER TEACHER ZACH. HE’S GIVG HER PRIVATE LSONS AT THIS POT, AND TH HE’S PERHAPS THE ONLY PERSON HER LIFE WHO REALLY PAYS ATTENTN TO HER AND CHALLENG HER. DENSTCTED: SHE KISS HIM, HE DON’T RECIPROTE, AND ’S JT BAD. WOUND GAZELLE GAMB: A MAJOR ASPECT OF GRACE'S MO. EXAMPLE: STROYG TARA'S AND HER OWN SHO, TO NVCE TARA THAT ABIGAIL DID . YANRE: VERY CLOSE TO , WH HER ATTEMPTG TO HAVE ZACH FIRED WHEN HE REJECTS HER. ALSO SIAR HOW SHE HANDL HER IENDSHIPS WH ABIGAIL AND TARA...    BEN BEN TICKLEPLAYED BY THOMAS LACEY THE GENERIC GUY: NOT HIM, BUT HIS DANCG: HE'S A GREAT TECHNICIAN AND HAS GREAT CHARISMA, BUT THIS IS WHY HE DON'T GET A NTRACT; THE PANY ALREADY HAS MANY DANCERS LIKE HIM. DARK AND TROUBLED PAST: HE'S A NCER SURVIVOR. INNOCENT BIGOT: IN HIS FIRST EPISO, THANKS TO HIS NSTANTLY G THE WORD "GAY" 'S PEJORATIVE SENSE (AND SOME PROBLEMATIC STATEMENTS TO CHRISTIAN). SAMMY GIV HIM A TALK, AND HE QUICKLY SNAPS OUT OF . KEET: IN TERMS OF HYPERACTIVY.    OLLIE OLLIE LLOYDPLAYED BY KEIYNAN LONSDALEBRILLIANT, BUT LAZY--> PROMOTED TO OPENG TL: IN SEASON THREE.STRAIGHT GAY-->OTHER CHARACTERS

MA CHARACTERS    TARA TARA WEBSTERPLAYED BY XENIA GOODWTARA STARTS OUT AS THE NAïVE EVERYGIRL OF THE SERI, AND THE SHOW LARGELY REVOLV AROUND HER STORY AND DREAM TO BEE A FAMO DANCER. SHE WAS THE BT DANCER AT THE STUD HER SMALL TOWN, AND WHEN SHE GETS TO THE AMY, SHE LEARNS THAT SHE HAS SOME TCHG UP TO DO. THROUGHOUT THE SERI, SHE IS SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF HARDSHIPS, AND HAS THE MOST RELATNSHIP DRAMA OF ALL THE CHARACTERS BY FAR. BREAK THE CUTIE: IN SEASON TWO, DUE BED FACTORS OF SASKIA DUNN'S ABE, GRACE'S FLUENCE, AND CHRISTIAN CHEATG ON HER WH KAT. CLGY JEALO GIRL: TENDS TO BE THIS WH ALL OF HER BOYIENDS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OCSNS WHERE HER JEALOY IS JTIFIED. DU MAG: ETHAN, CHRISTIAN, AND BEN ALL DATED HER AT SOME POT. SHE EVEN LAMPSHAS THIS AN EPISO WHERE SHE PLAS THAT NO GUYS HAD A CSH ON HER AT THAT MOMENT, AND SHE WAS ED TO ALWAYS HAVG GUYS LIKE HER.NAïVE EVERYGIRL: SOMETIM.--> NAKED FIRST IMPRSN: SHE HAS JT STARTED CHANGG THE LOCKER, AND IS WEARG A BRA AND SKIRT, WHEN SHE FIRST MEETS CHRISTIAN WHEN HE HAPPENS TO WALK . SHE IS MORTIFIED. TECHNICIAN VS. PERFORMER: TARA AND ABIGAIL'S ONGOG RIVALRY SIMMERS DOWN AND FLAR UP OM TIME TO TIME, BUT BASILLY HG AROUND THIS IA. TARA IS THE PERFORMER. ORIGALLY THE TROPE IS PLAYED VERY STRAIGHT, WH THE NARRATIVE BEG TARA'S FAVOR, BUT AS THE SHOW WEARS ON, EXPLOR THE OTHER SI, SHOWG ABIGAIL'S PERSPECTIVE SYMPATHETILLY. ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH KAT AND SAMMY.    KAT KATRA "KAT" KARAMAKOVPLAYED BY ALICIA BANKAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TARA MEETS AT THE AMY, AND BE HER BT IEND. DPE BEG THE DGHTER OF FAMO DANCER NATASHA WILLIS, KAT DO NOT ENJOY BALLET, BUT IS AN EXCELLENT HIP HOP DANCER. HOWEVER, SHE STGGL WH FDG HER PLACE AT THE AMY, AS SHE OFTEN FEELS SHE DON'T F . AFTER LEAVG THE AMY SEASON TWO, SHE RETURNS AS A FIRST-YEAR LATER ON. ALLERATIVE NAME: KATRA KARAMAKOV. BIG EATER: THOUGH 'S A MORE REALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF ONE, AND NSTCTED WHEN WHICH HER TROUBLE LATER ON. BREAK THE CUTIE: MUCH LIKE TARA, SHE GO THROUGH A LOT THE URSE OF THE SERI, CLUDG LOSG SAMMY, STGGLG WH HER EATG, AND HAVG TO RETAKE FIRST-YEAR.GENKI GIRL--> FAMO ANCTOR: HER MOTHER IS NATASHA WILLIS, A FAMO PRCIPAL DANCER FOR THE COMPANY AND TARA'S ROLE MOL. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: KAT AND ETHAN RPECTIVELY THE FIRST SEASON.KAT: YOU'RE STILL GOLN BOY, I'M STILL CHILD OF CONCERN. "NOT SO DIFFERENT" REMARK: WH GRACE THE FAL EPISO, BOTH REALIZE THAT THEY ONLY DANCE BEE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WANT TO. RELATIVE ERROR: WHEN TARA FIRST MEETS THEM, SHE ASKS IF KAT AND ETHAN ARE TOGETHER. LATER, A PROSPECTIVE LOVE TERT OF KAT'S ASKS THE SAME THG.FOOTBALLER: BOYIEND OR EX? KAT: YUCK, UM, EW, NO: BROTHER. ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH TARA AND SAMMY.    SAMMY SAMUEL "SAMMY" LIEBERMANPLAYED BY TOM GREEN AMBIGUOLY BI: HE DAT ABIGAIL, THEN VELOPS A CSH ON CHRISTIAN. HE GO ON TO DATE OLLIE AND BASILLY OUT AS GAY. AFTER BREAKG UP WH OLLIE, HE KISS ABIGAIL AGA, AND LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ABOUT TO ENTHIASTILLY GET BACK TOGETHER WHEN HE DI, CUTTG SHORT. COMG-OUT STORY: HE GETS ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. AFTER VELOPG FEELS FOR ONE IS HIS IENDS, SAMMY START STARTS TO SPECT HE’S GAY. HE GO TO DATE A BOY AND E OUT AS GAY. BUT AFTER THEY BREAK UP, SAMMY SEEMS ON THE BRK OF GETTG BACK TOGETHER WH HIS EX-GIRLIEND—WHO HE DID HAVE REAL FEELGS FOR—AND FIGURG OUT THE BI THG. BUT THEN HIS UNTIMELY ATH CUTS SHORT.KILLED OFF FOR REAL--> MISTAKEN FOR GAY: HAPPENS TO SAMMY WHEN ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS VISG THE AMY ASKS FOR HIS NUMBER. ZIGZAGGED THAT SAMMY TURNS HIM DOWN, NOT SAYG HE DON’T LIKE BOYS, BUT THAT "THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE," THAT SOMEONE BEG ABIGAIL. LATER SAMMY LIK CHRISTIAN AND OLLIE, PROVG THE FOOTBALLER'S GAYDAR ACCURATE. WATCHG THAT SCENE HDSIGHT, READS LIKE FORHADOWG. NICE JEWISH BOY: SAMMY'S KD AND IENDLY, NTRAST WH BYRONIC HERO CHRISTIAN ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH TARA AND KAT. WHY COULDN'T YOU BE DIFFERENT?: HIS FATHER ISN'T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HIS DANCG, TO THE EXTENT HE STOPS PAYG SAMMY'S TUN SEASON TWO. THIS IS MOSTLY BEE DANCE IS A VERY RISKY REER, AND HIS DAD WANTS SAMMY TO HAVE A FANCIALLY SECURE PATH LIFE, ALTHOUGH THERE’S ALSO A SI OF GENR-BASED DISFORT BEE DANCG IS "FEME."    ABIGAIL ABIGAIL ARMSTRONGPLAYED BY DENA KAPLAN ALLERATIVE NAME: ABIGAIL ARMSTRONG.DEADPAN SNARKER--> DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: ABIGAIL IS IALLY QUE A HORRIBLE PERSON, BUT SAMMY'S PERSISTENCE AND SUPPORT OF HER EVENTUALLY MAK HER MUCH NICER AND SHE EVENTUALLY FALLS LOVE WH HIM SPE HER CLAIMS THAT SHE "[DON'T] DO EMOTNS."MANIPULATIVE BASTARD-->THE PERFECTNIST/CONTROL FREAK--> RAGE AGAST THE REFLECTN: ABIGAIL HAS NUMERO MOMENTS OF ANGST MIRRORS, AND SHE ONCE BREAKS TARA'S MIRROR BY KICKG A MOMENT OF SELF-HATRED. SHIP TEASE: WH ETHAN SEASON TWO. TECHNICIAN VS. PERFORMER: TARA AND ABIGAIL'S ONGOG RIVALRY SIMMERS DOWN AND FLAR UP OM TIME TO TIME, BUT BASILLY HG AROUND THIS IA. ABIGAIL IS THE TECHNICIAN. ORIGALLY THE TROPE IS PLAYED VERY STRAIGHT, WH THE NARRATIVE BEG TARA'S FAVOR, BUT AS THE SHOW WEARS ON, EXPLOR THE OTHER SI, SHOWG ABIGAIL'S PERSPECTIVE SYMPATHETILLY.    CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN REEDPLAYED BY JORDAN RODRIGUBYRONIC HERO-->DARK AND TROUBLED PAST-->DECEASED PARENTS ARE THE BT: HIS MOTHER-->FRIENDTO ALL CHILDREN--> JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: HE'S MOODY, CLOSED-OFF, AND N BE HORRIBLE TO HIS IENDS AT TIM, PECIALLY TARA. DPE HIS TROUBL, HE'S KDHEARTED EP DOWN, AND BE A TEACHER AT THE AMY TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND LOV . PARENTAL ABANDONMENT: HIS FATHER ABANDONED HIM AND HIS MOTHER DIED. THE STOIC: RARELY SHOWS MUCH EMOTN. TOOK A LEVEL KDNS: ALTHOUGH HE WAS NEVER FULL JERKASS DURG THE ORIGAL SERI, HE IS SIGNIFINTLY MORE KR THE MOVIE SCE BEG A TEACHER, TO THE POT WHERE HIS BREAK-UP WH TARA IS PRETTY JTIFIABLE.    ETHAN ETHAN KARAMAKOVPLAYED BY TIM POCKBIG BROTHER MENTOR: FOR KAT.--> PUT ON A B: TO BARCELONA BACK FOR THE FALE: OKAY, SO ETHAN ME BACK THE PENULTIMATE EPISO, NOT THE FALE, BUT HIS REAPPEARANCE AT THE END OF SEASON 2 STILL FILLS THIS TROPE. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: KAT AND ETHAN RPECTIVELY THE FIRST SEASON.KAT: YOU'RE STILL GOLN BOY, I'M STILL CHILD OF CONCERN. "NOT SO DIFFERENT" REMARK: WH GRACE THE FAL EPISO, BOTH REALIZE THAT THEY ONLY DANCE BEE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WANT TO. RELATIVE ERROR: WHEN TARA FIRST MEETS THEM, SHE ASKS IF KAT AND ETHAN ARE TOGETHER. LATER, A PROSPECTIVE LOVE TERT OF KAT'S ASKS THE SAME THG.FOOTBALLER: BOYIEND OR EX? KAT: YUCK, UM, EW, NO: BROTHER. SHIP TEASE: WH ABIGAIL SEASON TWO.    GRACE GRACE WHNEYPLAYED BY ISABEL DURANTBCH SHEEP'S CLOTHG--> KICK THE DOG: DANCG THE RED SHO TO MOCK TARA, KNOWG HOW MUCH MEANS TO HER AND AFTER EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENED WH SASKIA.MANIPULATIVE BASTARD--> PUT ON A B: DON'T APPEAR THE MOVIE. SECRET TT OF CHARACTER: SHE TELLS TARA THEIR TEACHER KISSED HER, TO SEE IF TARA WILL STAND BY HER. TARA DON’T. TEACHER/STUNT ROMANCE: SHE HAS A CSH ON HER TEACHER ZACH. HE’S GIVG HER PRIVATE LSONS AT THIS POT, AND TH HE’S PERHAPS THE ONLY PERSON HER LIFE WHO REALLY PAYS ATTENTN TO HER AND CHALLENG HER. DENSTCTED: SHE KISS HIM, HE DON’T RECIPROTE, AND ’S JT BAD. WOUND GAZELLE GAMB: A MAJOR ASPECT OF GRACE'S MO. EXAMPLE: STROYG TARA'S AND HER OWN SHO, TO NVCE TARA THAT ABIGAIL DID . YANRE: VERY CLOSE TO , WH HER ATTEMPTG TO HAVE ZACH FIRED WHEN HE REJECTS HER. ALSO SIAR HOW SHE HANDL HER IENDSHIPS WH ABIGAIL AND TARA...    BEN BEN TICKLEPLAYED BY THOMAS LACEY THE GENERIC GUY: NOT HIM, BUT HIS DANCG: HE'S A GREAT TECHNICIAN AND HAS GREAT CHARISMA, BUT THIS IS WHY HE DON'T GET A NTRACT; THE PANY ALREADY HAS MANY DANCERS LIKE HIM. DARK AND TROUBLED PAST: HE'S A NCER SURVIVOR. INNOCENT BIGOT: IN HIS FIRST EPISO, THANKS TO HIS NSTANTLY G THE WORD "GAY" 'S PEJORATIVE SENSE (AND SOME PROBLEMATIC STATEMENTS TO CHRISTIAN). SAMMY GIV HIM A TALK, AND HE QUICKLY SNAPS OUT OF . KEET: IN TERMS OF HYPERACTIVY.    OLLIE OLLIE LLOYDPLAYED BY KEIYNAN LONSDALEBRILLIANT, BUT LAZY--> PROMOTED TO OPENG TL: IN SEASON THREE.STRAIGHT GAY-->OTHER CHARACTERS

8 percent of the men dance pani overall were gay, while they nsired 53 percent of the men their own pani to be gay.