Sing (2016) Auditions Scene

In a world of anthropomorphic animals, in the happy little town of Calatonia, theater owner koala Buster Moon tells his cowardly and wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of 1, 000, to promote his theatre following financial problems brought up by grumpy and selfish bank representative llama Judith. A mishap involving the glass eye of Buster s assistant, elderly iguana Miss Crawly, leads to two extra zeroes being applied to the flyer s computer document, mistakenly saying the prize is 100, 000. The misprinted flyers are then blown out the window into the street by a desk fan. Animals from all around the city gather for auditions. Those selected include: excitable and enthusiastic housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita; cheerful and wild punkrock porcupine Ash; worrisome and dreamy mobster s son gorilla Johnny; and selfish and bitter street musician mouse Mike. Shy and softspoken teenage elephant Meena fails her audition out of stage fright, while Ash s nononsense boy