... and the curtain rises to reveal the all the contestants except Gracie aka Gracie-Lou Freebush who is waiting at the side to run into her position as the girls walk onto the stage from the stairs. The sequence I am analysing ends when Gracie finds out that Matthews a fellow FBI agent, and Melling, her make-up man have agreed with her that the Miss United States pageant is going to be the victim of an attack. The FBI, whom both Gracie and Eric are agents for pulled out of the investigation. The sequence begins with the curtain on stage rising to reveal the contestants from each of America's 50 states on the steps. The curtain rising would not only mark the start of the show, but also signifies that the hopes of the contestants are being raised by going on stage, because their dream of being on the stage of the ...

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