History PlayingWith / ThePrimaDonna

* '''Downplayed''': Belladonna has a list of demands, but they are all relatively reasonable.

* '''Justified''': All of Belladonna's demands are spelled out clearly in her contract, so she expects that the director knows exactly what they signed up for when they hired her.

* '''Deconstructed''': Belladonna builds a notorious reputation as a demanding diva, making it harder for her to get hired. She refuses to compromise for fear of being devalued -- if she caves even once, then others will expect her to make even more sacrifices. This threat is made far worse by her past behavior, as plenty of old coworkers would [[BreakTheHaughty love to see her humbled]]. Eventually, she faces the difficult choice of making sacrifices to further her career or sticking to her prima donna ways at the cost of finding less work.

* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': Belladonna realizes that acting like a diva makes people resent her and drives people away...people that ''could'' help her get ahead. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap To salvage her career]], Belladonna starts treating everyone better and stops making unreasonable requests.

** Belladonna makes completely off-the-wall and unusual demands, like ''insisting'' that everyone should wear a pink ribbon in their hair and and {{uncanny valley makeup}} in their faces while filming a scene, whether they're male or female, cast or crew.

** Belladonna assures The cast and crew that she won't overbearing.

* '''Double Subverted''': Unfortunately, this is [[BitchInSheepsClothing all an act]], and behind her smiling mask lurks a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] who gleefully engineers the downfall of anyone who doesn't treat her with the respect she believes she deserves.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Belladonna makes completely off-the-wall and unusual demands, like ''insisting'' that everyone should wear a pink ribbon in their hair while filming a scene, whether they're male or female, cast or crew.

* '''Inverted''': Belladonna is an ExtremeDoormat who always does what she's told and never asks anything of anyone.
* '''Subverted''': Onstage and backstage, Belladonna is a kind, thoughtful actress who doesn't make any unreasonable requests and treats her coworkers like equals.

* '''Deconstructed''': Belladonna builds a notorious reputation as a demanding diva, making it harder for her to get hired. She refuses to compromise for fear of being devalued -- if she caves even once, then others will expect her to make even more sacrifices. This threat is made far worse by her past behavior, as plenty of old coworkers would [[BreakTheHaughty love to see her humbled]]. Eventually, she faces the difficult choice of making sacrifices to further her career or sticking to her prima donna ways at the cost of finding less work.
* '''Reconstructed''': Belladonna realizes that acting like a diva makes people resent her and drives people away...people that ''could'' help her get ahead. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap To salvage her career]], Belladonna starts treating everyone better and stops making unreasonable requests.

* '''Defied''': Belladonna assures The cast and crew that she won't overbearing.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': [[NaiveNewcomer Natalie]] is trying to make a name for herself as an actress, but is challenged at every turn by Belladonna, who refuses to let this classless ''twit'' share her spotlight--!

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* '''Inverted''': Belladonna makes one big request, then never makes another one again.

* '''Averted''': The director refuses to hire ''anyone'' who might act this way.

* '''Defied''': Belladonna is a YamatoNadeshiko who always does what she's told and never asks anything of anyone.

** The casting department hires two such persons who absolutely can't stand each other, and allows a hidden camera show to record their antics. HilarityEsues.