11.   Some NBA teams, despite an abundance of talent, flounder because those roles go unanswered.

12.   So you sort of have to wait for Opening Day to see what your role is going to be.

13.   Such a role would go far beyond any sensible mandate.

14.   That eye-batting role goes to Alice Faye.

15.   The odd-man-out role goes to Richard Witter, given a solo in which he repeatedly collapses and then rolls on his shoulder.

16.   The plum roles suddenly went to other dancers.

17.   The principal roles go to Jose Llana, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Robert Montano, Sophia Salguero and Kate Suber.

18.   The role eventually went to newcomer Matthew McConaughey.

19.   The role finally went to Dean Cain, an inexperienced actor who had been a college football star.

20.   The role went to Claire Danes.