The Ballad of Bebe

The Ballad of Bebe is the title of a Season One episode of Center Stage. It created a minor controversy at the time for its parody of the movie Sophie's Choice.

Production
The final scene of the episode is a parody of the scene in the movie Sophie's Choice where Sophie is forced to choose which of her children to send to a concentration camp. The dialogue is taken almost verbatim from the film.

The initial title of the episode was "Bebe's Choice", but Parish changed it to avoid making the reference to the film overly blatant.

In the scene in which Bebe shows Alex the VHS tape she found in his dressing room, Kathy Parish told Kevin Levine to ad lib the most vile titles he could think of that could still make it to air. Though the cut in which Levine says "Child Predators of the Midwest" was used, other takes featured Levine ad libbing other titles, including "Abortions Caught On Tape" and "The Catholic's Guide to Child Molestation".