The point of the quick cutting between these two women’s lives is to get the audience used to the fast
paced lifestyle and the rhythm of the rest of the film (Chicago Commentary 06:31). It tells us that
the rest of the musical numbers will be just as fast paced and continuously crosscut. Now that the
characters have been introduced and we are engrossed with these two women, the plot can take
off and we begin our journey with Roxie.