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charliesmumBut I'm bored, so I'll say it anyway.
There's a commercial, I forget for what, where this guy weighs himself, then goes on a treadmill or something for a few minutes, then weighs himself again and is dissapointed that nothing's changed. That's how I feel. If life were fair, one would notice a change immediately upon starting exersize. Though I did do 40 minutes on the treadmill and ran for at least 5 of those minutes, so that's something.
My goal is to lose enough weight so I can audition to be Titania in A Midsummer's Night Dream that's going on in the summer. I'm too old to be Helena or Hermia, (and Hippolyta is a really small part, though I'd take it, because it is at least a speaking role.) At any rate, I'm hoping if I get in shape, I might be able to pull off Titania. I really want to be in a Shakespeare play before I die. I think I have the acting chops for it. At least I hope so.
Speaking of A Midsummer Night's Dream, we have this video borrowed from my in-laws of a RSC production of the play - but done like a film, starring a much younger Judi Dench. It was made in 1968 and the must have cost them about five pound fifty because the production value is horrible. And the guy playing Lysander was way too old for the role, and they were all dressed in clothes from 1968 for some reason. You'd think the RSC would have some period costumes lying around somewhere, but I guess they were going for a 'thing'. The girls were wearing those baby-doll dresses with peter pan collars and knee boots. Who ever thought that looked good? Judi Dench and all the faeries were painted green, and were nekkid. Well, Judi had some artful thingies over her breasts but still. Green and Nude. And the editing was horrible. They kept switching scenes for no reason other than maybe someone spent money on an editing machine and wanted to get good use out of it. Oh, and Oberon was kinda ugly. And skinny.
It was amusing.
I really need to go do something productive now. It's just so rainy and bleak today it is hard to get motivated.
Sigh.
There's a commercial, I forget for what, where this guy weighs himself, then goes on a treadmill or something for a few minutes, then weighs himself again and is dissapointed that nothing's changed. That's how I feel. If life were fair, one would notice a change immediately upon starting exersize. Though I did do 40 minutes on the treadmill and ran for at least 5 of those minutes, so that's something.
My goal is to lose enough weight so I can audition to be Titania in A Midsummer's Night Dream that's going on in the summer. I'm too old to be Helena or Hermia, (and Hippolyta is a really small part, though I'd take it, because it is at least a speaking role.) At any rate, I'm hoping if I get in shape, I might be able to pull off Titania. I really want to be in a Shakespeare play before I die. I think I have the acting chops for it. At least I hope so.
Speaking of A Midsummer Night's Dream, we have this video borrowed from my in-laws of a RSC production of the play - but done like a film, starring a much younger Judi Dench. It was made in 1968 and the must have cost them about five pound fifty because the production value is horrible. And the guy playing Lysander was way too old for the role, and they were all dressed in clothes from 1968 for some reason. You'd think the RSC would have some period costumes lying around somewhere, but I guess they were going for a 'thing'. The girls were wearing those baby-doll dresses with peter pan collars and knee boots. Who ever thought that looked good? Judi Dench and all the faeries were painted green, and were nekkid. Well, Judi had some artful thingies over her breasts but still. Green and Nude. And the editing was horrible. They kept switching scenes for no reason other than maybe someone spent money on an editing machine and wanted to get good use out of it. Oh, and Oberon was kinda ugly. And skinny.
It was amusing.
I really need to go do something productive now. It's just so rainy and bleak today it is hard to get motivated.
Sigh.
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on 2006-01-14 08:58 pm (UTC)First off, Puck was a woman. An older woman. Who, by the way, was a riot, in that wonderfully subtle way.
The two couples were wonderful as well - bookish Hermia and her sniffling poet Lysander and trailer-trash-esque Demetrius with weepy Helena. It was something to see.
Don't worry about it. Hopefully, you'll have a creative director and you may be surprised.
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on 2006-01-14 10:01 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-01-15 01:54 am (UTC)I would definitely advise anyone with any acting bug to try Shakespeare at least once in their life. I got to play Stephano in a production of "The Tempest" about six years ago. We did it in an open-air setting, in the courtyard of the music building on campus. I can honestly say that it was the most fun I've ever had doing a show.
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on 2006-01-15 02:59 am (UTC)Heh, it's so weird to see Lysander mentioned as a MSND character because that's my nephew's name.
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on 2006-01-15 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-01-15 12:19 pm (UTC)