May 27, 2009 08:41
As I have now hit my 6 years with the Weirdoes I am reminded of how much things have changed, how I have changed, and how I think it might be time to give up Rocky.
I missed last weekends shows, and I already heard of the drama there-in. Has there always been drama on cast? Hell to the yes. With the variety of people drawn to our cast some personalities will clash with one another. Do I ever remember people stealing clothing from other actors? Yes, and the people that did it before were quickly hated by everyone else on cast because we felt as a whole that it was a violation of the spirit of family that the weirdoes have.
Do I know the whole story? No, and frankly I'm sick of hearing about it already. All parties involved are wrong for doing what they did. The takers, for doing it, and the take-ies, for overreacting and going insane. I lost a ton of respect for all parties involved, cause you all broke rule number one of the weirdoes. BE NICE. You can hate the people all you want outside of the show. No one is asking you to hang out with them every waking moment. But at the shows and rehearsal you should be civil and professional. If you don't like being around certain people maybe you should remove yourself as quickly as you can from them when rehearsal and shows are over.
But frankly, I shouldn't have to explain all this if you guys were even half the people that we had previously on cast. You have made me go from taking joy and pride in performing to dreading the mention of Rocky Horror. The shows are no longer fun, the rehearsals do nothing for the performers, and this family is broken. Please for the love of god grow up and show some civility toward each other.
Something else that might help is realizing that all of you suck as well. Egos are getting too large. Each and every one of us can put on a great show, but so can monkeys in a zoo. You are no better than a chimp filling poo, remember that. None of you have performed as many roles as I have and for as long as I have, and I still forget things all the time and suck at it. There is no such thing as a perfect performance, and sometimes not even a great performance, we can all improve. But people who have been doing this for a year, or two or three have no room to talk and say that "they are the best." You aren't. Ofir is, and always will be, that's why he can direct you. And even he isn't perfect at everything. I know I'm close to blasphamy, but he isn't perfect at everything, just most things.
I will most likely be taking a break because Rocky has become a chore as opposed to something fun. I hope to god that things change for the better instead of the direction they are heading.
Love you, mean it, grow the fuck up.