I'm getting ready for work this morning, you know, mascara or whatever, and Sita walks in just as I'm saying to myself in the mirror, "You are a fragile flower
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The origin of the world--it's true enough...the gateway through which we all pass (well, except for C-section babies but, still, they got in through that same gateway). It's ironic that vaginas get associated with weakness. They're pretty fucking powerful, if you ask me. Courbet certainly agreed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Origine_du_monde
Re: allow mecsecooneyDecember 22 2013, 14:04:10 UTC
It's so interesting, because Mrs. Shaw's monologue is sort of about the misuse of the word "vagina" which she insists is the internal apparatus of the female genitalia. So that when her students, for example, talk about getting "their vaginas waxed" she must take a stand and speak about anatomy.
She uses the nice, strong, 4-letter, rhymes-with-blunt word an awful lot in her monologue. More times in four minutes, she says, than she's ever had occasion to use it in real life.
I actually quite like the word. It sort of encompasses the whole package: substance and, er, accident. If you want to get theological about things. Like Courbet.
Indentured to your art! Now that's an almost fun way of looking at a student loan :-)
The power of your acting and the force of your personality do make you a fragile flower. I can completely believe it of you. Fragility has to do with vulnerability, and while you do your best to be strong and to make yourself strong, you know all about vulnerability. You are going to rock this role; you are going to make people understand fragility and vulnerability like they never have before.
Tall order, Francesca. Frikkin tall. I will have to ask a LOT of three year olds to come to this play, so as to assure myself they haven't seen MUCH before.
Then I'll feel guilty. 'Cause they're, like, three. And this play is not for three year olds.
:D
But, yeah, I will surely be rocking SOMETHING in this role. I hope I don't break the table...
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She uses the nice, strong, 4-letter, rhymes-with-blunt word an awful lot in her monologue. More times in four minutes, she says, than she's ever had occasion to use it in real life.
I actually quite like the word. It sort of encompasses the whole package: substance and, er, accident. If you want to get theological about things. Like Courbet.
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The power of your acting and the force of your personality do make you a fragile flower. I can completely believe it of you. Fragility has to do with vulnerability, and while you do your best to be strong and to make yourself strong, you know all about vulnerability. You are going to rock this role; you are going to make people understand fragility and vulnerability like they never have before.
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Tall order, Francesca. Frikkin tall. I will have to ask a LOT of three year olds to come to this play, so as to assure myself they haven't seen MUCH before.
Then I'll feel guilty. 'Cause they're, like, three. And this play is not for three year olds.
:D
But, yeah, I will surely be rocking SOMETHING in this role. I hope I don't break the table...
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IT'S SO AWKWARD.
What are your plans for Valentine's Day weekend?
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