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wishfulaces

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Aug 13, 2007 21:20

In the past four days, I have (in no particular order): talked to my new financial adviser about my investment portfolio (it sounds so snazzy said that way, doesn't it?), seen a surprisingly well-done version of Kiss Me, Kate (the ending makes me hugely uncomfortable but I'm a sucker for some good ol'fashioned song & dance routines), hiked on half ( Read more... )

theatre, rites of passage, rl

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katie_m August 14 2007, 02:40:28 UTC

I saw a fascinating performance of Kiss Me, Kate in Yakima--well, the performance itself wasn't particularly fascinating, but the problematic ending was. I mean, Yakima is not a particularly liberal town (though to be fair, Washington in general is quite good about feminist issues in my experience) but after the closing speech there was... silence. Dead silence. Not a single clap. The applause didn't begin until the curtain had fallen.

No one in that entire theater was willing to applaud in the wake of that speech.

wishfulaces August 14 2007, 23:30:39 UTC

Which was utterly different to the reaction in the theatre I was in--the applause was pretty much immediate and continuous, & there was a standing ovation. (Me, I almost never do standing ovations, unless something really moves me emotionally & intellectually.) But then, IN--particularly my area of IN--is not really known for its advanced feminist philosophies.

katie_m August 21 2007, 01:00:30 UTC

I almost never do standing ovations, unless something really moves me emotionally & intellectually

Oh, the ease of getting standing ovations nowadays drives me nuts. It's supposed to be a special thing, people! But if everyone else stands up, I feel like an idiot sitting down, so.

wishfulaces August 21 2007, 12:32:41 UTC

It's supposed to be a special thing, people!

I know! But I manage to keep my arse seated during church services, so I don't have too much trouble keeping seated during standing ovations.

The best response I ever got as an actor was in Trojan Women--we all came out on stage and stood silently at various points along the stage, not bowing. The audience just sat there with us in silence for a long pause before applauding.

bexplant August 14 2007, 02:58:56 UTC

i have major problems with the end of that show. the way they did that closing song when we did it was she gave a big cheezy wink --which just looked stupid.

wishfulaces August 14 2007, 23:32:13 UTC

But how can you handle it? Other than completely rewriting that ending or playing it straight, I mean (which is what these guys did, pretty much--but then, it's local community theatre, so I'm not going to expect something too sophisticated).

bexplant August 14 2007, 23:42:19 UTC

i think it's poorly written. reminds me of the end of Grease.

destina August 14 2007, 03:12:09 UTC

When I see the phrase 'Indiana State Dunes' it makes me snicker, for it is so not as one pictures. *g*

wishfulaces August 14 2007, 23:33:35 UTC

Google it! Look at the pictures! THEY EXIST!!!

So there. :p

barkley August 14 2007, 03:19:36 UTC

I was in Indiana in the past four days! Perhaps we passed on I80/90? I made sure I stopped in a rest stop in each state. WERE YOU THERE?

PS: You sound really mature with a financial adviser. You are probably older than all my investments! *g*

wishfulaces August 14 2007, 23:35:03 UTC

I stopped at no rest stops, but I was on I-80 for a while. (Mostly, though, on 294.) WE COULD HAVE PASSED EACH OTHER!!!

You are probably older than all my investments!

*My* investments could very well be older than yours! Since they were started the year I was born. I love rich grandparents. :)

jenlev August 14 2007, 10:33:17 UTC

Ixnay on falling, that's my bag. ;)

As for O'Hare...meep, that place is wild indeed.

Blueberries are very good. Sounds like quite a journey. Sending you good thoughts. :::dashes off to eat blueberries:::

Ps. And go you for investing.

wishfulaces August 14 2007, 23:36:00 UTC

O'Hare honestly wasn't that bad. I don't know if it was because it was Sunday morning or what? Or maybe I was mostly blind to the dangers I put myself in??

jenlev August 14 2007, 23:44:30 UTC

Perhaps a bit of both. But seriously...driving in that part of the world scares the dren out of me. Once in the middle of a bad winter I had to drive through parts of downtown Chicago...er, many years ago. The person who was with me rather quickly offered to take the wheel. ;)

But O'Hare does at least have great coffee every three feet or so.