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jrisingThere was a fantastic discussion at the Rocky party about the state of the cast. The vocal consensus was this:
There's an undercurrent of over-professionalism at the show. In small but definite ways, the drive for professionalism stifles some of the fun of the show and makes working at it a chore. Because the show isn't as much fun, it isn't as good, and the audience has noticed. Both directors, theater 3, and Acid's absence were blamed for these problems.
It's so tough to disentangle real harmful effects from nostalgia. So, tell me: do you agree? Have we gained the world and lost our soul (or raised the bar and broken our backs)? The drive for screen accuracy can push us to do better, but if it drives out jokes and connecting with the audience-- if our performance just duplicates the film-- do we want it? The cast members used to work up the audience waiting outside before the show. Does anyone do that now? We have such a great group, and we can fix these problems, but maybe not without big changes.
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There's an undercurrent of over-professionalism at the show. In small but definite ways, the drive for professionalism stifles some of the fun of the show and makes working at it a chore. Because the show isn't as much fun, it isn't as good, and the audience has noticed. Both directors, theater 3, and Acid's absence were blamed for these problems.
It's so tough to disentangle real harmful effects from nostalgia. So, tell me: do you agree? Have we gained the world and lost our soul (or raised the bar and broken our backs)? The drive for screen accuracy can push us to do better, but if it drives out jokes and connecting with the audience-- if our performance just duplicates the film-- do we want it? The cast members used to work up the audience waiting outside before the show. Does anyone do that now? We have such a great group, and we can fix these problems, but maybe not without big changes.
Feel free to post anonymously or email me separately.
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Date: 2007-05-22 06:46 pm (UTC)yeah, honestly, i feel like people forgot that the show two weeks ago was an audition show and there was a lot of horsing around. Personally, I got distracted a couple of times, and while my timing was still on, i was pissed at myself for letting that happen while I was worried that I was being watched closely.
"Magenta doesn't have that many lines, but if you were to watch my performance of the character you will see that I hardly ever am not doing someting whether it be physically or facially to try and seduce the audience - i would hope that our audience pays attention to all the characters and not those just in the spot light - i think we should be constantly searching for what our character would be doing at any point in time and using that to really make an interesting performance"
Yeah, i completely agree with you. I feel like I am always in character even if I'm off screen/out of spotlight, but since the light is on others, people eyes go that way. I wonder if these little off screen/in character moments are ever noticed by the people who need to make decisions. (refer to my other response to twink)