It's a lot different if you see it performed--then the allegory becomes more satirical and playful and just right.
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Scrappy - Nov 16, 2004 9:15:33 am PST #5805 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2004 9:16:43 am PST #5806 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's a lot idfferent if you see it performed--then the allegory becomes more satirical and playful and just right.
Eh, no. I saw it performed. JZ's theory is that you have to play it very fast, like Howard Hawks screwball so it maintains that lightness. You can't linger over the SYMBOLISM.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2004 9:22:47 am PST #5807 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
JZ's theory is that you have to play it very fast, like Howard Hawks screwball so it maintains that lightness. You can't linger over the SYMBOLISM.
I don't recall any symbolism. My memory of the play is a surreal journey through the trials and tribulations of humanity, jumping from time to time at will. It says what it says. I liked it better than Our Town, which didn't do a whole lot for me until the end of that one MSCL episode.
Alibelle - Nov 16, 2004 10:35:50 am PST #5808 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I have never seen either play.
Incredibles: I did love the fact that Frozone was a speedskater. He had the form, and the suit, and even the helmet. I thought that was awesome. And a really great way to save on rink fees.
Okay, I mentioned it before, but is no one else happy about the new Elektra movie? Seriously? It's just me? Now, admittedly I've never read the comic books, but the trailer is so pretty. And Jennifer Garner kicks all kinds of butt, stylishly. I mean, if that's good enough for me on Alias, it's certainly good enough for me to see on the big screen, when they go to the trouble of making it even prettier when she kicks people's butts.
Also: Blade Trinity-- what is up with the shot in the trailer where Ryan Reynolds shows the tattoo on his hip/tummy that somehow proves he used to be a vampire, and his thumb catches his skin, and all the skin goes with his thumb, like crepe paper. Like he is eighty years old. It's creepy. Why? I want to be happy to be seeing his skin, not creeped out.
Gris - Nov 16, 2004 10:38:10 am PST #5809 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I'm looking forward to Elektra because I loved Jennifer Garner in both Alias and 13 Going On 30.
That, and the Serenity trailer is premiering in it. So, yeah.
Consuela - Nov 16, 2004 10:39:19 am PST #5810 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Apparently there's a rumor going around with Ben Browder as the new Green Lantern.
I have no idea whether this is based in fact or fantasy. OTOH, BB in lycra? I could live with that.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2004 10:39:51 am PST #5811 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wait, for real?
Dude.
I haven't seen the Elektra trailer yet, but I do like Jennifer Garner, so the movie might be fun. I don't know much about her character besides that she keeps getting resurrected by ninjas or something.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2004 10:39:53 am PST #5812 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Having seen a commercial for Closer, I gotta know: did Jude Law make a deal with the devil so that he could be in EVERY MOVIE THIS FALL?!?
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2004 10:40:41 am PST #5813 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
did Jude Law make a deal with the devil so that he could be in EVERY MOVIE THIS FALL?!?
And, presumably, make out with Natalie Portman? That bastard.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2004 10:40:43 am PST #5814 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Apparently there's a rumor going around with Ben Browder as the new Green Lantern.
meep.
GUH.
Broken now.