No really. If you don't regularly remind actors to pick up the pace, they will savor every line until the glaciers melt.
And come back.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Sean K - Mar 24, 2010 9:38:43 am PDT #7379 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
erikaj - Mar 24, 2010 9:40:37 am PDT #7380 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Not bad, but I'm fucking ambivalent about fucking Mamet. Although I am very anxious that my scripts not be CROCKS OF SHIT, natch.
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 10:03:55 am PDT #7381 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I love Mamet mostly, but I did get to tell him face to face that his version of Faustus was a crock of shit.
le nubian - Mar 24, 2010 10:07:06 am PDT #7382 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
man it is like Deadwood in here.
I fucking love it.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2010 10:32:34 am PDT #7383 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Swidgin'!
juliana - Mar 24, 2010 10:41:26 am PDT #7384 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
No really. If you don't regularly remind actors to pick up the pace, they will savor every line until the glaciers melt.
HAHAHAHA! Oh, so fucking true.
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2010 1:12:37 pm PDT #7385 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Cocksuckers.
Steph L. - Mar 24, 2010 2:05:11 pm PDT #7386 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I love Mamet mostly, but I did get to tell him face to face that his version of Faustus was a crock of shit.
Ooooh! What shade of purple did he turn?
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 2:17:30 pm PDT #7387 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
He took it very well. It's a funny story - I met the artistic director of the Magic Theatre (Chris) at the Mechanics Institute Library, and he invited me to see Mamet's production of Faustus (Chris knew I was studying Doctor Faustus).
I went, and ended up at a bar with Mamet, Chris, and the lead, David Rasche, afterwards. Only, I am stupid and didn't know what Mamet looked like. Rasche asked me how I liked the play, and I said that it didn't work because in this version, Faustus never actually gets to make a decision or strike a deal (he is tricked into it), thereby completely undoing the point of the Marlowe and Goethe's original.
Mamet: "I'll take that into consideration before we take it to New York."
Me: "......"
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 2:21:45 pm PDT #7388 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Cereal:
I should add that we all had many, many drinks in us by this time. But it didn't cover my embarrassment. I wasn't embarrassed by what I said, but I was a little embarrassed that I didn't know it was Mamet.