Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Priorities
Aggghh, the tough choices one is forced to make could make a weaker being weep.
I've scheduled rehearsal to conflict with the first new episode of "Lost"!
Please, no weeping or gnashing of teeth. I'm sure I can find a solution to this.
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Agggggggghhhhhhhhhh, I've scheduled rehearsal to conflict with "Lost"!
Well, now that that's out of my system...
What was I thinking?! It's only been forever since I saw a new episode. Plus I missed the season opener of "The Shield" last night!
Talk about suffering for your art.
The good news is that while it was a small cast for rehearsal last night, I saw some very interesting ideas. (For those of you unfamiliar with the process, rehearsals can either be filled with a director flogging the actors towards a visualized perfection, or it can be a great deal of exploring like a child swimming along the bottom of a pond looking for a skipping stone.) This is a great translation. I don't know who Duckworth is/was, but damn this prof actually had a sense of humor. Plus the crew I'm working with has an over developed sense of humor ( in spite of what folks may think of our typical Sturm and Drang). So, you take the possibilities that a good script provides and let them take it for a spin. It didn't have that new car smell, but it sure rode well.
Off I go.
Yet another missive condemned to the anonymous ether.
I've scheduled rehearsal to conflict with the first new episode of "Lost"!
Please, no weeping or gnashing of teeth. I'm sure I can find a solution to this.
...
...
...
Agggggggghhhhhhhhhh, I've scheduled rehearsal to conflict with "Lost"!
Well, now that that's out of my system...
What was I thinking?! It's only been forever since I saw a new episode. Plus I missed the season opener of "The Shield" last night!
Talk about suffering for your art.
The good news is that while it was a small cast for rehearsal last night, I saw some very interesting ideas. (For those of you unfamiliar with the process, rehearsals can either be filled with a director flogging the actors towards a visualized perfection, or it can be a great deal of exploring like a child swimming along the bottom of a pond looking for a skipping stone.) This is a great translation. I don't know who Duckworth is/was, but damn this prof actually had a sense of humor. Plus the crew I'm working with has an over developed sense of humor ( in spite of what folks may think of our typical Sturm and Drang). So, you take the possibilities that a good script provides and let them take it for a spin. It didn't have that new car smell, but it sure rode well.
Off I go.
Yet another missive condemned to the anonymous ether.
