Comments on: Sentences 35-39

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:22:00 +0000

Ha! Lovely Freudian slip Mike, I quite like the way you initially phrased it. Might be an interesting combination. 39 is great, that’s a huge pet peeve. Nobody in the history of the world who has ever actually acted has ever said that, you can be sure. I had a thing or two to say on this topic awhile ago over at Theatre Forte’s series on Mamet’s True and False…
http://www.avltheatre.com/forte/2007/07/true
_and_false_ten_years_later_3.html

By: mike

mike — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:16:00 +0000

yep. i did. thanks.

By: ron biskworth

ron biskworth — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:39:00 +0000

You meant compete.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:08:00 +0000

i like these ones ( and no, none of the ones i wrote are part of this group).

why do small budget shows have the most potential for “magic”? i don’t think it’s a direct relationship – i’ve seen big budget shows that achieved this intangible as well, but it occurs so much less frequently…and yes, making it look easy is the most difficult part of the job. it takes a lot of work to look like you’re not working…it’s my hope we could complete with museums with or without the blindfolds.