Hey guys!
I am finally feeling like my old self. Enough,at least, to start really reading- if not in depth- all the emails about the scenes.
Of course, I'm with the bawdy crowd -- wanting to work in scenes that feature people getting their comeuppance or falling flat on their faces--the old Roman Comedy of Errors strain of Shakespeare which has its own take on being torn asunder and put hastily (and imperfectly) back together again.
Do we have enough of those outrageously comic scenes in the suggestion box? My poor old brain just can't seem to keep track.
I'm thinking in that bawdy direction because right before my cochlear implant operation, I did a show with my theater company here in Florida, The Mickee Faust Academy for the REALLY Dramatic Arts.
Every couple of years we do a homage to Shakespeare called Shakes-parody, which is kind of a combination (and my own homage) to Winedale and Esther's Follies.
This year our show was Sex, Beer & Shakespeare. Our opening number was a Gilbert & Sullivan type musical number called "Why We Really Love Shakespeare." For the sex of course.
If it wasn't so bawdy I'd recommend it for our reunion because it is funny as hell. But, alas, it ends with people stripping down to their skivvies-- although we did do that once at Winedale for the reunion Midsummer's, remember?!
Does anyone have a picture of James L. in his underwear on stage? That would be a hoot to have for this reunion.
The only reason I'm musing over this, is that there is so much in Shakespeare that is bawdy and free wheeling and feels like a party, a giving over to life. I am so glad that we are all thinking not just of the beautiful tragedies in Shakespeare (messy though they can be) but of those outrageously crazy moments when order and calm and reason get thrown right out the door.
That whole last act of Midsummer's is exactly that kind of party-- that's why we all love it so much. Everyone's together again, celebrating their own ridiculousness, and on the fringes, ever watching, are the fairies and the imps . And they of course have the last word.
I hope --know-- we can pull something like that off.
Love to you all,
Terry
-----Original Message-----
From: kathryn blackbird <kathrynblackbird@sbcglobal.net>
To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 10:17 pm
Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Round II
Oh my,
I too am awed and impressed with the input thus far, the ideas are almost
overwhelming.... some of the references I know, and many others I have't had
the pleasure (or time recently) to familiarize myself. But,
Let me say, the Canadian TV show, "Slings and Arrows" can very easily be
found on youtube.com, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfeSoW-DmY. (Here is
the link to episode 1 of Season 1, or first part anyway...they annoyingly
divide the episodes into 7.5 min segments, but, we must endure) Anyhow,
youtube seems to include all of Season 1-3. This is the first episode with
the cheeky Hamlet song shortly after the introductory bits and credits.
Check it out. I never heard of it til now and am still smiling......
More indepth input to follow.....
love to all,
kathy
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