tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post5505213489494335763..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: back; biographical anonymityMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-26563290405734669802007-11-28T03:59:00.000-05:002007-11-28T03:59:00.000-05:00I saw it once in an open-air production at some Na...I saw it once in an open-air production at some National Trust property, complete with programme linking the play to Green Man folk myth for which you could buy a matching bramble liqueur or silk scarf in the visitor centre. It was not a memorable performance. A breeze got up. So much hangs (like fruit) on carrying off that gigantic last scene, but with the audience cold and restless, the night breeze whipping the words off into the venerable oaks..Michael Peveretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090710369630916194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-6156615329673675922007-11-27T10:56:00.000-05:002007-11-27T10:56:00.000-05:00I think I recall that my problem with the producti...I think I recall that my problem with the production of <I>Cybeline</I> that we saw had more to do with the acting than the actual play itself-- which is to say, the actors didn't really seem to have a firm grasp on the play, and weren't able to "sell" it. Some seemed to think that they should be trying for some type of over-the-top, archetypal acting style, while others thought they were going for "psychological realism." I can't really explain it better than that, I'm afraid-- some of the actors seemed to be having fun; others thought they were in the Martin Scorcese production. Oh, that, and it took me forever to figure out why the actor playing Cymbeline walked so slowly and tenatively, with his eyes closed; he was blind. Which, I must admit, made me feel like a jerk-- here I thought he was just overdoing the "doddering old man" thing, but it turns out everytime that happened some other actor had dropped the ball and forgotten to lead him to where he was supposed to be...Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066512307378025972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-34646041178995493242007-11-27T07:47:00.000-05:002007-11-27T07:47:00.000-05:00Try The Proud Highway Hunter S.Thomp...Try The Proud Highway<BR/> Hunter S.Thompson<BR/> Saga of a<BR/>Desperate Southern Gentelman<BR/> edited by Douglas Brinkley<BR/><BR/>met Hunter Thompson twice.. (we were in the same place-at-the-same-time didn't know who he was (then) or his writing)<BR/>did not talk to him or care to...<BR/>1 st about 1962 in a 'saloon' in Manhattan he was shooting pool in a cloud of cigarette-smoke<BR/><BR/>2 nd about 1967 in Corvallis, Oregon on Ken Kesey's bus he was in a cloud of 'home-grown' smoke<BR/><BR/>ciao, EdEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-2705260641452018012007-11-26T16:56:00.000-05:002007-11-26T16:56:00.000-05:00I think I've actually seen Pericles produced *twic...I think I've actually seen Pericles produced *twice* -- & both times it was really boss. The most winning part of this particular production of Cymbeline was how they decided to do the (rather silly) ghosts-&-deux ex machina scene: with 10-foot high puppet ghosts (rather scary, actually) & a whacking huge bronze eagle descending out of the ceiling, complete with ear-shattering thunderbolt effects, for Jupiter -- totally over the top, & delightful.<BR/><BR/>J.'s got a set of illustrations she did for BF ages ago, in the style of Richard Scarry -- kitty-cats & piggies & so forth in Renaissance wear.Mark Scrogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-24833735508926742132007-11-26T16:47:00.000-05:002007-11-26T16:47:00.000-05:00I enjoyed reading Cymbeline more than I enjoyed se...I enjoyed reading <I>Cymbeline</I> more than I enjoyed seeing it onstage -- Bradley really disliked it. I do think that <I>Pericles</I> is terribly underrated -- and both are probably actually highly teachable.<BR/><BR/>Your comment on keeping track of characters reminded me of a grad class in which we read <I>Bartholmew Faire</I> -- one of the other grad students decided that the way to keep track of all the characters (and there were a lot) would be to make puppets out of colored clay, popsicle sticks, and pictures from the Mizzou magazine. She even color-coded the puppets according to which group they belonged to.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785405871792461512noreply@blogger.com