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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #42993 is a reply to message #42989 ] |
Thu, 30 June 2011 23:31   |
EMoon
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I had a "meh" reaction to The Cherry Orchard when dragged through it in a lit class, but was hoping your performance would be better. Glad you had the sense to walk out.
About the dress competition...I'm really lousy at dress-up. Particularly since I no longer fit in any of the clothes that once could've been called "interesting." (How I wish I still had, and fit, the two-piece red knit one with the sort of Russian-styled top.) I do have the SFWA Musketeer outfit (if I can find a new plumey feather--the old one died horribly) but I'm not sure it would qualify as it looks silly without a sword. One or more of same. It covers all the skin, so family-friendly (unless the family freaks at swords) but not (because of swords) all that legal as street wear except at events where sword-wearing is expected.
But if I were able to come, and if I thought you'd like it (and only if) I would be willing to look silly on a London street.
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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #42999 is a reply to message #42996 ] |
Fri, 01 July 2011 00:08 |
EMoon
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That's kind of like eating at an expensive place, isn't it, where you feel bound to get your money's worth by eating it all, even if it's not that good.
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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #43009 is a reply to message #42989 ] |
Fri, 01 July 2011 06:18 |
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 Mrs Redboots
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I have to agree about the Harry Potter films - I've only seen the first and the 3rd (when it was on television) and don't really care if I never see another! But I love the books.
I can't remember whether it was The Cherry Orchard I saw at the University of Southampton's Nuffield Theatre back in the 1960s; it probably was! I certainly had to sit through some dire performances there as a schoolgirl, including something by Eugene Ionescu; we couldn't walk out as there was no way of getting back to school except on the coach. Not sure which was direr - the performance, or the would-be intellectual comments we tried to make about it afterwards!
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Mrs Redboots
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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #43012 is a reply to message #42989 ] |
Fri, 01 July 2011 06:44 |
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Never seen either Thelma & Louise, or The Cherry Orchard, and have no real wish to see them either! But I've walked out in the intervals of plays before now, too.
The Harry Potter films, now - I have them all on DVD (I just bought DH Part 1 on Wednesday, oops, there goes my budget), and have seen all except the first two (or was it three?) on the big screen as well. They're fine, as long as you've read the books first, and treat the films as an adaptation, rather than a literal interpretation, and lower your suspension-of-disbelief threshhold accordingly.
Marion
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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #43018 is a reply to message #43002 ] |
Fri, 01 July 2011 09:49 |
EMoon
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My first--and so far only--trip to a "real" (resident company) opera was the Met, in NYC, with an opera buff friend. The women's room attendant asked if I was from England.
Um....native Texan, relatively mild but still existing Texas accent. England? And this is a person who deals with people from all over the world. Of course, there's not just ONE English accent, any more than there's just one Texas accent, but still.
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| Re: fabulous embroidered shawls and other things [message #43038 is a reply to message #42989 ] |
Fri, 01 July 2011 17:32 |
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Kathy_S
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I found Harry Potter 1 a bit irritating, not an uncommon reaction to book adaptations*, but The Cherry Orchard was downright depressing. I think the production I saw was quite good of its kind, but it's hard to overcome unsympathetic protagonists -- and then their replacements clear-cut the poor trees! Arrgh.
*I almost always prefer the book.
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