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A friend of mine recently said he planned to do some stand up, I mis-heard and thought he'd said: 'Sticks-ups', which was worrying for 2 reasons. Firstly, he's a very nice guy who'd make a lousy crook, and secondly I was carrying a lot of cash on that particular day.
Silly me, but still, doing stand up? How brave is that? I think it's one of those things, like writing a novel or being in a band, that we've all sort of thought about but never done.
Well my mate has inspired me, I'm going to give it a go too!
Keep reading for further developments.......
Monday 17 August 2009
Friday 7 August 2009
Theatre Etiquette
Went to the local theatre this week and something struck me, it was the guy on the door who said "Ticket first, you swine!", but I digress. Anyway, I was watching a perfectly good play but it was difficult to hear above the 'coughing chorus' going on.
Rule of the Badger when going to the theatre: Take some bleeding throat sweets!!!
I always carry mints and when it's the West End or Stratford, Locketts, as I believe there is an unofficial charter between actors and audience.
They as a company promise to give the best performance they can, while we as an audience promise to give them silence, unless it's a comedy, and applause when required.
I don't think it's too much to ask, for them and ourselves. Once I asked a man in front of me if he wouldn't mind refraining from tapping & waving his programme about as it was constantly in my eye line. It was a matinee and a sparsely populated one at that, but instead of just putting it down, he replied: "What, this is bothering you?" like I was asking him to stop breathing.
Instead of punching him (my first instinct, I'm very passionate about theatre AND manners) I glowered at him & said "YES!"
Later on I realised that what I should have said was "Exactly WHY do you need to do that anyway?"
It is a good thing guns are banned in this country, because several people would be shot in the theatres and cinemas would see more bloodbaths off-screen than on!
Got to go, I'm off to the cinema. Now then, where did I put my Walther PPK and silencer....?
Rule of the Badger when going to the theatre: Take some bleeding throat sweets!!!
I always carry mints and when it's the West End or Stratford, Locketts, as I believe there is an unofficial charter between actors and audience.
They as a company promise to give the best performance they can, while we as an audience promise to give them silence, unless it's a comedy, and applause when required.
I don't think it's too much to ask, for them and ourselves. Once I asked a man in front of me if he wouldn't mind refraining from tapping & waving his programme about as it was constantly in my eye line. It was a matinee and a sparsely populated one at that, but instead of just putting it down, he replied: "What, this is bothering you?" like I was asking him to stop breathing.
Instead of punching him (my first instinct, I'm very passionate about theatre AND manners) I glowered at him & said "YES!"
Later on I realised that what I should have said was "Exactly WHY do you need to do that anyway?"
It is a good thing guns are banned in this country, because several people would be shot in the theatres and cinemas would see more bloodbaths off-screen than on!
Got to go, I'm off to the cinema. Now then, where did I put my Walther PPK and silencer....?
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Isn't it Ironic?
Saw Field Of Dreams on ITV1 last week, it was a Saturday afternoon, and right in the middle of SPOILER ALERT!!! the row on book burning at the gym featuring Amy Madigans character her line:"At least he is not a book burner, you Nazi cow!" was cut.
This I could understand if someone thought the phrase "Nazi cow" might offend, well, Nazis or cows, but 2 minutes later her character says to Kevin Costner "Did you see me call her a 'Nazi cow'?"
So a double irony there. Not only did ITV censor a remark made in a debate about censorship, they left it in later.
On another point, I'd forgotten just how damn good a film it was. Burt Lancaster made one of the best cameos I've ever seen, and in his last film! James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Frank Whalley & our Kev. Marvellous. If I had one criticism, it would be where was Jackie Robinson? Although it must be conceded, he was of a later era.
This I could understand if someone thought the phrase "Nazi cow" might offend, well, Nazis or cows, but 2 minutes later her character says to Kevin Costner "Did you see me call her a 'Nazi cow'?"
So a double irony there. Not only did ITV censor a remark made in a debate about censorship, they left it in later.
On another point, I'd forgotten just how damn good a film it was. Burt Lancaster made one of the best cameos I've ever seen, and in his last film! James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Frank Whalley & our Kev. Marvellous. If I had one criticism, it would be where was Jackie Robinson? Although it must be conceded, he was of a later era.
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