Saturday, June 20, 2009
What I liked best about STOMP was that the actors sort of brought the audience into the show by letting us clap with them. Not only that, but since there was no dialogue, the actors had obvious characters about them, which made it interesting. What I liked least was that they kind of did the same thing over and over again, just with different "instruments." There were some songs that I didn't like as much as others, and I felt like the ones I prefered didn't last very long. I wouldn't say we got to meet them personally, plus none of us got to ask questions. Not to mention, we only got to "meet" them for a few minutes. I thought that it was only going to be our group who got to meet them, which was obviously not true. Although, I did like the responses the women gave. Which reminds me, why were there only two women? And why were they only African American? White girls have rhythm! And so do Hispanic ones! I don't think I saw any elements of Greek or Kabuki theatre. Maybe I missed them. Knowledge that would apply to the production of Mulan would be to really get into the show and the character you play, because then it looks like you're enjoying it more. Also, that improv is important, because when you need it, it makes a difference in the show.
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I totally agree with the whole "white and hispanic girls have rhythm". But, I think both girls did great jobs anyway. Also with the talk-back, their manager cut that session way to short if you ask me; they said 20 minutes and that was more like 7 minutes! I didn't see any Greek or Kabuki elements either, so it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one who missed them. And I said the same thing about the characters!! The more you put into your character without holding back, the more the audience gets out of it! And I guess I see what you're saying about the different scenes being basically the same thing because near the beginning I was sore of saying to myself "is this it?" But, it did get better becuase they added more variety.
ReplyDeletefrom your review of the play it sounded pretty cool. I wish I could have gone. it probably would have been my favorite play because of how much I enjoy music. I did some research on the play and the music was great. I just wish I could have been there
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