Bouvre Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Presenting a TED talk called "One Crumby TED Talk's Not Gonna' Change The Whole Goddamn World For Crying Out Loud" for a one-night theater show in 12 days. I'm thrilled, but as somebody with little stage experience, and never so many lines, I'm also very nervous. Edited September 8, 2018 by Bouvre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Get to remembering your lines. After that, its easy peasy. I have some talent in acting but i find it kind of boring. My drama teacher in high school begged me to join drama club but my dad wouldn't take me to the meetings on Saturdays. Probably will revisit it when im old like Morgan Freeman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, fuggstop said: Get to remembering your lines. After that, its easy peasy. I have some talent in acting but i find it kind of boring. My drama teacher in high school begged me to join drama club but my dad wouldn't take me to the meetings on Saturdays. Probably will revisit it when im old like Morgan Freeman. I've got 12 days and I already have nearly 400 words down nearly verbatim, which is better than I expected for me doing a monologue. The hardest part is Holden's voice in writing, which is often chalked full of things like "and I guess I sorta," and it slows memorizing the actual content of his lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuggstop Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 19 minutes ago, Bouvre said: I've got 12 days and I already have nearly 400 words down nearly verbatim, which is better than I expected for me doing a monologue. The hardest part is Holden's voice in writing, which is often chalked full of things like "and I guess I sorta," and it slows memorizing the actual content of his lines. You'll do fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornshire Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 How grand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename: Jackass Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Break a leg. Look up Sanford Meisner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 13 minutes ago, empty said: Break a leg. Look up Sanford Meisner. Will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Bouvre said: Will do! Dumb update: my housemate is all about the meisner technique, so I'm ashamed I didn't recognize the name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename: Jackass Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I haven't done any acting since I left school but I felt it helped me in some ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiemarie90 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I feel like you would make a great Holden Caulfield! Although I don't much about theater tend to stutter in front of crowds. x D I do best looking at the people already on stage or objects to the side and not the front of me. lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 1 hour ago, jackiemarie90 said: I feel like you would make a great Holden Caulfield! Although I don't much about theater tend to stutter in front of crowds. x D I do best looking at the people already on stage or objects to the side and not the front of me. lol Unfortunately it's a TED talk setup, so I'm addressing the crowd directly (though probably looking above their heads) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 here. this should help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 The Catcher in the Rye is still one of my fav books. Break a leg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: The Catcher in the Rye is still one of my fav books. Break a leg Ugh. That had to be the most unsympathetic & repulsive character it's ever been my misfortune to come across in an assigned reading. Naturally it was the teacher's favorite book. Meanwhile, I was reading Vonnegut in my spare time, unfortunately no teacher I had ever assigned him. I did, however, have a Professor in college that looked like Vonnegut's twin. "Art Appreciation", he showed the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" in class (silent) and played a recording of music that I found very haunting. After class, I asked him what it was..."It's Tangerine Dream, but it's slowed waaaaaaay down". The way he said it reminded me of Prof. Jennings in "Animal House". Edited September 9, 2018 by tsar4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Ugh. That had to be the most unsympathetic & repulsive character it's ever been my misfortune to come across in an assigned reading. Naturally it was the teacher's favorite book. Meanwhile, I was reading Vonnegut in my spare time, unfortunately no teacher I had ever assigned him. I only ever read Slaughterhouse Five by him and it was so long ago I don’t remember much. That’s a good indication that I didn’t like it but would read again to be sure. I thought Holden was a very sympathetic character. His psychological shortcomings made it so imo. Edited September 9, 2018 by 1pooh4u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: Ugh. That had to be the most unsympathetic & repulsive character it's ever been my misfortune to come across in an assigned reading. Naturally it was the teacher's favorite book. Meanwhile, I was reading Vonnegut in my spare time, unfortunately no teacher I had ever assigned him. I did, however, have a Professor in college that looked like Vonnegut's twin. "Art Appreciation", he showed the original "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" in class (silent) and played a recording of music that I found very haunting. After class, I asked him what it was..."It's Tangerine Dream, but it's slowed waaaaaaay down". The way he said it reminded me of Prof. Jennings in "Animal House". yeah, i'm gonna have to agree on this one. holden's a whiney little bitch. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 part of me is like "good for you" another part of me just lols at the title of the thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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