Pirate Performances

[foolish_m0rtal]

Our two performances went off without too much angst. The worst part was having to grope for props blindly in the dark backstage; said props would have been very loud if knocked over, so we had to be very careful.

There was also a creaky loading ramp (painted black- good job, guys) right in the middle of the floor, so we had to basically slide our feet until we hit it. Thankfully, the shows were not interrupted by loud banging and muttered cursing backstage.

Actually, the only mortifying part was the major-general's hair. We powdered his hair and sprayed it so it would stay, but it didn't work so well in the second show, so he was walking around in clouds of powder (eek,  a GHOST!) in some parts. Especially when we were spinning him around and tying him up in rope.

People at our school were actually really supportive of us- we had a full house both nights and people are enthusiastic about having a musical production every year. Cool!

Burly Pirate Pictures for the Masses: (apparently I looked like a guy from far away...and I was hott. Meh, the stubble from opening night was much better. Much more debonair.)

(arr! Your money and your life!!...disregard the flowers!!)
 

(Me, with the Capt'n. Just got back from a hard day's pillaging and raiding.)

Comments

[cidthecoatrack.livejournal.com]

Haha, you do look very masculine. Is that a good thing? o.O?

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This is a good thing. I practiced acting and carrying myself like a guy the weeks before the performance. And I would accidentally revert to pirate mode in the middle of the hallway and lumber around, shoving people aside. Most helpful...
But maybe you can answer this question:
Dressed up like a guy or not, most of my life I've had people tell me I be much more attractive as a guy.

???

And no, these are not old comments. Most recent was a week ago. I'm not insulted at all- just really amused.

[cidthecoatrack.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I think you're actually pretty attractive as a girl. But you posses a quality that you could be an attractive guy too. You're right smack dab in the middle of the "hot girl or hot guy?" spectrum. XD

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

yay for androgyny! (though I think androgynous guys have it better than girls)

[cidthecoatrack.livejournal.com]

Haha, very true.

*NINJA*

[obseletevulture.livejournal.com]

The confusion clearly comes from the tendancy of american men to wear more eyeliner than women. ("Nothing says evil like womany eyeliner"-Bakura, YGOAS)
However, I say that stubble is PLENTY debonair as is. And lurching about trying ot get a msculine feel for the poes, is marvelous. Few enough people actually do it.
(Now who the heck is that Captain jack Sparrow imitator beside you, whom you are obviously going to slit the throat of?)

Re: *NINJA*

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

Actually, I got the idea from a book I read called Self-made Man; it's about a woman who masquerades as a man to get a feel for how they're misunderstood by society and etc. First, she used a lot of props like a stubble and short haircut to mask herself, but later as she grew more comfortable in her role, she found it was all about attitude, and sometimes didn't need all the props.
I was thinking a lot about her book when our director was yelling at us for not being in character during the early rehersals.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171860

Yeah, I personally didn't like that the Pirate King wanted to be a Jack Sparrow-like character.
I mean, I didn't feel like I had the right to say anything, because I'm not in drama, so I wouldn't know much, but I felt like bringing a contemporary image into an older musical was bad taste.
And I wasn't slitting his throat (mutiny!). He's actually a friend of mine- very polite guy. His girlfriend was one of the policemen. It was great- we helped draw her an handlebar mustache (and I thought I had it bad...)

Re: *NINJA*

[obseletevulture.livejournal.com]

*grin* Sounds like Monstrous Regiment to me... All depends on where you put the socks, eh?

Was your book good? It sounds interesting.

Nyeh, I'd agree, really. People say "Pirate" and the first thing they think is "Jack Sparrow" (or "Ninjas are better!") it's just like you say either "Wizard" or "Witch" and people think "Harry Potter." You can't exactly get fame in your own right for you own ability if you cling to what's become the stereotype. It'd demean the excellence of your work... (And he has a girlfriend with a handlebar moustache? Sw33T.)