An evening out.
Jul. 19th, 2003 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castaliaWhat ho, all :) Returned very late last night from a rather fun evening with friends from my church choir. Doug, Karen and I had dinner with the Gary & Sandy Farlow at their house (a London Broil, salad, and corn on the cob, the latter of which was actually cooked by me, wonder of wonders). We attended a play at the Chattanooga Theater Center, entitled "Fuddy Meers" (odd, I'll grant you, but I shall explain).
The premise of the play revolved around a middle-aged lady, Claire, who suffered from a type of amnesia. She would wake up every morning with no memory, a complete blank slate. The play covered one day, and involved her current husband, an ex-husband who was revealed later and who also happened to be an escaped convict, her son, her mother (a stroke victim with garbled speech, h ence the title - "fuddy meers" was her term for the funny mirrors at a carnival), another escaped convict, and a prison cafeteria worker aiding the escapees and posing as a female cop.
Chaos obviously ensued. The plot was slow in bits, as they needed a good bit of exposition to reveal all the unknowns of the situation to the amnesiac, but was generally entertaining. Some of the actors had trouble with the blocking (ie - having their backs to the audience) and timing, but this was their opening night so I'm sure they'll improve. The sets were good, and quite ingenious considering the limited space available. It was an extremely tiny theater space.
The language was a bit much for me (I don't mind most profanity, but I don't like the "f-word"), but apart from that I had no major quibbles. It was an extremely funny script in places and I laughed rather a lot.
Funniest thing about the play? The second convict who, while in prison, had constructed a hand puppet whom he called "Inky Binky". This puppet served as a way of spilling most of the beans of the plot (since the convict couldn't "control him"), and I dare say Inky Binky got the most laughs. The actor did a fantastic job with the high-pitched voice for the slightly mad puppet.
All in all, I'd say it was worth the 8 bucks admission. We rounded off the evening with dessert at Rembrandts, where I found the most marvelous tea, a blend called Maté Latte, a sort of cocoa-y herbal blend with a hint of almonds. Must. find. more.
In fannish news, Tremors was kind of blah last night, but Stargate especially rocked. Kudos to Michael Shanks for a stellar performance, and to RDA for spending most of the episode holding vigil over Michael's character :)
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The premise of the play revolved around a middle-aged lady, Claire, who suffered from a type of amnesia. She would wake up every morning with no memory, a complete blank slate. The play covered one day, and involved her current husband, an ex-husband who was revealed later and who also happened to be an escaped convict, her son, her mother (a stroke victim with garbled speech, h ence the title - "fuddy meers" was her term for the funny mirrors at a carnival), another escaped convict, and a prison cafeteria worker aiding the escapees and posing as a female cop.
Chaos obviously ensued. The plot was slow in bits, as they needed a good bit of exposition to reveal all the unknowns of the situation to the amnesiac, but was generally entertaining. Some of the actors had trouble with the blocking (ie - having their backs to the audience) and timing, but this was their opening night so I'm sure they'll improve. The sets were good, and quite ingenious considering the limited space available. It was an extremely tiny theater space.
The language was a bit much for me (I don't mind most profanity, but I don't like the "f-word"), but apart from that I had no major quibbles. It was an extremely funny script in places and I laughed rather a lot.
Funniest thing about the play? The second convict who, while in prison, had constructed a hand puppet whom he called "Inky Binky". This puppet served as a way of spilling most of the beans of the plot (since the convict couldn't "control him"), and I dare say Inky Binky got the most laughs. The actor did a fantastic job with the high-pitched voice for the slightly mad puppet.
All in all, I'd say it was worth the 8 bucks admission. We rounded off the evening with dessert at Rembrandts, where I found the most marvelous tea, a blend called Maté Latte, a sort of cocoa-y herbal blend with a hint of almonds. Must. find. more.
In fannish news, Tremors was kind of blah last night, but Stargate especially rocked. Kudos to Michael Shanks for a stellar performance, and to RDA for spending most of the episode holding vigil over Michael's character :)
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Some squees about Michael Shanks
Wasn't Shanks quite amazing in that episode? He whines that he gets the crazy, padded, out of his mind scripts but he shines in them. All three characters were different. Different voices, different body langage.
Of course.. you know that I went.. hummm Sovereign.. wow... ; P
I downloaded the episode this morning. We don't get it in Canada. Grrrr.. it's filmed in Canada with a lot of Canadian money and we don't get to see it unless we break the law. My poor Canadian conscience aches.. NOT! : P
It was a good episode.
Re: Some squees about Michael Shanks
Date: 2003-07-19 10:00 pm (UTC)Of course.. you know that I went.. hummm Sovereign.. wow... ; P
Lol! That doesn't surprise me in the least :)
I downloaded the episode this morning. We don't get it in Canada. Grrrr.. it's filmed in Canada with a lot of Canadian money and we don't get to see it unless we break the law. My poor Canadian conscience aches.. NOT! : P
They don't show it there?! My goodness, that doesn't seem fair since it's filmed in Canada. Didn't Sky One used to show it? At any rate, I don't blame you a bit for downloading it.