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[oakenguy]

Find out which Xena guy you are.


Find out which Discworld guy you are.


I don't want to even think about the sort of brain it takes to get these two results....

Feeling better. Bought myself a new notebook, wrote two scenes for Act Two of 'Carnies!' that I feel pretty good about, and watched really good episodes of Angel and Justice League (which turned an old comic book convention--two teams meet and bond--and turned it into a very disturbing Twilight Zone episode. Go, Dwayne McDuffie!)

I'm also reading a book about The Pickle Clowns and 'New American Circus Comedy'. Fascinating. The Pickle Family Circus was different from other circuses in that their clowns were the heart of the show--they did entrees, which are extended pieces with dialogue, and often built the other acts around them. It's so radically different from both the Ringling and the Cirque models (and, in my not-so-humble and a bit biased opinion, sooo much better).

In a way, reading this book right now is a bit dangerous, because it's making me look at the Faire through clown eyes. And/or anarchistic eyes, which can be pretty much the same...one of the things the Pickle clowns do is "show the pale underbelly" of their circus, saying 'Yes, we're performers, and here's the magic we want you to see...but here's what's *really* going on'. And that's making me wonder if a Ren Faire could be created that would be the equivalent of that.

Speaking of which, Eight Days.

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[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

That's okay, I came up with Granny Weatherwax (nice, that), and Leonard of Quirm. Hmmmm.