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[oakenguy]

Last night I asked Dave if he'd given any thought to a part for me for 3M, and he'd forgotten I was going to be in it. Which was like an ego boost, only very much not.

Fortunately, though, I have raw undiluted panic to wash that away. I struck up a conversation Sunday with someone who's a clown and commedia artist, and she asked me, for reasons I still don't comprehend, if I was interested in doing a two-person commedia show with her. Interested, yes! I'm also interested in deciphering the Mayan hieroglyphs. Am I capable or qualified, at the moment? Ha ha ha ha....no.

So of course I said yes.

And the performance date? Ten days from now.

There needs to be a 'frelled' mood icon.

Comments

[empheliath.livejournal.com]

To Dave's credit, he's just a little pre-occupied right now. And, just so you know, Paul is writing the 3M script...so you might want to ask him about it, too.
Is it Nadine you're doing the commedia thing with? She's a lot of fun to work with, I'm sure you'll do great!

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

Okay. So what, exactly, is commedia, and what, exactly, is "frelled"?

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Commedia, which is short for commedia dell'arte, which is Italian for 'we don't know what the hell we're doing which is why we're shouting so loud', is a strange blend of improv, masked comedy, and scripted drama. There are a number of stock characters (the Old Man, the Servant, the Vain Soldier--Harlequin and Pierrot are the most famour); and a really really loose plot--you know the climax you eventually want to get to, and use the characters to improv your way to it, basically.

"Frelled" is a term from Farscape, the greatest TV show ever. It's "screwed", basically, but with the subtext that what's about to screw you is probably an alien species that may not have any idea what it's doing, and is probably poisonous.

[helianthas.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...getting screwed by aliens... Er, um, I mean, I always wondered why they always shout so fucking loud!

[malterre.livejournal.com]

You're so funny. Of course you can do it. You will soon become a Master of Glutious Fu-the ability to pull things out of your *ss on cammand for performances. It's great skill to have in relation to shows, unexpected guests and screaming children :)

[callunav.livejournal.com]

Oh, Bri. You are so utterly frelled. And so utterly marvelous. Make sure you give times and directions.

It was really good getting to see you, except I only got to see one scene. Make sure you do lots more so that I can see more.

[prettydark.livejournal.com]

woohoo that's awesome!!