tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post131419342191887642..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: Oh Happy Dagger, This Is Thy Sh….SON OF A B$%^&*()!Duane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-72670355730567207922008-12-15T22:00:00.000-05:002008-12-15T22:00:00.000-05:00Remembering that I am entirely an audience member,...Remembering that I am entirely an audience member, having never set foot on the stage, here's my take on stage combat - make me believe it. Look, I know you're not *really* trying to kill each other, but every time I see a place where it's obvious -- where I can see the space between the punches, for example -- it's going to make it harder to suspend disbelief. <BR/><BR/>I watch professional Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-86615904252177764492008-12-15T17:10:00.000-05:002008-12-15T17:10:00.000-05:00@ David-- WOW. I...well, remind me to avoid that d...@ David-- WOW. I...well, remind me to avoid that director.<BR/><BR/>That is pretty ridiculous, on several levels, one being why didn't the actor notice the prop was different? If it had a price tag on it still, it can't have looked all that identical. & if you notice it's different, maybe...don't slash your throat with it?<BR/><BR/>Also, stage combat, if done right, actually Kenna M. Kettrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776932784085029019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-70418605844483525202008-12-12T16:30:00.000-05:002008-12-12T16:30:00.000-05:00Yeah, this is a story that really made me angry. B...Yeah, this is a story that really made me angry. Because it should not have happened. Period. But I met with the director of this show earlier this year, and we discussed me working for her. The topic of stage combat came up, and she made a completely ridiculous statement - to the effect that stage combat was useless, and the only way to do a show was to "really fight." <BR/><BR/>No wonder this David Blixthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780846615209177348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-4846886283672860322008-12-11T20:21:00.000-05:002008-12-11T20:21:00.000-05:00I'm a big Oz fan, and I loved the Macbeth storylin...I'm a big <EM>Oz</EM> fan, and I loved the <EM>Macbeth</EM> storyline, particularly a running gag all through the last season. The prisoners were putting on a production of <EM>Macbeth</EM> and every time a prisoner got cast as Macbeth, he would get killed. <BR/><BR/>They never made reference to it on the show. They would just have a new prisoner playing Macbeth each time, and he would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com