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New Poll - OUCH!

Sat, 31 May 2003, 07:41 pm
crgwllms29 posts in thread
Self explanatory, really - who's ever hurt themselves, what was involved, & whose fault was it?

The Poll-tergeist

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Re: New Poll - OUCH!

Thu, 5 June 2003, 01:04 pm
Leah M wrote:
>
> Worst one I've seen; to the proud members of the cast of a
> certain GRADS production (Hi guys!!!) this story will be
> indelibly etched on the mind. At the very end of Act One, an
> actor had a line and a point. Just a simple line and a simple
> but moderately emphatic gesture. However, this simple gesture
> was enough to dislocate his shoulder, right there on stage,
> in front of God and the audience. The end of Act One blackout
> after his gesture was immediate (as was the ensuing chaos) so
> the audience never realised what had happened. But to quote
> another cast member upon viewing the video of that
> performance; "Wow...we could send that in to Worlds Funniest
> Dislocations....". To this day I've never seen anything
> braver (or more gross) than that actor relocating his
> shoulder, then finishing the show.


I remember that well, Leah. I also remember seeing the video that night at the cast/crew party and hearing the "Ohhhhhh!!" of horror from everyone when they saw it on the vid.



Thou reeky hedge-born clack-dish!

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