Chatty Cathy Syndrome
Thu, 13 May 2004, 07:42 pmWalter Plinge7 posts in thread
Chatty Cathy Syndrome
Thu, 13 May 2004, 07:42 pmAnd now for something completely different!
I wonder if those who act in productions get as peed off by
patrons that talk out loud during the performance of a play
(particularly in an intimate theatre such as the one I am currently
performing in - namely KADS)as I do.
In this age of mobile phones many theatres make an announcement
that such devices be turned off....I wonder that with people being used to chattering in front of the telly they forget that actors in live shows can (shock horror!) actually hear!
Perhaps it is getting to the stage where we should ask patrons to switch off their mouths too!
Just thought it might be something to discuss on here.
Anyone else got any ideas about this?
Cheers
Robert :)
I wonder if those who act in productions get as peed off by
patrons that talk out loud during the performance of a play
(particularly in an intimate theatre such as the one I am currently
performing in - namely KADS)as I do.
In this age of mobile phones many theatres make an announcement
that such devices be turned off....I wonder that with people being used to chattering in front of the telly they forget that actors in live shows can (shock horror!) actually hear!
Perhaps it is getting to the stage where we should ask patrons to switch off their mouths too!
Just thought it might be something to discuss on here.
Anyone else got any ideas about this?
Cheers
Robert :)
Re: Chatty Cathy Syndrome
Tue, 18 May 2004, 01:07 pmThis reminds me of something a little off topic but still relevant.
I spent about 9 weeks in Russia (for a laugh) some years ago and attended their equivalent of High School (even though I was Uni age).
The class was english (lucky me) run by an American (who half way through was astonished at my knowledge of the langauge,then found out I was Australian) ;-).
However, the class ran in such a way that initially shocked me - EVERYONE WAS SPEAKING WHILE THE TEACHER WAS!!!!
Why didn't he stop them?! Why were they being so ignorant?!
It took me a while to realise that the content of the conversations were ABOUT THE CLASS!!!! They were trying out what the teacher was saying as he was saying it!!!!
This is not uncommon in Russian schools and virtually unheard of in Western schools, and you know what, I liked it!
My bit.....
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I spent about 9 weeks in Russia (for a laugh) some years ago and attended their equivalent of High School (even though I was Uni age).
The class was english (lucky me) run by an American (who half way through was astonished at my knowledge of the langauge,then found out I was Australian) ;-).
However, the class ran in such a way that initially shocked me - EVERYONE WAS SPEAKING WHILE THE TEACHER WAS!!!!
Why didn't he stop them?! Why were they being so ignorant?!
It took me a while to realise that the content of the conversations were ABOUT THE CLASS!!!! They were trying out what the teacher was saying as he was saying it!!!!
This is not uncommon in Russian schools and virtually unheard of in Western schools, and you know what, I liked it!
My bit.....
[%sig%]