Woo-Hoo! Coarse language & nudity
Tue, 25 May 1999, 01:33 pmWalter Plinge12 posts in thread
Woo-Hoo! Coarse language & nudity
Tue, 25 May 1999, 01:33 pmYes, it's true. A group booking from a local Christian group walked out of Saturday night's performance of Blak Yak's "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress". (Actually, according to our lighting, sound and FOH people, it very much appeared as if one woman stormed out, followed tentatively by her acolytes who seemed to be of the opinion, "Ooh, er, I'd like to see the end of the play, but I think I'd better leave too so as not to offend she who walked out.")The reason cited was the coarse language, and yes, we do admit to our eternal shame, that one of the characters does use the term, "Goddamn" (amongst other naughty words). Perhaps we should have had a disclaimer on our publicity material advertising that a few instances of coarse language may offend? Oh well, we'll cross that bridge next time we come to it.Frankly, I'm pleased that this shows that our lovely and talented actresses are so convincing in their roles that they are able to elicit powerful responses from the audience. The vast majority of which were laughing their heads off, but if a tiny majority choose to be offended by a few colourful colloquialisms, then that is their prerogative. I wonder what would have happened had they remained for the fleeting nudity in Act 2...?Jarrod Buttery,Deputy Bridesmaid Wrangler,Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (only 3 nights remaining!!!)
Re: Woo-Hoo! Coarse language & nudity
Thu, 27 May 1999, 04:12 pm> One wonders why yuo want to know...hehe you might be wondering, but i'm sure - with all respect to the parties concerned - i don't want to know;)as to the young man concerned, he left the state a few years ago to work as a drama teacher in Singapore and then went to Melbourne and i believe he is currently in Sydney teaching people how to ride motorcycleswhen i last heard from him (sometime last year) he had just amicably parted company with the young woman who played his girlfriend in the show - whom he had followed to Singapore when she went there to teach and then to Melbourne when she went to study at VCA... they'd been together about 4 yearsCheersGrant
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