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Moths and Cockroaches

Wed, 20 Sept 2006, 12:47 pm
Rapunzel28 posts in thread
Tony's Theory re; Actors and Lights (Moths and Cockroaches) Some actors are natural moths, they will always be exactly where they are asked to be by the Director and therefore make the Lighting Designers job much easier, particulary when using pin spots, etc. Others are cockroaches. You (the LD) may flood the stage with every light in the place and somehow, they will STILL HAVE A SHADOW ON THEIR FACE!!!! Then there are sub-species: super moths will always find light (no matter what the Director said during blocking) grrr moths will find everybody else's light (when they have no right to it, you know, the leading lady's spot gets hogged) Thoughts? Any further sub-species to add to the collection?

great sponges steal

Thu, 5 Oct 2006, 04:05 pm
Regarding the sponge comments above - yes, I do kind of agree: I can't express how completely annoyed I was about 2 years after Snatch came out about the sheer number of crappy theatre 'tough guys' who for no apparent reasons adopted cockney accents ala early Guy Ritchie films. I guess their reasoning was something along the lines off: '1. Actors playing tough guys in Guy Ritche films have cockney accents' 2. In a Guy Ritchie film, the tougher the character the more calmly the speak and the more deliberate their cockney accent. 3. I'm trying to play 'a tough guy'. I guess there might be more depth than that to this character, but I'm too lazy to look into it'. 1+2+3 = Conclusion: 'I'll do all my lines like a cockney 'tough guy' in a Guy Ritche film, and that will make ME look like a 'tough guy'. When in reality they just looked like someone doing an imitation. BUT, getting back to being devil's advocate: there is a fine old saying: 'Mediocre artists borrow, Great artists STEAL'. Kind of makes the sponges look good, or is the saying just a load of proverbial euphamisism?

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