The Imperator
Jul. 17th, 2006 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerEver met someone completely devoid of a sense of humor? I thought I had too. Then I met my director for a one-act play I'm doing for Silver Spring Theatre's One-Act Festival.
Seriously. We've had three long rehearsals so far, and the man has not laughed or smiled once. Or maybe he has smiled, but there's no way of knowing with that Wilford Brimley Walrus mustache of his. And he says *everything* with the humorless imperativeness of a stage manager on Hell Week. Alan's right, he's not a director. He is... the Imperator!
Speaking of mustaches, he's having me try to grow a goatee. I told him it wouldn't happen. He said try anyway.
Weep. Weep for humanity.
(I just have this visual of Orlando Bloom coming up to me, pointing, and going, "HAW-HAW!")
Seriously. We've had three long rehearsals so far, and the man has not laughed or smiled once. Or maybe he has smiled, but there's no way of knowing with that Wilford Brimley Walrus mustache of his. And he says *everything* with the humorless imperativeness of a stage manager on Hell Week. Alan's right, he's not a director. He is... the Imperator!
Speaking of mustaches, he's having me try to grow a goatee. I told him it wouldn't happen. He said try anyway.
Weep. Weep for humanity.
(I just have this visual of Orlando Bloom coming up to me, pointing, and going, "HAW-HAW!")
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Date: 2006-07-17 08:40 pm (UTC)boop!
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Date: 2006-07-17 09:19 pm (UTC)AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
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Date: 2006-07-17 09:36 pm (UTC)doc&jackson make me happy that we have some decent animation in america, even if its made in korea.
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Date: 2006-07-17 09:04 pm (UTC)I hate facial hair on men, usually. I particularly loathe mustaches by themselves. No man can wear a mustache except for 1) Zorro and 2) Clark Gable and MAYBE 3) Bill the Butcher. Thus decreeth the goddess Shri Mahakali.
But a well-groomed goatee? Usually looks GREAT on a guy. Work it, baby!
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Date: 2006-07-17 09:43 pm (UTC)Just noting your current music, my roomate in college had a hell of a live version of Waiting for My Man that the VU did in NY. Back when Lou was still on coke and could pull a 3 hour show.
One of my favorite VU songs, along with Heroin, White Light White Heat, and Stephanie Says.
Anyway, may your director have a fit of passion and may your show kick nuts...hard.
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Date: 2006-07-17 10:38 pm (UTC)A mullet, fer chrissakes.
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Date: 2006-07-17 11:51 pm (UTC)But there were days. Days when Lous voice would sound like it was raked over burning coals, and you could see his fingers bleeding and his veins cracking under the pressure on that gooseneck axe of his.
Back when Mo Tucker would flip a bass drum on its ass and bash the shit out of it with tympani mallets while sound and glory filled the room.
I bear witness!
Hell yes.
Amen.
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Date: 2006-07-18 06:19 pm (UTC)Friends!!!
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Date: 2006-07-19 04:28 am (UTC)RAWK!