the movie theater scenario, anyone got a solution?
sirb...@hotmail.com
q goes to a mooee theater with w with plans to get w to give him a
blowjob
e goes to the mooee theater hoping to find either r or t in order to
engage in a drug transaction
y goes to the mooee theater with u, i and o with few intentions of
watching the mooee, with different intentions in fact, the clues to
which we can find in the vodka bottles they hide under their loins
p goes to the mooee theater and tries to score with a, who seems rather
lonely and concentrating on the mooee, needing of his phallus according
to p, disagrees with this does she, he fails to score and poors his
ketchup on her loins, then gets out a match and burns her loins
because, obviously, the ketchup was imflammable.
s goes to the mooee theater with d, f, g and h because he's recently
read certain anarchist books and discovered that the only way to go to
the mooees is by bringing champagne, which he doesnt bring because he
can't be arsed, instead he pisses in bottles and tells his pals its
champagne, they're so stoned they fall for it, but by the time they
reach the place they've had too many drugs and instead of carrying out
a postdadaist intervention they fall asleep, a sound and lovely deep
sleep.
j goes to the mooee theater with the intentions of finding a corner of
the mooee theater and wanking unto the wall, as it were, wanking in
order to leave the semen hanging, a bit like madonna lyrics, only on
the wall instead, hoping, with his gift of imagination that the next
person there will touch it by accident, be disgusted and hopefully,
since j was never a humanist, have a heart attack.
k and l are rather worried after having partaken in a cat killing spree
in a nearby recent park in what they perceived was a necessary health
prevention 'libertarian' right of theirs due to recent escalations in
bird flu and decide, after reasoning that an increase in policemen in
the neighbourhood indicates towards the possibility of their being
chased, decide to take refuge in the nearest mooee theater, which just
happens to be this one.
z is a creepy loner bitch who spends her days, recently, stalking her
ex boyfriend s. she finds herself in the mooee theater for obvious
reasons, yet more like a shadow, for obvious reasons, so much of a
shadow in fact, and so careful of choosing the adequate place from
which to peek away, that she crashes into j in the most embarassing
moment, but thats another story.
x is another fucked up cinephile who hid in the wc from the previous
session, the day before, in order to get a free run, who finds himself
gaping at the screen in that precise mooee theater.
c and v and making out and every 15 minutes go to the wc to make out in
further detail and privacy.
b, n and m enter the theater with the task of investigating the
possible danger involved in the inherent tasks undertaken by certain
ants that were spotted a few days before, by the war on ants society,
doing mysterious things in said theater. they also find themselves in
the theater on behalf of the
action-must-and-for-actions-sake-society-for-the-creation-of-men-of-action-society
and therefore, while doing the aforementioned job, try to make sure
they cover the obligations towards said society. b, n and m also go to
the theater with separate hopes. b expects to discover the quotational
tangent and erroneous attitude inherent in the mere notions of there
ever existing a stephen hawkins or a kurt goedel, taking advantage of
the dark and the special darkness, ideal for thinking, that usually
bathes areas like said theaters. n hopes to discover a certain brand of
floorboard he's spent decades (re)searching for and is rather hopeful
since the recent intelligentsia for anti-implodulic activities have
indicated that the concentration of such substance in the said theater
could possibly be enough to exist in, at least microscopically,
adequate sizes. m also goes to the theater with the double intention of
discovering the link between a hedgehog and a banana, being actually
rather hopeful thanks to recent investigations, not undertaken by
himself that is true, but rather by prestigious universities. hopes are
up, therefore, in the scientific bunch of peeps.
taking all these factors into account, whats the point of:
an ng group?
philosophy?
books?
films, let alone past films?
and subsections of the predicament:
the difficulties inherent in differentiating my cat with an ng group?
discovering what mooee they're playing at the theater?
discovering how many of the audience are wearing bras?
discovering how many of the men in the audience are wearing bras?
understanding what a past film is, and learning to differentiate it
from my cat?
learning to understand how something can be more amazing than something
else, and yet be gramatically incorrect, cuz how can we define the
something if its more, more and more amazing than something else, it
sorta becomes an abyss?
learning that what lies in front of the audience is not a mooee but an
undercover banana?
taking into account the possibilities of possibility and the risks in
risk?
taking into account the possibility of possibilities and risk in risks?
thanks for your time and thanks for any feedback on this issue; it
certainly seems necessary if we want to avoid a crisis in epistemology.
Tracy
obviously not your problem here!
Must admit, my mind's eye was ablaze with graphic images from your
testimony - interesting!
"whats the point of:
an ng group?
philosophy?
books?
films, let alone past films?"
On a personal level, I find all four of those mediums wonderful - for
imagination, lessons, fantasy, extension of vocabulary, entertainment,
emotional rollercoasting (laughter, tears, anger, melancholia).
In fact, they probably stop me from going to the movies and having a
private fiddle with myself!
Immortalist
> taking all these factors [events in a drama] into account, whats the point
>
> an ng group?
> philosophy?
> books?
> films, let alone past films?
>
Drama comes from Greek words meaning "to do" or "to act." A play is a story
acted out. It shows people going through some eventful period in their
lives, seriously or humorously. The speech and action of a play recreate the
flow of human life. A play comes fully to life only on the stage. On the
stage it combines many arts those of the author, director, actor, designer,
and others. Dramatic performance involves an intricate process of rehearsal
based upon imagery inherent in the dramatic text. A playwright first invents
a drama out of mental imagery. The dramatic text presents the drama as a
range of verbal imagery. The language of drama can range between great
extremes: on the one hand, an intensely theatrical and ritualistic manner;
and on the other, an almost exact reproduction of real life. A dramatic
monologue is a type of lyrical poem or narrative piece that has a person
speaking to a select listener and revealing his character in a dramatic
situation.
In a strict sense, plays are classified as being either tragedies or
comedies. The broad difference between the two is in the ending. Comedies
end happily. Tragedies end on an unhappy note. The tragedy acts as a purge.
It arouses our pity for the stricken one and our terror that we ourselves
may be struck down. As the play closes we are washed clean of these emotions
and we feel better for the experience. A classical tragedy tells of a high
and noble person who falls because of a "tragic flaw," a weakness in his own
character. A domestic tragedy concerns the lives of ordinary people brought
low by circumstances beyond their control. Domestic tragedy may be realistic
seemingly true to life or naturalistic realistic and on the seamy side of
life. A romantic comedy is a love story. The main characters are lovers; the
secondary characters are comic. In the end the lovers are always united.
Farce is comedy at its broadest. Much fun and horseplay enliven the action.
The comedy of manners, or artificial comedy, is subtle, witty, and often
mocking. Sentimental comedy mixes sentimental emotion with its humor.
Melodrama has a plot filled with pathos and menacing threats by a villain,
but it does include comic relief and has a happy ending. It depends upon
physical action rather than upon character probing. Tragic or comic, the
action of the play comes from conflict of characters how the stage people
react to each other. These reactions make the play.
http://litera1no4.tripod.com/drama.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2967082559164248574
Drama is a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It
is a Greek word meaning "action," drawn from the Greek verb ????, "to do."
Dramas can be performed in a variety of media: live performance, film, or
television. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays
(with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather
than staged; examples include the plays of Seneca, Manfred by Byron, and
Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Other dramatic literature may
not resemble plays at all, such as the Imaginary Conversations of Walter
Savage Landor. Drama is also often combined with music and dance, such as in
opera which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and
songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment, such as the Japanese Noh
drama.
Improvisational drama is drama that has no set script, in which the
performers take their cues from one another and the situations (sometimes
established in advance) in which their characters find themselves to create
their own dialogue as they perform. Improvisational drama is made up on the
spot using whatever space,costumes or props are available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_%28art_form%29
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3636435540043947603
Aristotle's Perfect Tragic Hero follows these guidelines:
1. a member of the nobility
2. Tragic flaw (Hamartia) consisting of a simple mistake or a weakness of
character which causes them to suffer
Tragedy
1. Tragedy is meant to reaffirm the fact that life is worth living,
regardless of the suffering or pain that is part of human existence.
2. Tragedies are about people in conflict with the universe.
a. tragedies are always about spiritual conflicts, never about every day
events.
3. Tragic actions arise from a character's inner conflict.
a. a tragic protagonist must have magnitude; his struggles are great
because he is important to society.
4. The tragic protagonist must fall from high to low; they will have a noble
soul.
a. The audience must care about the tragic protagonist.
5. The tragic protagonist is a good man, but not perfect.
a. He usually suffers from hubris (Pride) as shown through hamartia
(character flaw or error in judgment).
b. once the transgression is realized, the character enters the stage of
anagnorisis (recognition) and will undergo a peripeteia (reversal of fortune
or fall from high to low).
6. The protagonist's actions should arouse feelings of both pity and fear in
the audience.
a. Pity because the protagonist is better than we are, so we place ourselves
into his position (empathy)
b. Fear because we too do not know our future or fate.
7. By the end of the play, the audience should be purged of pity and fear,
so they go through a catharsis.
a. Catharsis = purgation of pity and fear
8. The tragic protagonist must ask the first and last of all questions: What
does it mean to be?
a. He must face the world alone, unaccomodated, and kick against his fate.
b. He can never escape his fate, but he will insist upon accepting fate on
his own terms.
http://www.krucli.com/greek_drama_notes.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1436601230821667491
Drama
http://xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=197940
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact
that the players cannot act.
--James Agate
Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington.
--Noël Coward
Nouns
1 drama
the theatre, the stage, the play, the scenes (Lit), traffic of the state,
dramatic entertainment, dramatics, amateur dramatics, dramaticism,
theatrics, theatricals, histrionics, histrionism, dramatic art, histrionic
art, Thespian art, Thespis, cinema, television, stagedom, playland, the West
End, Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, the Fringe, fringe theatre,
repertory, live theatre, legitimate theatre, straight drama, alternative
theatre, street theatre, pub theatre, experimental theatre, rep (Inf), legit
(Inf), the boards (Inf), the footlights (Inf), greasepaint (Inf)
See Literature; Demonstration; Display
2 play
stage play, drama, dramatic representation, dramatic entertainment, dramatic
recital, show, work, piece, vehicle, script, text, lines, libretto, book,
book of words, prompt book, monologue, dramatic monologue, monodrama,
one-man show, one-woman show, duologue, duodrama, two-hander, dialogue,
skit, sketch, playlet, divertissement (Fr), charade, burlesque,
curtain-raiser, curtain-lifter, intermezzo, entr'acte, double bill, one-act
play, five-act play, trilogy, tetralogy, dramatic cycle, Greek drama, fabula
(L), N play, Kygen (Jap), Kabuki (Jap), mystery play, morality play, miracle
play, passion play, Oberammergau, liturgical drama, folk play, mummers'
play, swordplay, commedia dell'arte (It), farce, harlequinade, pantomime,
mime, dumbshow, masque, antimasque, pastoral, interlude, verse drama, poetic
drama, closet drama, melodrama, heroic drama, Grand Guignol, drama of
suspense, well-made play, pičce bien faite (Fr), problem play, sociodrama,
psychodrama, psychological drama, slice of life, kitchen-sink drama,
docudrama, documentary drama, drama-documentary, rockumentary, community
drama, collective creation, improvised drama, improvisation, happening,
broadcast drama, radio drama, radio play, television drama, television play,
teleplay, screenplay, biopic, scenario, shooting script, serial, soap opera,
soap (Inf)
3 films
movies, pictures, the silver screen, Hollywood, Bollywood, flicks (Inf)
4 musical drama
opera, operetta, musical, Broadway musical, show, musical comedy, comic
opera, opera buffa (It), opera seria (It), ballad opera, rock opera,
Singspiel (Ger), ballet, Gilbert and Sullivan, cabaret
See Music; Dancing
5 show business
entertainment industry, vaudeville, variety, burlesque, music hall, song and
dance, striptease, the stage, the boards, Broadway, off-Broadway,
off-off-Broadway, West End, Hollywood, the big top, showbiz (Inf), straw hat
(US inf)
6 cinema
cinematography, film directing, screenwriting, Academy Awards, Oscars (Inf)
See Photography
7 show
stage show, live show, spectacle, extravaganza, variety show, vaudeville
show, burlesque show, cabaret, song and dance, revue, review, intimate
review, late-night review, minstrel show, music hall, repertory show,
Follies, floor show, strip show, striptease, peepshow, sex show, tableau
vivant (Fr), tableau, hootchy-kootchy show, raree show, medicine show, road
show, magic show, puppet show, puppetry, Punch-and-Judy show, marionette
show, fantoccini (It), shadow play, shadow show, ombres chinoises (Fr),
slide show, light show, laser show, son et lumičre (Fr), circus, travelling
circus, the Big Top, the ring, rodeo, ice show, carnival, pageant, sideshow,
flea circus, game show, quiz show, panel show, lecture, rep show (Inf),
girly show (Inf), leg show (Inf), nudie show (Inf), flesh show (Inf)
See Undress; Celebration; Demonstration; Display
8 scene
act, speech, monologue, soliloquy, episode, item, piece, number, routine,
sketch, turn, bill, top of the bill, bottom of the bill, curtain-music,
overture, curtain-raiser, curtain-lifter, rising of the curtain, prologue,
introduction, opening scene, expository scene, chorus, interval,
intermission, break, intermezzo, entr'acte, interlude, divertimento (It),
divertissement (Fr), climax, catastrophe, denouement, resolution, exposure
scene, recognition scene, deus ex machina (L), battle scene, alarums and
excursions, love scene, sex scene, transformation scene, set piece, finale,
curtain, drop of the curtain, final curtain, curtain call, blackout,
epilogue, encore, exode, exodus, afterpiece, jig, applause, ovation,
standing ovation, chaser (Inf)
9 dramaturgy
dramatic structure, dramatic form, play construction, stagecraft, theatre
craft, theatrical convention, dramatic convention, dramatic unities, the
unities, dramatic irony, dramatic conflict, agon (Gk), dramatic tension,
alienation effect, a-effect, Verfremdungseffekt (Ger), play writing, script
writing, plot, subplot, characterization, story, stichomythia (Gk), staging,
choreography, action, movement, gesture, theatricality, theatrics,
sensationalism, blood and thunder, Sturm und Drang (Ger), Grand Guignol,
dramatic coup, dramatic stroke, coup de théâtre (Fr), spectacle,
showmanship, ham (Inf)
See Literature; Topic; Skill; Sensation; Vision
10 theatre movements
activism, Aktie Tomaat (Dutch), Angry Young Men, community theatre,
constructivism, Décentralisation Dramatique (Fr), documentary theatre, epic
theatre, expressionism, feminist theatre, formalism, kitchen-sink drama,
naturalism, New Drama, realism, ritual drama, Sturm und Drang (Ger), théâtre
du quotidien (Fr), theatre of the absurd, theatre of cruelty, theatre of
fact, theatre of silence, théâtre total (Fr), total theatre, verismo (It),
Vormingstoneel (Dutch)
11 tragedy
tragic drama, high tragedy, classical tragedy, Greek tragedy, Aeschylean
tragedy, Euripidean tragedy, Sophoclean tragedy, Senecan tragedy,
Renaissance tragedy, Shakespearean tragedy, Elizabethan tragedy, Jacobean
tragedy, revenge tragedy, domestic tragedy, drama of fate, romantic tragedy,
melodrama, tragicomedy, tragic muse, Melpomene, cothurnus, buskin, tragic
flaw, hamartia (Gk), hubris, catharsis
See Love; Sorrow
12 comedy
high comedy, low comedy, broad comedy, light comedy, romantic comedy,
sentimental comedy, comédie larmoyante (Fr), comedy of manners, comedy of
ideas, comedy of humours, comedy of intrigue, comedy of morals, comedy of
character, comedy of situation, situation comedy, sitcom (Inf), sex comedy,
black comedy, dark comedy, bitter comedy, comédie rosse (Fr), tragicomedy,
satire, satirical comedy, farce, knockabout farce, stand-up comedy, bedroom
farce, Feydeau farce, Whitehall farce, French farce, slapstick, burlesque,
burletta, high camp, low camp, alternative comedy, satyr play, Aristophanean
comedy, Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, New Comedy, Roman comedy, commedia
dell'arte (It), commedia a soggetto (It), commedia erudita (It), burla (It),
lazzo (It), interlude, Shakespearean comedy, Jonsonian comedy, Restoration
comedy, comédie-ballet (Fr), drawing-room comedy, comic relief, light
relief, comic business, comic muse, Thalia, motley, sock, cap and bells,
coxcomb, bladder
See Love; Humour
13 theatrical performance
show, production, stage presentation, presentment, exhibition, bill,
premiere performance, premiere, preview, first night, gala night, debut,
farewell performance, personal appearance, command performance, bespeak
performance (Lit), benefit, charity gala, matinée, first house, second
house, successful production, success, critical success, sell-out, full
house, hit, box-office hit, smash hit (Inf), long run, failure, short run,
flop (Inf), turkey (Inf), bomb (US inf)
See Success; Failure; Display
14 production
direction, staging, mounting, putting on, stage management, mise-en-scčne
(Fr), audition, casting, rehearsal, readthrough, walkthrough, run-through,
blocking, dress rehearsal, technical rehearsal, new production, revival,
modern production, modern-dress production
See Preparation; Creation
15 engagement
theatrical engagement, playing engagement, booking, date, gig, stand,
one-night stand, run, tour, circuit, variety circuit, club circuit, pub
circuit, vaudeville circuit, repertory circuit, rep (Inf), strawhat circuit
(US inf), borscht belt (US inf), scampi-and-chips circuit (Inf),
chicken-in-a-basket circuit (Inf), rubber-chicken circuit (Inf)
16 theatre
venue, playhouse, house, hall, hippodrome, auditorium, arena, amphitheatre,
stadium, circus, Greek theatre, odeum, odeon, Elizabethan theatre, spectacle
theatre, open-air theatre, outdoor theatre, theatre-in-the-round, circle
theatre, arena theatre, little theatre, variety theatre, vaudeville theatre,
vaudeville house, burlesque theatre, burlesque house, cabaret, music hall,
opera house, opera, concert hall, cinema, movie theatre, picture house,
nightclub, club, nightspot, boîte de nuit (Fr), boîte (Fr), booth, showboat,
big top, pavilion, end of the pier, toy theatre, ediophusikon (Gk), fleapit
(Inf)
See Architecture
17 stage
the boards, performing area, acting area, playing area, proscenium stage,
proscenium, proscenium arch, bridge, picture-frame stage, apron stage,
apron, forestage, thrust stage, segment stage, wagon stage, slip stage,
revolving stage, trap, stage left, stage L, stage right, stage R, upstage,
downstage, centrestage, frontstage, above, below, orchestra pit, orchestra,
pit, bandstand, podium, rostrum, dais, soapbox, wings, backstage, dressing
room, greenroom, stage door, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, gridiron, grid,
lightboard, switchboard, board, sounddesk, prompter's box, scene dock, scene
bay
See Music; Furniture and Woodwork
18 auditorium
seating, parquet (US), parquet circle (US), stalls, orchestra stalls, front
stalls, back stalls, pit, front rows, fauteuil, parterre, loge, box, box
seat, stage box, parterre box, proscenium box, royal box, circle, upper
circle, dress circle, balcony, gallery, mezzanine, standing room, front of
house, foyer, box office, the gods (Inf), heaven (US inf), paradise (US
inf), peanut gallery (US inf)
19 stage set
stage setting, setting, set, box set, scenery, scene, mise-en-scčne (Fr),
decor, flat, side scene, cyclorama, stage screw, wing, wingcut, border,
tormentor, teaser, flipper, batten, drop, drop curtain, drop scene, cloth,
backdrop, backcloth, hanging, gauze, scrim, transparency, transformation
scene, curtain, drape, house curtain, act curtain, act drop, tabs, safety
curtain, fire curtain, advertisement curtain, rag (Inf)
20 stage lighting
lights, footlights, limelight, floodlight, flood, spotlight, arc light, arc,
bunch light, battens, house lights, klieg light, colour filter, colour
wheel, medium, gelatin, gel (Inf), gobo, diaphragm, iris diaphragm, iris,
projector, sciopticon (US), stroboscope, lightboard, lighting board,
lighting desk, lighting plot, Varilite, foots (Inf), spot (Inf), following
spot (Inf), strobe (Inf)
See Light; Colour
21 stage requisite
stage property, property, prop, handprop, theatrical costume, costume,
wardrobe, theatrical make-up, make-up, theatrical cosmetics, greasepaint,
spirit gum, whiteface, blackface, clown face
See Decoration; Fashion
22 acting
play-acting, playing, role-playing, taking a role, taking a part, creating a
role, creating a part, impersonation, personation, portrayal,
representation, characterization, interpretation, projection, performing,
performance, enactment, mimesis, mimicry, mimicking, miming, pantomiming,
character acting, method acting, the Method, improvisation, improvising,
histrionics, overacting, barnstorming, business, stage business, byplay,
stage whisper, aside, entrance, exit, cue, theatrical technique, stage
presence, showmanship, star quality, stage fever, first-night nerves, stage
fright, ham acting (Inf), hamming (Inf), hamming it up (Inf), camping it up
(Inf), hoking it up (US inf), hoking (US inf), mummery (Inf)
See Imitation; Bulge; Appearance; Fear; Representation; Interpretation;
Exaggeration; Display
23 role
part, character, person, personage, dramatis personae, title role, title
part, name part, starring role, leading role, lead role, lead, chief part,
good part, principal character, hero, heroine, antihero, villain,
protagonist, antagonist, supporting character, deuteragonist, supporting
part, supporting role, minor role, bit part, speaking part, walk-on part,
walking part, straight part, straight man, cameo, vignette, comic relief,
chorus, Greek chorus, stock part, stock character, stereotype, central
casting, ingenue, soubrette, juvenile lead, jeune premičre (Fr), love
interest, confidante, heavy father, heavy woman, walking lady, walking
gentleman, supernumerary, merry widow, injured husband, breeches part, miles
gloriosus (L), buffoon, fool, stage villain, stage Irishman, stage drunk,
Harlequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, Pierrot, Scaramouch, principal boy,
principal girl, pantomime dame, heavy (Inf), bad guy (Inf), fat part (Inf),
juicy part (Inf), bit (Inf), feeder (Inf), feed (Inf)
24 actor
actress, play-actor, player, stage player, strolling player, Thespian,
trouper, stage performer, repertory player, Roscius (Lit), barnstormer,
actor-manager, tragedian, tragedienne, comedian, comedienne, comedy actor,
comedy actress, light comedian, low comedian, farcer, character actor,
character actress, method actor, improviser, film actor, film actress, film
star, star, superstar, starlet, star of stage and screen, matinée idol,
idol, icon, leading man, leading lady, lead, juvenile lead, jeune premier
(or premičre) (Fr), supporting actor, support, body double, understudy,
stand-in, standby, lookalike, substitute, extra, bit player, spear-carrier,
supernumerary, super, pantomimist, opera singer, diva, prima donna,
prologue, presenter, narrator, speaker, ham (Inf), mummer (Inf), darling
(Inf), lovie (Inf)
25 cast
characters, dramatis personae, persons of the drama, chorus, ladies (or
gentlemen) of the chorus, supporting cast, cast of thousands, ensemble,
company, repertory company, stock company, touring company, outfit, troupe,
circus troupe, corps de ballet (Fr)
See Gathering
26 dramatist
dramaturge, dramatizer, playwright, play writer, scenario writer,
scenarioist, scenarist, screenwriter, script writer, librettist, radio
dramatist, television dramatist, farceur (Fr), farceuse (Fr), joke writer,
tragedian, comedian, tragic poet, comic poet, melodramatist, choreographer,
mimographer, play doctor (US inf), play fixer (US inf), jokesmith (Inf), gag
man (Inf), gag writer (Inf)
See Literature; Originality; Imagination
27 producer
director, auteur, stage manager, manager, actor-manager, impresario,
exhibitor, promoter, showman, master of ceremonies, ringmaster,
choreographer, regisseur (Fr), choraegus (Gk), designer, set designer,
costume designer, costumier (Fr), costumičre (Fr), business manager,
publicity manager, publicity man, publicity woman, press officer, press
agent, booking agent, ticket agent, agent, theatrical agent, advance agent,
advance man, playbroker, patron, backer, angel (Inf), ten-per-cent man (US
inf), ten-per-center (US inf), MC (Inf), emcee (Inf), SM (Inf)
See Creation; Help; Authority
28 stagehand
stage technician, state crew, electrician, sound recordist, sound man,
lighting man, machinist (Lit), stage carpenter, scene painter, scene
shifter, flyman, special effects man, dresser, wardrobe mistress, make-up
artist, make-up man, wig maker, callboy, prompter, ticket collector,
programme-seller, usher, usherette, doorman, front-of-house staff,
box-office staff
29 entertainer
public entertainer, artiste, artist, performer, act, vaudeville artist,
vaudevillian, variety artist, song and dance man, quick-change artist, drag
artist, female impersonator, impersonator, impressionist, mimic,
ventriloquist, reciter, monologist, diseuse, diseur, conjuror, magician,
mountebank, prestidigitator, sleight-of-hand artist, hypnotist,
escapologist, escape artist, mind reader, memory artist, comedian,
comedienne, comic, stand-up comic, humorist, straight man, minstrel,
troubadour, goliard (Lit), jongleur (Lit), busker, street performer, show
girl, chorus girl, chorus boy, striptease artist, presenter, host, game-show
host, quiz-show host, chat show host, radio personality, television
personality, burlesque queen (Inf), stripper (Inf), stooge (Inf), foil
(Inf), feed (Inf)
See Imitation; Undress; Question; Soliloquy; Display
30 dancer
ballet dancer, ballerina, prima ballerina, danseur (Fr), danseuse (Fr),
coryphée, figurante, figurant, Terpsichorean, dancing girl, show girl,
chorus girl, cancan dancer, tap dancer, belly dancer, disco dancer, go-go
dancer, nautch-girl, geisha girl, geisha, striptease artist, exotic dancer,
erotic dancer, ecdysiast, stripper (Inf), hoofer (Inf)
See Dancing; Undress
31 circus performer
circus artist, tightrope walker, ropewalker, slack-rope artist, high-wire
artist, equilibrist, trapeze artist, tumbler, acrobat, saltimbanco (It),
contortionist, juggler, strongman, stunt man, human cannonball, fire-eater,
snake charmer, lion tamer, bareback rider, ringmaster, equestrian director,
clown, barker, spiel man (Inf)
See Gymnastics; Humour
32 clown
fool, jester, buffoon, buffo (Inf), zany, cap and bells, motley, slapstick
comedian, slapstick, Punch, Punchinello, Pulcinella, Polichinelle,
Harlequin, Columbine, Pantaloon, Pantalone, Scaramouch, Pierrot, Pedrolino,
Pasquino, merry-andrew (Lit), pickle-herring (Lit), jack-pudding (Lit)
See Humour
33 theatregoer
playgoer, operagoer, filmgoer, balletgoer, spectator, fan, enthusiast, opera
buff, buff, balletomane, audience, house, full house, packed house, thin
house, stalls, pit, circle, boxes, gallery, balcony, promenader, standee
(US), groundling (Lit), pittite (Lit), claque (Fr), claqueur (Fr), pass
holder, critic, reviewer, talent spotter, first-nighter (Inf), stage-door
Johnny (Inf), deadhead (Inf), plant (Inf)
Verbs
1 act
perform, enact, play, play-act, appear, project, enter, make an entrance,
take the stage, tread the boards, face the cameras, play the lead, support,
co-star, understudy, see one's name in lights, mimic, mime, imitate,
represent, personify, impersonate, take off (Inf), exit, take a bow
See Imitation; Bulge; Entry; Exit; Display
2 overact
send up, overplay, rant, roar, play to the gallery, upstage, barnstorm,
steal the show, play the fool, improvise, ad-lib, wing it (Inf), chew up the
scenery (Inf), milk it (Inf), ham (Inf), ham (or camp) it up (Inf)
See Excess; Overstepping; Human Cry; Exaggeration
3 underact
walk on, have a cameo role, miss one's cue, fluff, dry up, go blank, throw
away (Inf)
See Error; Understatement
4 rehearse
con, learn one's lines, mug up, memorize, recite, run through, read through,
walk through, block, interpret the part, get into character, method act
See Preparation
5 dramatize
melodramatize, theatricalize, adapt for the stage, write, script, produce,
put on, direct, cue, prompt, stage-manage, cast, bill, star, feature,
typecast, present, release, preview, premiere, open, raise the curtain
See Literature; Originality; Opening; Creation; Authority
Adjectives
1 dramatic
dramaturgic, melodramatic, spectacular, theatrical, mimetic, musical,
operatic, choral, balletic, choreographic, Terpsichorean, histrionic,
Thespian, stagy, staged, enacted, performed, interpreted, characterized,
scripted, prompted, directed, improvised, protagonistic, antagonistic
2 tragic
tragicomic, buskined, romantic, cathartic, comic, vaudevillian, slapstick,
burlesque, farcical, knockabout, sensational, stereotypical, typecast,
miscast, hammy (Inf), hammed up (Inf)
3 stagestruck
starstruck, all-star, top of the bill, starring, featuring, showing, running
4 activist
constructivist, expressionist, formalist, naturalist, realist, Restoration
Adverbs
1 on stage
in the spotlight (or limelight), stage left, stage right, upstage,
downstage, centrestage, frontstage, offstage, in the wings, backstage,
behind the scenes
2 dramatically
melodramatically, histrionically, theatrically, tragically, comically,
romantically, protagonistically, antagonistically, choreographically,
chorally, stereotypically, realistically
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Immortalist
<donsto...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is a mooee theatre a place for cows to see movies?
>
A family walks into a talent agency. It's a father, mother, son, daughter
and dog. The father says to the talent agent, "We have a really amazing act.
You should represent us." The agent says, "OK. OK. I'll take a look."
The mother disrobes and sits down on her ass and spreads her legs wide
apart. In a sudden woosh of blood, a huge wave of red spreads from her
vagina to each side of the agent's office wall. This tsunami of blood is at
least 3 and a half feet when it engulfs the agent's desk.
The father then gets on his knees after taking off his clothes. He screams,
"Here's Johnny!" and a cloud of locusts emerge from his behind. They aim
straight for the closed window and burst out of the agent's office onto the
Streets of LA 21 floors below.
The daughter opens up her mouth fully dressed and out shoots a pillar of
fire which destroys the fleeing locusts in a huff of smoke. "Eat your heart
out Harry Potter!"
The son then sticks his arms out and says "I see dead people." From his the
tips of his fingertips come the images of Fatty Arbuckle, John Wayne,
Marilyn Monroe, Princess Di, Elvis, James Dean, etc.
For the longest time, the agent just sits in silence. Finally, he manages,
"That's a hell of an act. What do you call it?"
And the father says, "The Aristocrats!"
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<Reanima...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>And the father says, "The Aristocrats!"
It's hard for me to imagine people having enough talent to make that
joke funny. But apparently not to Penn and Teller. I tend to
agree with them, but not enough to try watching that.
Robert Cohen
10. Hey, a ratty theatre is an experience unto itself--who needs the
movie with the freaky live shows as semi-described
9. The ole Strand was that taboo-breaking place where a black-hated
Clint Eastwood, early 1960s, said a shockingly bad word or three in
public in a "spaghetti western"
8. In a late 1940s Roy Rogers Republic cowboy movie I saw on a Saturday
afternoon, I recall there was a late forties GM car (Chevy, Olds, or
Pontiac?) there on the range
7. Popcorn was 5 cents a bag, a snowcone was 10 cents, and my favorite
sugary chips NECCO and the candy bars were a nickel--did I tell ya the
admission was NINE CENTS?
6. Better than the usual cruddy movies: Pete Smith Specials, THREE
STOOGES, and news reels narrated by Ed Herlihy (later the KRAFT THEATRE
announcer), plus "The Bowery Boys Meet Louis Dumbrowski"
5. FROGMEN, the greatest B movie ever
4. So, the placed sorta smelled bad--no smell-o-vision needed (did it
ever get invented/innovated?)
3. Front-row seating makes ya blind, though closer to EXIT (where a few
may sneak-in)
2. Nobody ever saw a GONE WITH THE WIND in an ole neighborhood ratty
theatre
1. And when the film breaks, the screaming fun starts