Much Ado About Nothing

[Recidiva]

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind

Nothing that is so is so.

 

[butters]

The trust I have is in mine innocence,
and therefore am I bold and resolute.




Their understanding
Begins to swell and the approaching tide
Will shortly fill the reasonable shores
That now lie foul and muddy.

 

[Recidiva]

Now it is the time of night
That the graves, all gaping wide,
Every one lets forth his sprite
In the church-way paths to glide.

I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows.

 

[Recidiva]

AJ, I wonder that you will still be speaking.
Nobody marks you.

Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your Grace, for trouble being gone, comfort should remain, but when you depart from me, sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave.

 

[butters]

the rest is silence





only on looking back through some of shakey's text am i noticing i unwittingly snaffled titles for poetry! seems they lodged in my hindbrain and suggested themselves sneakily. so i owe him a nod for the inspirations.

and now


Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.

^ all in a day's work on the GB

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

AJ, I wonder that you will still be speaking.
Nobody marks you.

You are excused...

Oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Well...I resist learning that lesson myself. Although I might think it, I'll also just do the lifting because lifting needs to be done.

It's more thinking some people are children other than peers and need looking after.

Like 25% of our population. And they be just the pols.

 

[Recidiva]

the rest is silence





only on looking back through some of shakey's text am i noticing i unwittingly snaffled titles for poetry! seems they lodged in my hindbrain and suggested themselves sneakily. so i owe him a nod for the inspirations.

and now


Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.

^ all in a day's work on the GB

Yes, I've found some of that in my own writing...that I lift bits of conversation that I thought were mine and then I realize...uh...Richard Dreyfuss said them first...

 

[Recidiva]

Like 25% of our population. And they be just the pols.

But if I want a better society and I can't convince them, then the only thing I can do is set an example.

I did find a job that I can do without actual heavy lifting, just grammatical competence.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

But if I want a better society and I can't convince them, then the only thing I can do is set an example.

I did find a job that I can do without actual heavy lifting, just grammatical competence.

Just keep in mind that Jesus fed the many, cured the sick, raised the dead, and still got murdered by the little people.

 

[Recidiva]

Just keep in mind that Jesus fed the many, cured the sick, raised the dead, and still got murdered by the little people.

Yeah, and it was the right thing to do and he'd do it again.

I stay out of the spotlight and don't seek fame on purpose. I can learn some stuff.

Although occasionally I might be called Queen of the Nerds or some such, it won't actually threaten anybody's power base and is mostly just a way to laugh at me.

 

[Recidiva]

O pardon, since a crooked figure may attest in little place a million, and let us, ciphers to this great account, on your imaginary forces work.

 

[tactful]

A very deep thread, but, I can tread water, not at the moment, cause, I'm trending water.

 

[oggbashan]

We have just booked to see Coriolanus in January at our local multiplex cinema (and Giselle).

It is much cheaper than trying to book in a London theatre. It is even cheaper than the fuel to drive there, or train tickets, and certainly cheaper than the hotel we would need afterwards.

An aside:

When Og was young and studying Shakespeare, it was difficult to see a production of the play I was studying. Reading the bare text wasn't enough.

There were sound recordings (on 78 rpm records!) but a stage performance was essential. I managed to go to several Shakespeare productions in London, but the standard of those productions was poor compared to modern ones.

Why? Because modern productions have the advantage of seeing DVDs or Videos of previous productions. The producer, director and actors can look at another production and decide whether they should perform the same way, or that some parts were good and other parts could be improved. They can watch a difficult scene over and over again.

Each modern production can build on previous ones. But they can also build on their own. They can watch a recording of a run through, and see what they did right, what they did wrong and what they do better. They have instant feedback.

Even Amateur productions now have the technical equipment to record and replay rehearsals.

When I performed in Shakespeare in my 20s it was only because the amateur group were really desperate. I was 'a friend of a friend' who could be a spear carrier, a bloody sergeant, anyone with few or no lines but was necessary for the scene. More than once I didn't even know what play I was in until I arrived for the performance. I did 'Coarse Acting' - 'Hold this spear, stand there during this scene and look fierce' - before adjourning to the pub for a couple of pints and returning as a Monk in the funeral procession...

 

[butters]

how pertinent, still, as all record producers understand:

Music, moody food of us that trade in love.

 

[Recidiva]

A very deep thread, but, I can tread water, not at the moment, cause, I'm trending water.

Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.

 

[tactful]

Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.

When the fog libbet two time, is time to go. (old Chinese saying)

 

[Recidiva]

We have just booked to see Coriolanus in January at our local multiplex cinema (and Giselle).

It is much cheaper than trying to book in a London theatre. It is even cheaper than the fuel to drive there, or train tickets, and certainly cheaper than the hotel we would need afterwards.

An aside:

When Og was young and studying Shakespeare, it was difficult to see a production of the play I was studying. Reading the bare text wasn't enough.

There were sound recordings (on 78 rpm records!) but a stage performance was essential. I managed to go to several Shakespeare productions in London, but the standard of those productions was poor compared to modern ones.

Why? Because modern productions have the advantage of seeing DVDs or Videos of previous productions. The producer, director and actors can look at another production and decide whether they should perform the same way, or that some parts were good and other parts could be improved. They can watch a difficult scene over and over again.

Each modern production can build on previous ones. But they can also build on their own. They can watch a recording of a run through, and see what they did right, what they did wrong and what they do better. They have instant feedback.

Even Amateur productions now have the technical equipment to record and replay rehearsals.

When I performed in Shakespeare in my 20s it was only because the amateur group were really desperate. I was 'a friend of a friend' who could be a spear carrier, a bloody sergeant, anyone with few or no lines but was necessary for the scene. More than once I didn't even know what play I was in until I arrived for the performance. I did 'Coarse Acting' - 'Hold this spear, stand there during this scene and look fierce' - before adjourning to the pub for a couple of pints and returning as a Monk in the funeral procession...

That is why Shakespeare is best studied in iterations. It isn't just the words, but the commentary and then the interpretation and then watching imagination bring it to life. Ian McKellan's "Acting Shakespeare" is still probably one of the best acting master classes you're going to get. His Juliet is the best I've seen. And I've seen other actors say so. "I'm not doing Juliet if Ian is here, his is better."

That's why Joss Whedon's interpretation is fun, to see Dogberry lock himself out of his car. To see the spaces with no words leave room for new inspirations.

To see what imagination and good acting has done over time to define moments more clearly and elegantly. It's fascinating and so much fun and I just wish I could have been on set. "Do a fist bump here!" "Good place for a martini and a cell phone..."

 

[Recidiva]

When the fog libbet two time, is time to go. (old Chinese saying)

"There are times when the poets and porn stars align and you won't know who to believe in. Well, that's a good time to be leaving." - Anna Nalick

Actually I disagree, that's probably something that will make me stick around.

 

[tactful]

"There are times when the poets and porn stars align and you won't know who to believe in. Well, that's a good time to be leaving." - Anna Nalick

Actually I disagree, that's probably something that will make me stick around.

It's the perverted poet in you, dare I say, the better side.

 

[butters]

It's the perverted poet in you, dare I say, the better side.

hah! or, mayhap, the poet sees the truth behind the porn as the actor stumbles on the poetry of truth

 

[tactful]

hah! or, mayhap, the poet sees the truth behind the porn as the actor stumbles on the poetry of truth

In the mind, and with the body, hopefully.

 

[Recidiva]

It's the perverted poet in you, dare I say, the better side.

Can't have an appreciation of the sublime without an appreciation of the ridiculous.

Shakespeare taught me that. Pacing and range are important.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yeah, and it was the right thing to do and he'd do it again.

I stay out of the spotlight and don't seek fame on purpose. I can learn some stuff.

Although occasionally I might be called Queen of the Nerds or some such, it won't actually threaten anybody's power base and is mostly just a way to laugh at me.

Doing good always threatens someone's power-base. Maybe I told you about how the spouse abuse/homeless grant parasites in this county went after a nice lady who created a trailer park for homeless men (a niche the gals don't serve at all). The government came after the woman with hammer and tongs though she was licensed and in compliance with all laws and ordinances.

The government argued that free lodging was hotel/motel provision and in violation of land use rules. She said, OK, I'LL EVICT THE GUYS AND CLOSE. She did. And within a month the government was at her home pleading with her to re-open and end the awful time the sheriff was having finding shelter for the homeless men. But, uh, no money. The gals were pissed, of course.

 

[tactful]

Can't have an appreciation of the sublime without an appreciation of the ridiculous.

Shakespeare taught me that. Pacing and range are important.

A moving target, eh, wonders if UD is taking aim.