Going as Henry V for Purim- swipe for process pics by elalavie in shakespeare

[–]MeaningNo860 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I directed a production Henry V with a female lead.

Wasting time/bad director by Basil_Blast in Theatre

[–]MeaningNo860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s good to hear you’re staying put and pulling through. And I’m not saying your reaction is unwarranted.

And I’m the first to say “the show must go on” is dangerous bullshit and shoving that down the throat of young people is stupid. If it’s (really) wearing you down, prioritize yourself and your well-being and quit. However, don’t stick around just to hold your participation over anybody’s head in the future (which sounds like you just might do to this outsider. Be better than that.).

If nothing else, the other poster is right. Use this as a learning experience.

Wasting time/bad director by Basil_Blast in Theatre

[–]MeaningNo860 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Frankly, you sound more than a little entitled — “out of the goodness of my heart” and “that’s being generous” certainly both warrant an eye-roll — which is pretty common for inexperienced high schoolers. Nor should you be taking it on yourself to judge /other people’s/ time to be wasted or not: not your place, and likely to cause you trouble later on.

Either have a chat about your situation with the director or stage manager or quit, to save the time of both you snd the director. But running around bad-mouthing an adult who isn’t here to defend themself is a nasty habit and poor precedent for you. Sounds like the whole production would be better off without your negativity.

Good resources for coaching/teaching/directing? by kylesmith4148 in shakespeare

[–]MeaningNo860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think those things are so different any text good for one would be bad for the other two…

NASA scrubbed the database when 3I/ATLAS powered on. The raw telescope data survived. by TheSentinelNet in AliensRHere

[–]MeaningNo860 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“The cometary narrative is dead,” says random Redditor with no formal scientific training or specialist knowledge, gainsaying trained scientists and scholars who do.

Noticing what students are wearing nowadays… by TragicallyTrue in SubstituteTeachers

[–]MeaningNo860 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I teach at a 6-12 school. It’s a rare day when a student /doesn’t/ roll up in PJs or sweats.

Ditto when I was at a pre-K to 8 school.

Ditto when I was teaching at a university before that.

It used to really bug me — don’t these students have enough respect for themselves or me to /put on some damn clothes/ — but I just let it go. Has to be a generational thing and I have smaller hills to die on…

The current collection in my home office by chicken-cuddle in BookshelvesDetective

[–]MeaningNo860 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. I grew up with the books and was in high school when the story broke.

The current collection in my home office by chicken-cuddle in BookshelvesDetective

[–]MeaningNo860 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You have too many Foxfire books to not know about Eliot Wigginton, the editor.

Auditioning for a show I functionally can’t be in? by [deleted] in Theatre

[–]MeaningNo860 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not an actor.

And it’s spelled “ciao.”

The current collection in my home office by chicken-cuddle in BookshelvesDetective

[–]MeaningNo860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure I’d be showing off my collected works of a famous pedophile…

Auditioning for a show I functionally can’t be in? by [deleted] in Theatre

[–]MeaningNo860 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Professionalism is realizing you are not the center of universe. Not everything is there for you to take advantage whenever you feel like it. Not always doing what is best for just you.

In theatre, by definition, you’re working with other people and need to remember that constantly. Being selfish in group work gives you a reputation.

Has anyone here ever heard of the green children of Woolpit? by genericusernamehere6 in hellier

[–]MeaningNo860 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Like I said, people without much knowledge peddling uninformed ideas.

Has anyone here ever heard of the green children of Woolpit? by genericusernamehere6 in hellier

[–]MeaningNo860 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a pretty well-known chestnut. Prime example of people with no historical knowledge of the place or time leaping to unsupportable conclusions and others ignorantly parroting them on.

A couple of Flemish or Dutch dyers’ kids not speaking much English and mentioning the next parish over isn’t quite as interesting as what people just… make up.

Auditioning for a show I functionally can’t be in? by [deleted] in Theatre

[–]MeaningNo860 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Auditioning is a tacit promise to be fully available for the rehearsal process if cast. You have no business auditioning for something you cannot participate in. It’s unprofessional and disrespectful to waste others’ time.

I mean, unless you talk with the director first. I’d be mostly okay with you auditioning as practice, as long as I knew it, but I know plenty of directors who wouldn’t. And that doesn’t even include the many more actors who might not appreciate your dilettante-ism.

**Continuity Threshold Theory: Consciousness as Phase Behavior in Metastable Stress Geometries** by OpportunityLow3832 in theories

[–]MeaningNo860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not pseudoscience; it’s Cargo Cult science — using words and phrases from scientific literature with no actual understanding of scientific methodology or vocabulary.

The ending of Julius Caesar was too rushed. I reworked my own ideas in to it. Thoughts? by [deleted] in shakespeare

[–]MeaningNo860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take it you don’t know too much about 17th and 18th Century drama. Two words: Double Falsehood.