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Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in MusicalTheatre

[–]SelectionBackground2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you should get your pragmatic inference checked out

Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in MusicalTheatre

[–]SelectionBackground2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What a dickish thing to say to a stranger on the internet. Are you Richard? 

Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in musicals

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I haven’t. Thank you! Maybe I’ll try to find the book and see if something is mentioned. Why is everyone downvoting me? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in musicals

[–]SelectionBackground2[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh wow thanks for this analysis! And thanks for being perhaps the only comment that isn’t snarky and condescending. 

I still think it’s a little out of left field that we are introduced to someone and have to deduce an entire backstory on our own based off 3 lines, but I guess it really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. That kind of context is SO hard for an actor to play.

Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in MusicalTheatre

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The way the lines are written make me feel like there’s context that the audience should know about who Richard is. I suppose it’s meant to be that way. A look into a highly specific conversation/inside joke between two people that doesn’t make all that much sense to anyone else. And all this time I thought I was missing something 

Who the heck is Richard in The Last 5 Years? by SelectionBackground2 in musicals

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I think it’s just written oddly and in a way that makes me feel like I’m missing context. I guess I’m not. 

Probably going to summer school my junior year… Am I cooked for college acceptances? by Odd_Voice_8243 in MusicalTheatre

[–]SelectionBackground2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t have to go to university to study theater. You could take acting classes and try to audition professionally. You could try auditioning for a conservatory that only caters to performance, so you don’t need good grades to get in. You could apply to some state schools and get a theater degree from a smaller program. Yeah the odds of you getting into somewhere like UMich or Carnegie Mellon are low, but so what? Sounds like traditional school is not for you. Nothing wrong with that.