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fandomhigh2019-01-21 06:47 am
not_a_bird) wrote in fandomhigh2019-01-21 06:47 am
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Acting 101; Monday, First Period [01/21].
Well. Score one more point for avoiding draft beers at any bar, really, because whatever Green Guy was serving on Friday was not good; Sweet Dee didn't know what could make a beer go skunky enough to cause a weekend-long hallucination that she was just four inches tall and therefor sort of stuck in her apartment thinking everything was huuuuuuuge, but, well, that's what happened, wasn't it? So she was definitely sticking to bottles here, too. Or wine. She could probably do more wine. In pint glasses.
But, anyway, whatever it was clearly had worn off by the time Monday morning rolled around (yaaaay), and she almost thought of just canceling class, because, um, hello, shouldn't they have MLK day off, anyway? What was up with that? Way to screw her out of a convenient day off of work, school. Ugh. But at least it gave her an excuse to kind of phone it in and and still not have to do anything but give an introduction and push a button.
"So," said Sweet Dee, with her usual I-have-no-idea-why-I'm-doing-this-but-I'll-try-anyway smile, "since it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I thought it might be a good use of our time to not only honor and respect a great man, but to also take the opportunity to see some really powerful acting in a critically acclaimed film about Dr. King's life and his work. Now, I know the subject matter is important and revelevant, but since it's an acting class and not a history class, I'd like you to watch this not only for the very important and very real subject matter, but also, pay attention to the acting. The directing. Think about the choices made by the actors in portraying the real, actual people who existed.
"And keep those thoughts in mind for your homework for next week. I'd like you each to pick an actual historical figure and you're going to bring them in and act them out for us, and we'll talk about how you came up with that particular approach. What kind of research did you do? Did you find it difficult or easy to find that character? That sort of stuff. So think about that a little as you watch the movie, and let's get started, yeah?"
...hey, that was pretty good for an assignment she'd just sort of...made up on the spot in an effort to give a little more validity to just cheaply phoning it in on a movie day, right?
But, anyway, whatever it was clearly had worn off by the time Monday morning rolled around (yaaaay), and she almost thought of just canceling class, because, um, hello, shouldn't they have MLK day off, anyway? What was up with that? Way to screw her out of a convenient day off of work, school. Ugh. But at least it gave her an excuse to kind of phone it in and and still not have to do anything but give an introduction and push a button.
"So," said Sweet Dee, with her usual I-have-no-idea-why-I'm-doing-this-but-I'll-try-anyway smile, "since it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I thought it might be a good use of our time to not only honor and respect a great man, but to also take the opportunity to see some really powerful acting in a critically acclaimed film about Dr. King's life and his work. Now, I know the subject matter is important and revelevant, but since it's an acting class and not a history class, I'd like you to watch this not only for the very important and very real subject matter, but also, pay attention to the acting. The directing. Think about the choices made by the actors in portraying the real, actual people who existed.
"And keep those thoughts in mind for your homework for next week. I'd like you each to pick an actual historical figure and you're going to bring them in and act them out for us, and we'll talk about how you came up with that particular approach. What kind of research did you do? Did you find it difficult or easy to find that character? That sort of stuff. So think about that a little as you watch the movie, and let's get started, yeah?"
...hey, that was pretty good for an assignment she'd just sort of...made up on the spot in an effort to give a little more validity to just cheaply phoning it in on a movie day, right?
Sign In - Acting, 01/21.
Re: Sign In - Acting, 01/21.
Re: Sign In - Acting, 01/21.
Listen to the Lecture - Acting, 01/21.
Re: Listen to the Lecture - Acting, 01/21.
... And wondering just how historical they were supposed to be getting, here.
Re: Listen to the Lecture - Acting, 01/21.
And she was more than a little relieved to have a movie day for her first class, some time to maybe check out a little, and just be glad that this history was history enough to also be history and not future for her. It was the little things in life, where your lessons were based around things you already knew had happened instead of things that eventually were going to.
Plus, it was also nice that at least this class didn't involve her being a dumb fat cow or considering the merits of her potential future porn career. Starting her Monday on the right foot for a change!
Watch the Movie - Acting, 01/21.
Talk to Sweet Dee - Acting, 01/21.
OOC - Acting, 01/21.
Yaaaaay. -_-