Present: Marc, Dale, Dan, Greg
Down by one: Philip Hauser has had to withdraw from the show; he had a job come up for the weekend of the show that he couldn’t turn down. Dang. We do need to replace him.
We worked most of the morning on the Battle Ballet. With any luck, we’re finished. It’s about 20 measures of drumming, four of intro, then two sets of eight of actual battle. Dale will type up the choreography and post it here. It was hard to tell with just the four of us there, but it looked as if it might actually be exciting. Certainly the whack/whack/whack sequence is heartstopping for us.
We worked for the last hour on the essential Tribune scenes, defining their characters and giving Dan and Greg a chance to begin working through their material. As always, we sought to discover the tautness of a political thriller, and with these two characters, we didn’t have to search very far.
NEXT: For Wednesday, let’s try to get Act II roughed out. We’ll start going over the Battle Ballet weekly as well.
I’ve decided the Other does not care about our process, nor will it send us performers. I’m suggesting we signify that fact, that lack, by withdrawing our regular posts on the process. Let us proceed in secret, uninscribed, without historical mapping.
The lacuna is there for us to use in situations like this.
Marc is trying to take away my entertainment. Hmpf.
Actually, these are not for the Other, they’re for the Us who weren’t There.
And appreciated as such.
Thank you Dale!
I may vomit.
Okay, how about passwords for those of us with a supportive interest?
What?
Nothing.
No, really, what passwords? Or am I not catching an allusion?
In this instance, I don’t think Marc was trying to be witty or clever. I think it was a straightforward proposal. “How about we Lacunians get passwords so the website can be a closed shop.” At least, that’s how I read it. (I’ve been wrong before, when trying to interpret Mr. Honea.) Actually, I’d lean toward NOT going in that directio, because I find passwords to be a pain, and I don’t think we’re really discussing anything controversial or compromising. At least, not yet. Maybe Marc has plans to take us in that direction?
By the way, the picture of you choking me must have run in the Times-Herald, because I keep getting comments about it.
Thanks, JB. I withdraw my proposal, not out of frustration with Dale’s seeming lack of comprehension, but because it’s just me pouting. All of our intensity and we’re just barely hanging on. But these are the tough times, right? Yes, I confess, even I want attention to be paid.
So to encourage our glasnost, where’s our Wednesday write-up, Dale?
I’m being tooky. I know you’re under the weather.
And on Thursday, I spent all day in Atlanta with the State Literacy Task Force and forgot all about writing it up. I’ll do that tonight out by the fire.
Tooky?
Lawsamercy, child, you never heard of “tooky”? Turn in your Southern Idendidy Card.