Waaaagh!

For the love of god...

Went into town to get my hair cut and attend a school function with jake and mel. School plays are not places where melodrama really belongs - unless the actors are really really damnably bad - and in this case that just isnt fair. The golden mask players werent half bad - in fact, the lead actress was remarkably good for the fact that i was watching a 17 yr old (yes, i'm getting to be an old man). The actual choice of material though - dear lord - it was painful. And the timing one expects in HS drama - ie slightly longer pauses than one might find in performances by older more experienced actors - exacerbated that problem tremendously. By the climax you felt like, well, imagine Cat's Cradle only 600 pages... a long long grinding of the axe...

note: i've seen a lot of crappy high school drama in my life - hell, i married a high school drama star (crappy or not i'll leave to you) - but this was better than most - and i really mean it when i say that the lead actress should keep at it, i think she could be good.

Still dont think mel will invite me back... one too many Jennifer Garner comments ;)