Two things....
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Topic: Two things....
Posted By: Majicwrench
Subject: Two things....
Date Posted: 12/15/10 at 2:03pm
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First off, I'm pretty new here, been a member a couple years but don't check in, or post, as often as I should. But gotta say I have learned a LOT just looking over the old posts, holy cow you guys and gals have a LOT of great ideas and insight. So I am just saying "thanks!"
Second thing, a lot of forums have some space for introductions.....I don't see one here, and well, I wanted to introduce myself.
I'm Keith Meyers, live in the very NW corner of Montana, in LIbby, a very tiny town. The NW corner of nowhere we call it. Been doing CT for 15 years or so, acting, directing, writing, enjoying almost every minute of it. I have no formal education in theatre, and thus, like I said above, I have been learning a LOT from everyone here. What a pleasure.
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Posted By: Spectrum
Date Posted: 12/16/10 at 10:50am
You're not alone with that sentiment!  ------------- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. |
Posted By: TonyDi
Date Posted: 12/17/10 at 7:41am
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Learning IN THE TRENCHES in my estimation (the way I have for 50 years) often can and does render better education than a college degree (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED - read David Mamet's book True and False). So WELCOME to the trenches. Likely there are people here from EVERY discipline (don't know for sure) but lots to be learned, shared, and much fun to be had. I've really enjoyed this site for quite a while now. Don't post much, don't do theater much anymore (now I'm into directing opera and doing operas). But much does go on here. Great place to be and a superb resource.
TonyDi
------------- "Almost famous" |
Posted By: museav
Date Posted: 12/17/10 at 12:15pm
------------- Brad W. |
Posted By: vickifrank
Date Posted: 12/17/10 at 5:45pm
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I've sent lots of people (customers with general stage questions) to this site. I've had several people feedback to me how helpful you all are. ------------- _____________ http://www.studio-productions-inc.com 1-800-359-2964 The theater scrim people |
Posted By: SamD
Date Posted: 12/18/10 at 10:49pm
| This is an excellent site for theatre geeks! |
Posted By: David McCall
Date Posted: 12/19/10 at 11:54am
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I've heard that practice doesn't make perfect,
Practice only makes permanent. ------------- David M |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 12/20/10 at 1:50am
G'donya David! I must remember this one & put it in my Teabag Adage collection. This would have to be a gem that could be applied to a lot of comeatres locally.
Also rather than ask basic questions they carry on in perpetuating the same 'blues' time after time, to the point of it almost becoming set in concrete as the theatre policy &/or fabric. ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: TonyDi
Date Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:03am
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The way I've always heard that cliche' is that "Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. PERFECT PRACTICE makes perfect". Actually there was a professional magician whom I met years ago that coined it that way - or at least said he did. I may have misunderstood him to say HE coined the phrase - could have been he had heard it coined that way himself long before....don't remember now - been 35 years ago I heard that. BUT his intention was that you can practice all you want and never become proficient at anything. BUT if you practice the most correct way possible, then the results are far better in that method than just by doing something over and over and over again wrong and expecting that by the volume of practice that you've achieved perfection. So "Practice does NOT make perfect. Practice makes PERMANENT. PERFECT practice makes perfect".
TonyDi ------------- "Almost famous" |
Posted By: Spectrum
Date Posted: 12/28/10 at 5:19pm
HEY! This is THEATRE (or to some, THEATER). It's REHEARSAL - not practice.  ------------- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. |
Posted By: David McCall
Date Posted: 2/03/12 at 5:46pm
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Oh, All right ------------- David M |
Posted By: falstaff29
Date Posted: 2/03/12 at 6:00pm
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I also think "formal education" is often overrated, but, rather than Mamet's "True & False" (which, aside from the classic line "Most teachers of acting are frauds", is kind of a waste), I recommend "The End of Acting" by Richard Hornby as an insight into my values as a theater performer. Granted, others may (and many do) feel differently, but that's what forums like these are all about! If you want a "lighter" resource for your bookshelf, "The Art of Coarse Acting" by Michael Green is so true it's scary. |
Posted By: Thudster
Date Posted: 3/10/12 at 12:35am
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Thanks for the lead on the "Coarse Acting" book, it was hilarious! And I agree about it being right on target. I ran into my first truly coarse actor tonight at a dinner theater we're putting on. Forgotten lines, missed cues, actually pulling out the script at one point (while muttering "I know the director's going to hate this, but..."). It was an experience.
------------- "Hey look! That's my dad up there whacking himself with silverware!" |