It’s a theatrical transition
Comments (0) I was talking with my friend recently about how I’ve been thinking about my upcoming show (shameless plug, shameless plug) with a friend, and they made an interesting comparison. I said that I’ve been focusing a lot on the overarching theme, whether or not it had a message, if there was a consistent narrative link between the beginning and the end. They said I shouldn’t worry about all that; in theatre – and especially theatre revolving around personal narrative – audiences will make their own conclusions, come up with their own arcs. We joked about a saying from college, “It’s not a mistake, it’s a performance choice.” That is, audiences will expect that you know what the hell you’re doing, and are often forgiving to the point of making narrative links and symbolic assumptions that were never intended in the first place.
I was mentioning this to my therapist earlier tonight, who said, “Huh. That’s a lot like transitioning. Continue reading 'It’s a theatrical transition'»
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