a song to keep us warm
Oct. 20th, 2013 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yamamanamaThere was an art exhibit near the bathroom, of kids/teens artwork inspired by the themes of Romeo and Juliet, all in red, white, and black. One was a set of masks, one with a burglar's domino mask, one an intricate Day of the Dead face. The room smelled of tempera paint.
I can't find my Midsummer Nights' Dream booklet to confirm whether Mercutio was in that. Tybalt was Horatio in the performance I saw around the solstice.
The costume design was awesome. Lord Capulet wore a bright red suit to the ball, Lady Capulet wore platform heels that made her taller than everyone else on stage by far and some gaudy jewelry and it looked like her face was caked with makeup, Paris wore a suit with leather pants, Mercutio wore a lopsided bow tie to the masquerade, Benvolia was a woman with red streaks in her hair and a punk outfit. Peter was in a tattered shirt and vest. Despite the cover, there was no scene in which Romeo wore a leather jerkin and jeans.
At the end of the play, the cast talked about some of the things I was already thinking about: the Strand Theatre and its acoustics, Dorchester and gang violence and how it relates to the play, how Benvolio became Benvolia and how Mercutio had a thing for her.
Someone pointed out how any talk of reconciliation and any talk of the origins of the conflict between the two families was downplayed, which had the message that we are caught in an endless cycle when it comes to violence despite events like Romeo and Juliet. I can't say I'm intimately familiar with the play, though I did see the Prokofiev ballet. The plays I remember reading in school were Julius Caesar and A Raisin In The Sun. There must have been others, but it's been a long time. I do know that in the early days of the internet, there was a Romeo and Juliet in internet speak.
Burning Question: agree or disagree: accordion and koto: best street musician combo ever.
I can't even imagine it.
I can't find my Midsummer Nights' Dream booklet to confirm whether Mercutio was in that. Tybalt was Horatio in the performance I saw around the solstice.
The costume design was awesome. Lord Capulet wore a bright red suit to the ball, Lady Capulet wore platform heels that made her taller than everyone else on stage by far and some gaudy jewelry and it looked like her face was caked with makeup, Paris wore a suit with leather pants, Mercutio wore a lopsided bow tie to the masquerade, Benvolia was a woman with red streaks in her hair and a punk outfit. Peter was in a tattered shirt and vest. Despite the cover, there was no scene in which Romeo wore a leather jerkin and jeans.
At the end of the play, the cast talked about some of the things I was already thinking about: the Strand Theatre and its acoustics, Dorchester and gang violence and how it relates to the play, how Benvolio became Benvolia and how Mercutio had a thing for her.
Someone pointed out how any talk of reconciliation and any talk of the origins of the conflict between the two families was downplayed, which had the message that we are caught in an endless cycle when it comes to violence despite events like Romeo and Juliet. I can't say I'm intimately familiar with the play, though I did see the Prokofiev ballet. The plays I remember reading in school were Julius Caesar and A Raisin In The Sun. There must have been others, but it's been a long time. I do know that in the early days of the internet, there was a Romeo and Juliet in internet speak.
Burning Question: agree or disagree: accordion and koto: best street musician combo ever.
I can't even imagine it.
