Okay things I discovered last week to sadly prove I am getting old.
1) I Am NOT interested in standing 80 minutes or more to see a freakin' theater show. Interactive theater does not mean break my back theater. So Club Oberon, honestly provide seats for a show. No more of this "shove Stephie 85 ways as the actors move about the space." I'll be happy to stay out of your way if I HAD a place to sit...then I could avoid actors and those other theatergoers on the dance floor who seem to enjoy invading my personal space..Wait I can't have personal space cause I'm stuck with 100 other folks on the dance floor urg...
2) Every guy I like in the new Camelot series on Cable plays a secondary character. Why you make ask...okay here it comes.....CAUSE THEY"RE OLD! Expendable too. Why...oh here we go again....cause they're OLD. I tried to watch a full episode of Camelot, excited because James Purfoy (brilliant as Marc Antony in Rome) and Sean Pertwee (great in the Cadfael mystery series) were listed in the cast. We'll (Spoiler alert) they both don't make it through the first episode, not cause they can't act (cause they can) but cause they're not 19. At the end of the show I was left watching an Arthur who looks like Keira Knightly with a bad blond wig on, and some interchangeable knights, oh and some chicks who feel good dropping their gowns cause they somehow found a source for waxing and perfect white teeth during the middle ages. Oh and Camelot must not be a castle but a Fitness Center cause they all have cut muscles! Arthur is sooo young I don't think his voice has actually changed yet. And if you think I'm going to get excited watching this crew -you've got another thing coming. Oh and to add insult to injury they have the wrong Fiennes brother employed. Sorry Joseph, I wish you the best, but eww eww eww...He's like the younger Baldwin brothers; they look enough like Alec that you know they're related, but looks and talent wise, boy was there a big drop off....
Okay I rest my case for now. Leading men turned to supporting "character actors"; and my desire to have a seat at theater shows. Maybe next time I go to Oberon I can bring a folding chair!
Ah, yes. Sad but true. The world is a playground and we--us old-but-don't-fee-old people--are watching the kiddos have all the fun. I'm getting a little tired of 29 year olds having crises, and middled aged folks being scenery, or worse, the stereotype of both clueless and jaded. I do expect more from BBC and other production companies across the pond. Here, it's all about having no flaws (how many commercials for wrinkle-erasers these days>???) So there's the slow food movement, and the no carbon footprint movement...how about the wise and experienced movement? Are we that horrifying? (Sorry, just had to share in your angst.)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I have to push the pram a lot with all these youngsters in plum roles. Saw all the ads for this show and decided to pass. I'm reminded of the article I enjoyed about what's left out there for middle-aged British thespians. I forwarded it to you from the NY Magazine site a few months ago but don't know if you got it. If not, here is the link:
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Club Oberon? Does that mean The Donkey Show (which I missed)? I'm with you, I need my fourth wall intact, and preferably an aisle seat...
Yes indeed thank you for forwarding that article, it was quite informative and hilarious!! Pagan God and Power Hungry Aristocrat are my top two selections! The Donkey Show runs Saturday nights at Club Oberon. I think they've ditched the "club" but I've been wrong about a few things over there so this could be another one!
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