Sunday, October 29, 2006
A Mass Of Jumbled Thoughts
The title I've given my blog (of jumbled thoughts)refers to a couple of things, so in true Richard Maxwell Style they probably don't all make sense.
1. I too like Jenny spoke to an annoying person who also repeated everything I said, mainly the ends of my sentences, which was really annoying as I did not realise that I said the word 'like' a lot when rushing my words. (I think Jenny we must have spoken to the same person...that or there are a lot of annoying people on campus). However even though I did find his repeating me rather annoying and his highlighting of my repetitiveness, my friend who was sidelined in the conversation, observed that it was incredibly funny to watch. So I think this would be an excellent Maxwellian style thing to put into our play and I've tried to incorporate this into my half a page script as well.
2. Jumbled thoughts point number two: My blog last week didn't appear on the page and this was either a fatal error of sending on my part or the fact that the internet doesn't like me, but I'm going to add and embellish on the point I made last week.
THINKING TOO MUCH?
My point last week was all about how, after reading the article by Sarah Gorman on Richard Maxwell's "Deadpan" style, maybe we are thinking just too much about the acting style we are used to, what we think we should be doing, how we think we should perform a richard maxwell script. Maybe we are just thinking too much about it all. Maybe just reading and doing the lines without thinking about it could be a helpful start... if only we could stop thinking about not thinking, and stop feeling that we shouldn't be feeling.
In light of my comment last week I do think that this is actually helpful when writing and thinking about the script, if you just write and don't think too much about why you're writing it and what/who you're trying to portray, it becomes more more Maxwellian. Just thinking of a person you know or a phrase or line you heard from a funny person can be all the things you need. This may not be how Richard Maxwell writes his characters but I found it really helpful.
Anyhoo, hope you aren't now lost in my mass of jumbled thoughts. See you tomorrow for some more crazy script writing fun! Yay! =)
Heather D.
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