5/16 Ideas
IDEA FOR SCENE 1.2 FROM OROONOKO
(Oroonoko's first appearance)
Whites portrayed as puppets (puppet bodies attached to actors' bodies w/ elastic, actual face and hands)
Curtain upstage of puppets parts for Oroonoko's entrance, showing lifesize actor on platform in chains, a lá King Kong
(thinking of Mabou Mines DollHouse)
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What if the play is structured associatively, like my reading? It starts with the India Kings, but before that thread can get too far, we have to go back and look at the North American colonies in 1710. But before we can do that we have to look at King Philip's War. Which makes me think of Bacon's Rebellion down in Virginia. Which take us to The Widdow Ranter playing in London in 1710. Which takes us back to the Indian Kings' visit. Which might take us to the German ships heading out as the Kings are heading in. Which takes us back to New York. And so on.
Like surfing the net.
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After meeting with Carol, Philip, Ron, and David P.:
Discouraged. Good, long conversation, but I failed to interest them in my idea, such as it is at this point, because, I guess, I'm so damned inarticulate--or because the ideas are lousy--or because I'm just a poor, misunderstood, but brilliant theatre artist. Not likely.
I stubbornly want to push ahead even if I can't see at this point how to make sense of what I'm doing. I know that I need to create a structure for this material, but Ron's suggestions in that direction seemed not to my taste. He had some good warnings: sounded like I was trying to stage research, which would make a performance of ideas--not theatrically exciting. Once again, it's clear that the project tends to grow out of control. Also: the "present" point of view is implied by the fact that it's a performance, so that doesn't need to be put on the stage (Phil's point, I think). I see that, and I know I tend to try to stage the obvious, but I'm still drawn to the idea of two students looking at each other trying to deal with racial difference (????).
IDEA FOR SCENE 1.2 FROM OROONOKO
(Oroonoko's first appearance)
Whites portrayed as puppets (puppet bodies attached to actors' bodies w/ elastic, actual face and hands)
Curtain upstage of puppets parts for Oroonoko's entrance, showing lifesize actor on platform in chains, a lá King Kong
(thinking of Mabou Mines DollHouse)
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What if the play is structured associatively, like my reading? It starts with the India Kings, but before that thread can get too far, we have to go back and look at the North American colonies in 1710. But before we can do that we have to look at King Philip's War. Which makes me think of Bacon's Rebellion down in Virginia. Which take us to The Widdow Ranter playing in London in 1710. Which takes us back to the Indian Kings' visit. Which might take us to the German ships heading out as the Kings are heading in. Which takes us back to New York. And so on.
Like surfing the net.
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After meeting with Carol, Philip, Ron, and David P.:
Discouraged. Good, long conversation, but I failed to interest them in my idea, such as it is at this point, because, I guess, I'm so damned inarticulate--or because the ideas are lousy--or because I'm just a poor, misunderstood, but brilliant theatre artist. Not likely.
I stubbornly want to push ahead even if I can't see at this point how to make sense of what I'm doing. I know that I need to create a structure for this material, but Ron's suggestions in that direction seemed not to my taste. He had some good warnings: sounded like I was trying to stage research, which would make a performance of ideas--not theatrically exciting. Once again, it's clear that the project tends to grow out of control. Also: the "present" point of view is implied by the fact that it's a performance, so that doesn't need to be put on the stage (Phil's point, I think). I see that, and I know I tend to try to stage the obvious, but I'm still drawn to the idea of two students looking at each other trying to deal with racial difference (????).
posted by Graham at 10:40 AM
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