Grinding gears.

I went to a musical theater recital tonight. I'm well aware of the divide in my school between the classical voice students and the musical theater students, so I was prepared for the more casual atmosphere (people don't need to dress up nearly so much, the audience can be more interactive, etc). However, towards the end, this girl in the junior class got up to sing. She was off to a really good start. She had a really good sense of comedy and her voice had improved so much since she first started here. I was pretty into it. She took off her heels for some bizarre reason, but it didn't really effect the piece too badly since she managed to keep the flow goi-"CAN WE START OVER?"

Wut. Well into a piece that she was performing pretty damn well, she grinds her performance to a screeching halt. She laughs. Her colleagues laugh. "Haha, yeah that just happened! I guess I should never sing in heels I've never worn before, huh? Haha!" She stops laughing, regains some semblance of composure, and begins the song again, weaker than the first time.

I don't understand why this is acceptable for musical theater students. I've seen it happen before, and it always irritates me. By completely halting a song, unless it's an obvious train wreck, the singer completely loses the faith of the audience. As an audience member, you want the performer to take you into their story and character. You want to know about their world and what part they play in it. You want to be able to explore that with the performer as your guide, as they lead you with their artistry. The very last thing they should do is drop you and destroy their own work. If the same thing had happened in a classical performance...well, I'm sure there's a reason it never happens (at least not without a very very good reason).

I know for a fact that my school is a veritable musical theater factory. We apparently have our students on Broadway on a pretty regular basis. Is this an example of what makes it to Broadway? It's frustrating that a person can care so little about their craft and their audience and still be successful.
 
TastyWB 2.0 said:
When people put up their Christmas house decorations in November.
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Yeah, but It's easier and warmer to do it before the snow falls. Now if they have their decorations ON before December That's just fucking weird, man.
 
The Dude said:
TastyWB 2.0 said:
When people put up their Christmas house decorations in November.
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Yeah, but It's easier and warmer to do it before the snow falls. Now if they have their decorations ON before December That's just fucking weird, man.
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Tasty's Australian though, and in November it's Spring for us. So, no snow.
 
Saney said:
The Dude said:
TastyWB 2.0 said:
When people put up their Christmas house decorations in November.
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Yeah, but It's easier and warmer to do it before the snow falls. Now if they have their decorations ON before December That's just fucking weird, man.
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Tasty's Australian though, and in November it's Spring for us. So, no snow.
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Our seasons are weird.
 
TastyWB 2.0 said:
Saney said:
The Dude said:
Yeah, but It's easier and warmer to do it before the snow falls. Now if they have their decorations ON before December That's just fucking weird, man.
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Tasty's Australian though, and in November it's Spring for us. So, no snow.
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Our seasons are weird.
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No, it's just everyone else's.
 
Trigger warning: Tampons

Tampons with cardboard applicators. They are for barbarians. And not the cool fantasy kind.
 
applecat said:
Trigger warning: Tampons

Tampons with cardboard applicators. They are for barbarians. And not the cool fantasy kind.
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Blergh, I hate them too. Nasty things.
 
Everyone at college but me has a laptop or tablet.

Not even kidding about that one, everyone in every group I've been in has a device they can bring to meetings and do work on. It only bugs me because I'm the only one who can't do anything...
 
Niachu said:
Everyone at college but me has a laptop or tablet.

Not even kidding about that one, everyone in every group I've been in has a device they can bring to meetings and do work on. It only bugs me because I'm the only one who can't do anything...
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Try going a semester with all your books being online and not having a laptop...

Not showing off, just saying there's a lot of ways you can help out without a personal laptop. Last group project I worked on, I had to just write stuff down and text/e-mail my progress to another group member because I don't have powerpoint or a printer. Any powerpoint work I need to do, I do at the library. Trust me, it doesn't hurt to stay an hour or two on campus if you don't have these sorts of things at home. On the last day, we met up, one person brought her tablet with the presentation on it, and we went over it, adding our final thoughts and editing for grammar (people don't speak English too well down here...). Communication is a huge help when you don't have enough materials to work on your own. Even at meetings, just keep writing down ideas. Buy lots of paper and always keep a good pen on you.

As for the book thing, I managed to make that work by taking extremely detailed notes in class (every little word that was spoken was written down), then going home and rereading the chapter we'd go over. On lab days, I'd go to the library about 10-20 minutes early and print out the assignments from my online book.

So yeah, if you need to know how to be poor and survive community college, just ask me any time.
 
People who speed, pass people, and generally act like dicks in a race to get to a red light first.
 
This is just outright Northern Hemispherism and will not be tolerated !!
 
Foulmouth said:
This is just outright Northern Hemispherism and will not be tolerated !!
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Just what I'd expect some upside down untermensch to say.
 
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