Saturday, December 1, 2012

Good Luck Future Husband




Should I say positive or negative experience? 


I am part of the theater group in my school. We are a very small yet diverse group of people, from a shy introverted kid, to the look-at-me kid. The theater is our sort of escape from our group of friends. That means, that we love our friends because they are similar to us; they know us and we know them. When we get to the theater, we get to explore and analyze people that are nothing like us, or people that we didn't know were so similar to us. In other words, people from the play entertain me when I'm tired of the same old thing. This year's play was my third one. I have discovered that my persona suits the hysterical old lady character in every play. (Or a vulture in the jungle book.)
I was Don Juan Tenorio's mother in our play, Don Juan. I had to transform my character several times. At the end, my character was a mirrored picture of my mother (if she was as religious as my character). I didn't notice this at first. My mother as a lover of the arts and a persistent supporter of my acting, attended the play. Seated next to my life long friend's mother she watched. I finished my scene and felt the satisfaction that performing brings me. Eager to hear the feed back, I looked for her at the end of the play. 
She told me while laughing: "Great performance, I saw myself in your character. Every mom in the audience laughed". 
I thought about it and I did mimic my mother's remarks and hand gestures. I had been struck by this knowledge long ago, but it just now hit me, I will be just like my mother. 
The hysterical old lady part suits me because, I am hysterical and I act, sometimes, like an old lady. I will become my characters. They were given to me and now they are forever engraved in my personality. 

OMG... GASP!

Good luck future husband! 


Rhetoric in the play:

We could say that a character such as Don Juan, has to arm himself with rhetoric. He had to give excuses every five minutes and he was a master in the art of seduction. Rhetoric as a mater of fact, is intended to seduce the audience make them do or feel as you intend. A good Don Juan knows exactly how to do that.

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