tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547177.post1134721760068415997..comments2023-08-21T03:58:31.236-07:00Comments on polyform: Dry Leaves and the St. Johns Bridgepaulmonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11740034654108442230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547177.post-23573241481344905982007-11-18T23:43:00.000-08:002007-11-18T23:43:00.000-08:00There are times when the seas of emotions roiling ...<I>There are times when the seas of emotions roiling within us--joys, desires, disappointments, hopes, grief-objects, the things we can't bear to forget and the things we can't bear to remember--everything seethes, topping the cliff-edges containing us, and our souls whistle like teakettles.</I> - and he still has it! This was stunning. And I very much appreciate the idea of stillness lapping at out senses.Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066691544599972381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547177.post-19301033714096638872007-11-18T17:43:00.000-08:002007-11-18T17:43:00.000-08:00Thank you for coming, Mead! I'm glad you could se...Thank you for coming, Mead! I'm glad you could see the show. <BR/><BR/>Yes, Commedia was an awkward sell for me, too, when I first learned about it, but it's really striking how much of it still underscores the roots of modern storytelling sensibilities. Just about every 'buddy' movie, every 'road' movie, most westerns, most thrillers, etc., all use archetypes that are older than dirt. I tell lay-people that commedia is basically Charlie Chaplin with masks.<BR/><BR/>The physical vocabulary springs to life from just under the surface all the more readily, once you're given to recognize just how close to life these things still are.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again! <BR/><BR/>best,<BR/><BR/>pjspaulmonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740034654108442230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547177.post-77953249436442598172007-11-18T16:11:00.000-08:002007-11-18T16:11:00.000-08:00Mr. Form, A LOVELY DAY was a total delight. THANK ...Mr. Form, A LOVELY DAY was a total delight. THANK YOU, and all your collaborators, for a most charming evening. YOU were terrific -- it was great to see so many of the commedia gestures and postures I've seen in the old illustrations brought to life. Gotta say: before seeing this production, I always wondered what the fuss was about with commedia; you certainly can't grasp what made it popular just from reading the old scenarios. Well, Upon These Boards proved to me how immediate and current and utterly beguiling the style can be. Thanks again!<BR/><BR/>MeadMeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157076523366054503noreply@blogger.com