IC No Shame Oct. 9th
We had a show. It was homecoming weekend. Yeah... Short show. But amusing nonetheless. The order is in the comments section.
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posted by Eli at 12:24 AM
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The Order (IN RECORD TIME... maybe)
1) Vesti La Giubba Or An Action Movie Cliche Gone Wrong - by Eli Wilkinson
2) The Nature of Copyright or An Unoriginal Monologue Presented in an Unoriginal Manny- Presented in part by Alan Shore
3) I Wish I were a Rock Star - by Asher Stuhlman
4) The Man Who was Burned Alive - by Mirri
5) A Tall Tale - by Spencer Abbe
5.5) "Phallus Sea" - by James S. Roth
6) The Day the Table Stood Still -by The Table
7) Goodnight Funnyman - by Luke Christensen
8) Love Letter -by Evan Schenck
9) Candlewick - by Mirri
1) I thought Eli shudda gone with his original plan (or what I think was his original plan?) and made JSR spit out the star crunch so Eli could have eaten it. Music and costume were all good. Performance was strong. Good stuff
2)I got bored. Read ecclesiastes, listen to barenaked ladies, whatever, well all know that what we're doing isn't 100% original. We all have our inspiration and our muses. I felt like this wasn't focused enough to really make a point and I wasn't feeling very sexy
3) I liked this thing. It was short and sweet
4) I couldn't really hear Mirri throughout a bundle of this, so I don't have much to say about it
5) This was cool. Good job Spencer Abbe. Keep this stuff up
5.5) I don't think swimming in an ocean of phallus(s?) would feel that great. I do like a logic joke though
6) This was clever
7) I was happy with the way this seemed to turn out.
8) The first letter was real good, but I felt like the second letter lost its momentum about half way through. Once we found out it was a generic reply from of all places the rock and roll hall of fame we got the joke. I hope that's a real letter though, and that's something Evan really did do, or will now do. DO IT EVAN
9) Ending on a song? how strange.
1) I liked the play. The action felt a little slow; it seems like the play could've been sped up without losing much.
2) After listening to your rant on this over lunch, I felt like I didn't get much out of it the second time.
3) I was happy with how this turned out, given that I wrote it up in the 30 minutes before the show.
4) Inaudible.
5) Marvelous. I liked the story; a bit more rehearsal will help you keep your eyes on the audience instead of reading off the paper.
5.5) Lawl.
6) I turned this in with no stage directions. I had no idea Mirri would do what she did!
7) The idea was nice and well-executed, though it seemed to drag on a bit. I enjoyed it.
8) Seconding Luke on this one.
9) I am not qualified to critique songs with no musical accompaniment.
srsly eli, why didn't you take the starcrunch mouth to mouth? that wuldda been better!
I always liked the name Manny!, but who is Alan Shore?!
I want to know how the table typed his script and stapled it!
Oh and I heard that Norman from last week might be coming back and dong a new thing!
Luke. I think I forgot to tell James to do it. Idk. Whatever. If it gets to Best Of I will make sure it is changed.
A review by Eli
1) Vesti La Giubba Or An Action Movie Cliche Gone Wrong - by Eli Wilkinson
-I felt this piece would either be really funny or god damn awful. It turned out to be leaning towards the former. Stage curtains would've helped. As for the speed. I had to write to the music. I couldn't cut it down because I let the music direct what was happening.
2) The Nature of Copyright or An Unoriginal Monologue Presented in an Unoriginal Manny- Presented in part by Alan Shore
-Hmmm. I wonder if this was a response to last weeks blog. This piece was as advertised. So I won't review the writing and get dragged into an overly long debate over originality. That would be pointless and a waste of time. SO I will review the presentation of the piece. I still feel as if David paces too much. With this piece it calls for some movement but it seemed as if pacing was a crutch to help David remember his next point. Don't worry. Everyone does it. You just have to be aware of it and square up and stop from a time to time.
3) I Wish I were a Rock Star - by Asher Stuhlman
-I wished the call and response would've lasted longer. Maybe get the cheering for each other going both ways and generating some energy and excitement in the crowd. Other than that it was a great idea and a cute piece.
4) The Man Who was Burned Alive - by Mirri
-This was written down as a point 5 but was really a full piece. Usually i don't have a problem hearing Mirri but this one I could. Though I was in the very back of the house and could still get the gist of her story which was good.
5) A Tall Tale - by Spencer Abbe
-I really like Spencer. His pieces the last two weeks have been really good. I felt last weeks was too long but this one was just right. The army of bears imagery coupled with a 40 year old immortal was something no one else would've thought up. Keep up the great work.
5.5) "Phallus Sea" - by James S. Roth
-Cute though I wouldn't have had it be a dream. What if Mirri would have just said "I'm sailing on a sea of cocks" or something like that.
6) The Day the Table Stood Still -by The Table
-I think Mirri was just trying to give the stable some stage presence and that the lights should've stayed on longer to follow the script.
7) Goodnight Funnyman - by Luke Christensen
-Good writing. Wish the pace would've been faster.
8) Love Letter -by Evan Schenck
-This was a piece of two halves and I wish there would've been something in the second letter to acknowledge the content of the first. Like a p.s. or something. Idk.
9) Candlewick - by Mirri
-Good song to end on.
I hope Asher, Spencer, and the woman who played Norman all keep coming and performing. They really have a lot of potential to be hilarious and fresh!
here is some poesy for you cock-holes
baby
let me tell you about the sex
the sex that i would have with you
or with anybody
this is sex that is basically just lying around
ready for anybody to pick up
baby
you got no idea what you are missing
i dont mean to celebrate myself
in an unseemly fashion
but
baby
this is probably the best sex ever
just come over and get
or dont
whatever
its just as good without you
whole
singular
self-contained
baby
Anonymous,
Why not put your poem onstage instead of on the blog? No Shame always needs performers, and you'd probably have a bigger audience at the show. (Just based on the number of people who comment, the blog hasn't been getting much action lately. Perhaps the board could talk it up a bit more...)
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