01.27.05
Romeo and Yamaha
So… today in acting class something pretty amusing happened. This poor guy is trying to act out Romeo’s monologue right befoe he kills himself. He got the sadness down, but… he didn’t really *touch* the corpse that wasn’t there in the casket that wasn’t there as he tenderly swore undying love and vowed to protect her from the spirits of the family tomb.
The acting teacher helps him out a bit. He takes this rolling suitcase (shaped remarkably like a Yamaha keyboard near it) and sets it in front of “Romeo”. The he takes a female student and places her inside the “casket”. I’m sure Romeo was feeling more than a bit awkward. I felt awkward for him. The teacher encouraged him to lean closer to his wife and at one point hug her before his last breath. The corpse encouraged him to do what the teacher said. But he couldn’t keep a straight face. Neither could the rest of the class.
I almost think having a person made it worse. You can tenderly stroke the cheek of the air, and express the love of a newlywed husband for his tragically deceased wife. But not of a classmate…