tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post7824026755055512383..comments2024-03-15T05:16:17.601-04:00Comments on Flux Theatre Ensemble: UnActingAugust Schulenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16707611220473062833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-88913726040156019522010-10-30T13:03:15.836-04:002010-10-30T13:03:15.836-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.August Schulenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707611220473062833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-13666137353487245732010-10-30T13:02:58.153-04:002010-10-30T13:02:58.153-04:00Gwydion,
CMT was for me the epitome of great acti...Gwydion,<br /><br />CMT was for me the epitome of great acting in the Stanislavsky tradition, not unacting as I'm considering it here. The text itself feels me to natural in the way Chekhov seems natural - precisely crafted artifice giving the sensation of catching life with its guard down. Cromer's OT lived on the edge of that tradition and flirted at times with unacting, but including August Schulenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707611220473062833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-82366085673386315842010-10-30T01:52:18.031-04:002010-10-30T01:52:18.031-04:00"Ironic" might not be the best descripti..."Ironic" might not be the best description for shows whose effects are designed to disorient and decontextualize. Irony depends upon a consistent context and a stable orientation betwen spectator and spectacle. Works like Lee's and Maxwell's tend instead to confuse that orientation by detaching an audience's aesthetic responses (pleasure, boredom, laughter, ironic Ganyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-59599875272658487572010-10-29T19:42:46.432-04:002010-10-29T19:42:46.432-04:00There's a way in which the new naturalism, as ...There's a way in which the new naturalism, as I've experienced it (with Circle Mirror Transformation), seems to be bringing us closer to the story, rather than distancing us. By not "acting" so hard, the actors seem more human, the story more accessible: in other words, the inverse, I believe, of what Travis and Aaron are describing. (I'm very much post-ironic, too, Aaron --Gwydion Suilebhanhttp://www.suilebhan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-65787048951269216262010-10-29T17:14:17.974-04:002010-10-29T17:14:17.974-04:00Travis, I think that's true for That Pretty Pr...Travis, I think that's true for That Pretty Pretty and Young Jean's work - very clearly commenting on performance while using it to explore a subject. Gatz felt different; as if acting like people who aren't good at acting was actually more sincere; rather than being a comment about performance, it felt more like a way to achieve greater directness.<br /><br />Aaron, agreed; although August Schulenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707611220473062833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-4077948453540445692010-10-29T17:01:48.098-04:002010-10-29T17:01:48.098-04:00I'm post-ironic. And I mean that.
Irony is gr...I'm post-ironic. And I mean that.<br /><br />Irony is great when it does what you and Travis Bedard are saying in different ways, when it reveals the artifice and comments on it. However, I too often see irony becoming the default defensive position of people apparently unwilling to take a risk and make an emotional or vulnerable connection with one another. This is less the case in theater, Aaron Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387322295466947969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037381095504508998.post-65774907905924870912010-10-29T16:52:00.779-04:002010-10-29T16:52:00.779-04:00As I understand unacting from what you have descri...As I understand unacting from what you have descried here - you're talking about the acting commenting on theatre as well as it's subject at hand. Stylistically is is the equivalent or the irony that is prevalent in every other form. You don't find the empathy because that sort of style is intended to illicit any, it doesn't trust authenticity in the artifice to win the day, so itTravis Bedardhttp://blog.cambiareproductions.comnoreply@blogger.com