BlackAdder7 said:

you can bet my ass will authorize a snow globe with the watch from the show in a snow globe or gage's steampunk goggles if we get a big production. i will shiv a tourist with merchandise. a small, tasteful line exclusively sold at the show, but one that is profit. all the shows do that now.

for a smaller run, the artist doing all the comic art in the show (the actors interact with a big screen that does comic art around them) and i can do a comic that ties in. maybe the real Noel's story.

i plan to direct most of that money to his family's charity they want to set up.

It's gonna be great!

You talented creature.



Best wishes!!!!!

Efan said:

rosie makes everything great.

cborgman said:

Are you watching Rosie reruns from the '90s? That's awesome that that's how you relax.

hope it goes/went well!

Efan said:

awesome would not be the choice word of most.

i ebayed the HSN dvd she did that is best of season 1 where she discusses them looking back, also watching the clips for the first time.

i have a near psychotic love of that woman. i met her once and almost immediately burst into tears. it was so embarrasing, but i adore her for everything she has done for adoption, and she's really funny. i even like crazy screechy rosie.

cborgman said:

I've watched grainy Sheila E. performances from the '80s to calm my nerves before. I know from crazy relaxation rituals. (Similar embarrassing meeting story: The first time I met Sheila in person, I couldn't really talk, so the friend I was with had to do the speaking for the first minute or so. Then I think I blurted out something ridiculous like, "OHMYGOD, I'VE LOVED YOU FOREVER!")

Efan said:

i burst out crying like BJLJLJLLGH and then tried to hide behind my boyfriend before she saw. she looked a little unsettled, but smiled. i was like a 5 year old hiding behind daddy's leg.

So, I hope cborgman doesn't mind my saying this, but I went to the reading tonight and it was incredible. It was so wonderful to see his words come to life. I had read the play beforehand, so I knew how good it was, but it was very powerful to see it rendered vocally this way. I think I seemed dumbfounded, or maybe they all just thought I was an idiot, which is probably true, but the reading really hit home. Good job, Chris!

Efan said:

<---jealous. Wish I could've attended.

Efan said:

awww, thank you honey.

i couldn't really read the room. i tend to overfocus on tiny flubs and miss the big picture.

i will say this much: i was pleased for the most part. i still have some finessing to do, but i am waiting and looking foward to the in depth feedback. if i start finessing now, i'm gonna get overcritical.

i am pleased enough that i am really looking foward to "beasts" on sunday. meaghan, wade, and stephen are going to knock it out of the park as danni, kevin, and josh. wade broke my heart as kevin. meaghan and stephen have the upper hand because those parts were written for them in "beasts"
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johnart said:

awww...

thank you everyone for all the vibeage. it really made today a LOT easier.

This all sounds very inspiring.

Sending you and

glad it went well congrats Chris

Efan said:

I saw her last night - she looks just like my auntie in law!!!!

borgie I'm a bit late but sounds good!

cborgman said:

I'm sending you all the fabulously successful vibes I can muster!

god, now i am crazy excited for "beasts"

a DJ friend sent over a rough cut remix of "hyperballad" that incorporates the way i am ending the show with the death of a much beloved character. it is fucking SAD in a beautifully understated way.... which stupid youtube wont let me post.


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cborgman said:

"content blocked on copyright grounds."

PunkMistress said:

why does it work on mine??

it says blocked in some countries. is no one else seeing it?

well, heard back from the likely director who had some excellent constructive criticism. just have to tweak and finetune some more in the dialogue, mostly just getting rid of redundancies and overexplanation. the characters and story seem to be working very well.

cborgman said:

!!!

cborgman said:

I'm so happy it went well!

Nothinbutjoy said:

me too. i tend to overfocus on problems and ignore the good things. looking at the feedback, i think i am overworrying.

response to kevin was VERY strong. this REALLY makes me happy in a selfish way as kevin is the character based on me. ben is a bit like me, but he's the equivilant of one of those juice "cocktails"... about 30% juice and 70% high fructose corn syrup.

strong to noel, strong to danni and jeff in their underwritten roles. weaker to anna and ben, who both need finetuning, but that's not surprising as they are also the two most difficult roles.

it's mostly a question of finetuning the details in the non-linear story telling and in the dialogue that plays differently the second time you see/hear it and know what is going on, which i also anticipated. it's freaking hard to write dialogue that plays two or more ways with different meanings, depending on how much of the story you already know.

really really REALLY looking foward to hearing "beasts of suburbia" sunday, as that play focuses on kevin and danni. those two actors are going to KILL IT.

cborgman said:

How exciting!!!

Nothinbutjoy said:

beasts is also (in my mind) a better script, which helps. that somewhat comes from from having built on the foundation that is "gaging" and having written the characters for almost 3 years now, and somewhat by choice, as ben's writing skills will grow as he grows as a person and in age throughout the five plays.

but a lot of it comes from not having to write it non-linear. being able to move from points a through z without jumping back and forth makes writing sooooo much easier.

i dread that fifth and final play, as it will be non-linear again, bookending the cycle. that play is going to be a CHALLENGE to write on sooo many levels: the pressure of ending it all right, providing an ending to all these characters, writing the secondary lead to be played by a 9 year old, blancing every detail from the first 4 plays...

but YAY!

cborgman said:

I can't even imagine!! We've all seen bad endings to a series, be it books or movies or tv shows. It's frustrating to see a beloved series end badly.

I can't help but think, though, that it won't be the case here in the slightest! You so see the big pictures and you're so creative it's not even funny. Just thinking about it makes me excited for you to write it