During a dinner I had with Jay Udall, he said, "Writing poetry is dancing with the dwende," a line that has stuck with me since. Beyond just poetry, any creative act is ultimately based in the idea of reaching out and touching the mythical, of embracing the unknown and unknowable. This blog is about the dance.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Suspension of Disbelief
On Deb's recommendation, I checked out the first few episodes of Glee Club. It's fun, and musical, and often snarky. Hard to lose. Out of curiosity, I hit IMDB and looked up a couple of the actors. Unsurprisingly, all the actors portraying high schoolers are older than the majority of my college students. A bigger surprise - a large number of them are older than me. The captain of the football team is about ten years too old for the part. Hilarious.
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2 comments:
You're just a spring chicken, Ali :-)
I remember (too many years ago) when I watched Beverly Hills 90210, some of the actors were in their thirties, receding hairlines and all.
Never got that. Why not cast younger actors?
That's why I get so upset over people talking about how the "Potter" kids are all too old. They're at most, what, 2 years older than the characters. But 90210 and Happy Days could use 30-somethings and nobody said a word.
Glad you're liking Glee, Ali, even with the old timers in the roles. ;-) Plus Mr. Shu is a bit of all right.
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