[SML] The more things change...

[taco at peak.org]

If I had to sit through another production of Pippin, I think I might consider suicide. 



So much is just a matter of perspective.... one teacher I have to work 
with had said we could/should never do Pippin, because it encourages 
suicide. A couple of colleagues and I had to scratch our heads for a 
bit... what suicide? What is she talking about? A different show, 
perhaps? Then we realized she was referring to the ending, where the 
Leading Player encourages Pippin to "give the audience what they want" 
- a big, splashy finish...... by jumping into the firebox. I never, 
for even a second, thought of that as "suicide," nor did I stage it in 
that sense - the show is about illusion, "magic" - and what others' 
expectations may be, versus what our individual hearts want... I 
cannot believe for a second any audience member walks away from the 
show thinking, "Gee, that was great, and thought-provoking. I think I 
shall go out in a ball of flame, as one of the characters suggested." 

-- 
Jon Ares 
www.arescreative.com 
http://backstagethreads.com 

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