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Cabaret (Review)
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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O.K. The "Cabaret" - read Burlesque, well, I've probably seen 1 too many. Not exciting. The Venue - upstairs at Saltlick - not at all suited, standing room with limited visibility and lots of blocking.
The audience - well, boring Calgary Theatre People. The kind of people Homer Simpson was thinking of when he said "...a Play ... A PLAY! WHAT COULD BE MORE BORING THAN A PLAY!!!". It's a fundraiser, so there's food and snacks - that's good. And they replenish it, so that's good because theatre people eat like every meal's gonna be their last.
But the act - fine, but you can't see it - or only in glimpses through the crowd, and these girls, I've seen 'em before in Nelson, wouldn't matter if I've never seen 'em before, Calgary, it's not the place to see Burlesque - Nelson, easy a dozen or more girls per show - this show, 3 girls, 4 acts, and really, I can't criticize, I've seen one too many burlesque shows is all and I need a break.
Doggerel
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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'TERENCE, this is stupid stuff:
You eat your victuals fast enough;
There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear,
To see the rate you drink your beer.
But oh, good Lord, the verse you make,
It gives a chap the belly-ache.
The cow, the old cow, she is dead;
It sleeps well, the horned head:
We poor lads, 'tis our turn now
To hear such tunes as killed the cow.
Pretty friendship 'tis to rhyme
Your friends to death before their time
Moping melancholy mad:
Come, pipe a tune to dance to, lad.'
Reading aloud, now adding Shelley, Keats, in addition to T.S. Eliot, it's good practice - often taking a few pages before I settle into the rhythm of the verse, scanning ahead for unfamiliar - or rather, more familiar but never pronounced words, to work them into the rhythm. It gets better, like meditation, seldom am I ever anywhere close to Zen but I imagine, I fancy that with a bit of practice I'll get better at it.
But the quality of reading - especially when reading the likes of Shelley and Keats and Eliot, well, it rather infuriates me. These people were writing a poem or 2 a day; I have no excuses, for the doggerel that I'm writing there's no high bar, I should be cranking out a book a day, and so, really, what the fuck is up? Both inspiring and chastising...
The Risque Cabaret
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Looking for something to do, found this: http://www.handsomealice.com/current-productions/risque-cabaret/.
Which could be good, we'll see. It'd be hard to compete with the Kootenays, but I have to give them a chance...
Britons on Vacation
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Actually, I've served enough of them to know just how true this is. There should be a process whereby countries rescind passports of citizens not judged likely to be great ambassadors.
Britons on Vacation: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/new-zealand-tourists-john-johnson-tina-cash-arrest.html
I double checked the veracity to make sure it wasn't just written in fun. Nope, it's true: https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/unruly-tourists-young-british-boy-pulls-the-finger-as-locals-lash-out/news-story/dfc1afa1dc8a874baf82aaea6319509d and Video for those unable to read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ4XcSd2Trw
I've met a very few civilized ones, but the majority should be kept home on short leashes. On that note, why, why do we still have the Queen on our currency? What year is this? Time maybe, given the diversity of our culture, to stop paying homage to the past and look towards embracing the present.
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