Girl: Casting for the role of “My prince, my purpose.”
Guy: I’d love to play a part. But I’m not up to the lead.
Girl: Yes you are.
Guy: No, I’m not. Trust me.
Girl: I’m the Director. Trust me. You’re it.
Guy: Can’t I have something supporting instead?
Girl: I don’t need supporting. They’re taken.
Guy: All of them?
Girl: Yes, all of them.
Guy: Can we make up a new one then?
Girl: How about My prince, my purpose, but no scripts? You can ad lib the whole time.
Guy: It’s still the lead though right?
Girl: Sort of, except it’s you being you. No lines to memorize. What do you think?
Guy: I’d love to, but …
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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. -- John Lennon
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COL // July 2, 2007 at 1:58 pm
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From: Wordsmith
To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org
Sent: Jul 2, 2007 12:02 AM
Subject: A.Word.A.Day–deuteragonist
“All the world’s a stage, / And the men and women merely players: / They have their exits and their entrances; / And one man in his time plays many parts.” So wrote our friend Bill Shakespeare some 400 years ago in one of his most profound observations on the human condition.
Yet, we often treat this life as if we really are the people we’re playing.
Imagine how few troubles we might have if we remember it’s only a role we are playing. All we need do is play it as best we can and then gracefully exit the stage.
This week AWAD features words from the world of theater.
deuteragonist (doo-tuh-RAG-uh-nist, dyoo-) noun
The second most important part in a play.
[From Greek deutero- (second) + agonistes (contestant, actor).]
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PS: This reminds me of “The Denial Twist.” http://tinyurl.com/ytsoss
PPS: The conversation is the relationship … and here I am talking to myself. LOL!
colio2007 // July 4, 2007 at 12:24 pm
From: Wordsmith [mailto:wsmith@wordsmith.org]
Sent: Wed 7/4/2007 12:02 AM
To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day–breeches part
This week’s theme: words from theater.
breeches part (BRICH-iz part) noun
A male part played by an actress.
[After breeches (knee-length trousers worn by men in the past),
from breech (the lower part of the body).]
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
“Mary Robinson supported her family by going on the stage, aged 14.
She must have been gorgeous, especially with her legs on show in the
breeches parts so common in Shakespeare.”
Edwina Currie; Tart history; New Statesman (London, UK); Nov 15, 2004.
colio2007 // July 5, 2007 at 1:43 pm
fourth wall (forth wol) noun
The imaginary wall between the stage and the audience.
[From the idea of a stage as a box open on one side through which the audience sees the action. The term is also used as a metaphor for the boundary between fiction and reality.]
Comedy & Tragedy: Act 2 « col’s blog // July 10, 2007 at 11:31 pm
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