Why are theater people so awful?
Lately I've been thinking, when I see a play or musical; are the talents as wretched in real life as the ones I've known outside the theater? I worked with several of them at B and N, which apparently is a hotspot for the theatrically inclined. They were all social with one another, but an odd, false feeling about it...one always trying to out-loud the other, saying things they learned to be clever in improv classes. Everyone gives off this bisexuality, not because it's real, but because it's chic to be all, "oh, I could TOTALLY fall in love with someone of the same sex, it just hasn't happened yet." and the rest of that line of thinking that has become cliche since the moment Elle Macpherson uttered it on a talk show to promote a made- for- tv movie. It's just all so fake. They never take their clown makeup off.
8.20.2006
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I don't know why they are, but...yeah. They are. I took "Theatre History" to fill my art appreciation requirement at UWEC, and that class was full of theater weirdos.
There were, of course, a few normal and sincere theater folks in that class, but on the whole...yeah.
I think that college theater is an entirely different league than high school theater. :)
I didn't like the high school theater people either, to be honest. :-)
Eric Miller became even more of an asshole when he entered theatre. His pretentiousness went up on a log scale.
Justin's dad is a theatre professor but because he teaches set design and construction and is not into acting he's pretty cool. But you're right in your assesment of actors, Jamie. Justin has made similar observations.
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