it's part of the play. in the theatre. it's like chekov and his guns. if you see it, it's got to be fired. once the gloves come out and the bag, someone's got to release his/her violence. a punching bag is a pretty place to put one's violence. but she doesn't get to put it there. because it's theatre. and the director doesn't care about real violence and real emotion. too bad for the director. the punching bag would have been easier on his nose.
are you still insquirming?
simply answered, i really like the image of the punching bag unpunched swinging on the empty stage.
to me that is both random and brutally violent.
are you with me on this? or is my mind its own playmate?
the punching bag raises some problems... almost all of which relate to the fact that the punching bag our designer has weighs 80 pounds and would have to hang from the grid... and if it were to be punched... which if it is there, it should be... every punch would have a sympathetic affect on the grid and the lights hanging in that grid... so... we need to understand the intent and find a way to satisfy the intent within the reality of turnaround times, storage space, stage space, tech, blah blah blah...
if it is infeasable, a similar affect could be possible with Rose's boxing gloves if they were hung or dispayed or lit in a dramatic way. i prefer the bag, but i'm a reasonable person. i just want the last image to reference the punch that should have could have been.
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it's part of the play. in the theatre. it's like chekov and his guns. if you see it, it's got to be fired. once the gloves come out and the bag, someone's got to release his/her violence. a punching bag is a pretty place to put one's violence. but she doesn't get to put it there. because it's theatre. and the director doesn't care about real violence and real emotion. too bad for the director. the punching bag would have been easier on his nose.
are you still insquirming?
simply answered, i really like the image of the punching bag unpunched swinging on the empty stage.
to me that is both random and brutally violent.
are you with me on this? or is my mind its own playmate?
i am with you on this... howevah..
the punching bag raises some problems... almost all of which relate to the fact that the punching bag our designer has weighs 80 pounds and would have to hang from the grid... and if it were to be punched... which if it is there, it should be... every punch would have a sympathetic affect on the grid and the lights hanging in that grid... so... we need to understand the intent and find a way to satisfy the intent within the reality of turnaround times, storage space, stage space, tech, blah blah blah...
no. it's never punched. that's the point.
if it is infeasable, a similar affect could be possible with Rose's boxing gloves if they were hung or dispayed or lit in a dramatic way. i prefer the bag, but i'm a reasonable person. i just want the last image to reference the punch that should have could have been.
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