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They Hate Me, They Really Hate Me! I don�t think I�ve ever been so excited before in my life to have a room full of people hate me. I crave it, I tells ya, c-r-a-v-e it like nothing else! And if they don�t hate me or are indifferent then I get mightily upset. I have after 12 performances of Sense and Sensibility discovered the perverse pleasure of playing a bitchy character. If they know the story before coming to see the play there is a decided coldness that descends upon the room when I appear onstage. If they don�t know the story, halfway through my first scene there are �hmmphs� and �oooh� and �meow� noises coming from the more vocal audience members. I have people coming off stage and saying �It�s a good audience tonight � they�re gonna hate you!� and it makes me so very excited. It�s so disappointing if the audience isn�t into it. But that�s why I like acting in the theatre, there is the instant audience reaction (or indifference) and sometimes it�ll change your performance � and if they hate me I love to crank it up just a few more notches. I�m going to have to be careful though � all this bitchiness without retribution will go to my head. Back off, diva coming through! Tyd 28 November 2005 - 10:22 am |
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