Is it just me or do some authors have a penchant for creating weak, whiny female characters? And I'm not talking about male authors, the chicks!!
I am currently reading through a series of novels that were recommended to me by a co-worker and, while I like the stories, I am getting tired of reading about these leading women who are determined to be pacifists when they are being mistreated and threatened by forces that could be dealt with with great finality if they used the resources available to them. And to add insult to injury, they don't heed the direction of the people who have lived the new life they are coming into for years (centuries). Someone tells them to stay put, they leave and walk right into danger. Someone tells them "don't go play in the brier bush" and they jump in ass first then cry for healing and help when, had they not done what they were warned not to do, they wouldn't be in the situation to begin with. Like they are two years old and don't know the stove is hot!!!!
I am aware that I can sometimes be very vengeful and too ready for payback against people who have done wrong, not necessarily to me, but to any person that would be defenceless unless someone came to their aid. But to have stories about these women who, before they meet these men have these harrowing experiences and live through them just fine using common sense and good reflexes, and then they meet these men, come into this new lifestyle and lose all the sense they had and their reflexes. Do any of these authors think it ridiculous to have a man beat someone senseless, prepare to rape them, and plan to keep them tied up to "have fun" with them for days on end pitied by the person they are attacking? And then, for that person to not want them killed, and for that person to not want to watch if they can't do the deed themselves? I mean, in one of the books the chick flipped because she was the only way link to the men being able to kill her attackers telepathically and as a result, she had to look at the person and watch the murder....SERIOUSLY!!!! If that's all I have to do for you to avenge my abuse then that's just fine with me!!! But again, maybe that's just me.
I'm going to continue reading the books but like I said, the weak women who are supposed to be these people's last hope are so trapped by their own limitations that it seriously irritates me. To have women who need their mate to coerce them into doing what they know is best for them. Or need to have a man to pull them out of danger because they are too paralyzed by their own fear to fight or run for their lives. While fear can be a very paralyzing thing I would think that when faced with your fear or dying, one would choose life.
But like I said, maybe its just me. Apparently these authors have found a market for, in my opinion, pathetic women. And here I am, borrowing them from the library because they were recommended to me by a female reader who, by the way, missed all the relationship and "fighting for your life" and teetering on the edge of extinction parts of the story and only told me about the wild sexual encounters. The books are more than the pathetic women and more than the sex. But the pathetic female leads are really bugging me.
Again, I needed to get that out.
Wednesday, September 7
Tuesday, September 6
Beauty and the Beast
Question: Why did I go see this musical?
Answer: Because the first time was a horrid experience!!!!
I saw Beauty and the Beast years ago, when I was in high school (it makes me sick to think that was years ago, lol) and all I could remember from the show was that I was sitting in the most uncomfortable box seats with no armrests and the lady who played Belle had a shaky, shrill voice that annoyed me for the ENTIRE show! I remember thinking in the beginning that it may have been nerves, but after 10 or 15 minutes on stage...certainly after intermission, you should be in the swing of the show and immersed in your character and nerves should not be a factor. I don't remember anything else about the show. It is like her voice was the spot of blood on Lady Macbeth's dress that she couldn't get out no matter how hard she scrubbed. No matter how hard I try to forget that voice, I can't. And I can't remember anything else about that production because I can't not remember that voice....like nails on a chalkboard.
Anyway, so, I went to see the musical and it was AWESOME! I dare say the cast for this year's touring production is one of the best traveling companies I have seen so far! They were all so talented, their comedic timing was GREAT! Nafoo was hilarious. All of the characters where as memorable on stage as they are on the animated movie. This production was an example of how, no matter how small the set, the CAST and direction of the play the difference in how it is perceived by the audience. The set was absolutely small. While it was very colorful, it was almost minimalistic. Even the castle of the beast only had 3 or 4 parts to it, but the way those parts were moved around, and how the actors traveled and worked with the set made it seem larger than it was. It was like every detail, small as it was, was taken into account like it was larger than life. One of the most impressive things for me is how the set for the castle interior of the Beast's home was moved around. There were human gargoyles that spent the entire time they were on stage in poses as if they were real gargoyles and when it was time for a staircase to be moved, or a room to be turned around, they worked together to move the sets, then went back into formation. It was seamless, and part of the show, and the show wouldn't have had the same effect if they were not there & the set was on mechanics or strings and; pulleys like some of the other show sets are. There were, or course, musical numbers that were a part of the show that are not part of the movie, but there was one with an AWESOME dance sequence that was a combo of singing, dancing and prop percussion (like STOMP) that was absolutely amazing! I mean, they clinked and tossed beer mugs across that stage like it was nothing, all while dancing and with NONE of them looking like they were working really hard to catch and clink on cue without messing up.
I am so glad I went to see this show because it was nothing short of amazing. I wish I could see it again. I wish I could have recorded it because they were absolutely amazing! Even with a small set!
Answer: Because the first time was a horrid experience!!!!
I saw Beauty and the Beast years ago, when I was in high school (it makes me sick to think that was years ago, lol) and all I could remember from the show was that I was sitting in the most uncomfortable box seats with no armrests and the lady who played Belle had a shaky, shrill voice that annoyed me for the ENTIRE show! I remember thinking in the beginning that it may have been nerves, but after 10 or 15 minutes on stage...certainly after intermission, you should be in the swing of the show and immersed in your character and nerves should not be a factor. I don't remember anything else about the show. It is like her voice was the spot of blood on Lady Macbeth's dress that she couldn't get out no matter how hard she scrubbed. No matter how hard I try to forget that voice, I can't. And I can't remember anything else about that production because I can't not remember that voice....like nails on a chalkboard.
Anyway, so, I went to see the musical and it was AWESOME! I dare say the cast for this year's touring production is one of the best traveling companies I have seen so far! They were all so talented, their comedic timing was GREAT! Nafoo was hilarious. All of the characters where as memorable on stage as they are on the animated movie. This production was an example of how, no matter how small the set, the CAST and direction of the play the difference in how it is perceived by the audience. The set was absolutely small. While it was very colorful, it was almost minimalistic. Even the castle of the beast only had 3 or 4 parts to it, but the way those parts were moved around, and how the actors traveled and worked with the set made it seem larger than it was. It was like every detail, small as it was, was taken into account like it was larger than life. One of the most impressive things for me is how the set for the castle interior of the Beast's home was moved around. There were human gargoyles that spent the entire time they were on stage in poses as if they were real gargoyles and when it was time for a staircase to be moved, or a room to be turned around, they worked together to move the sets, then went back into formation. It was seamless, and part of the show, and the show wouldn't have had the same effect if they were not there & the set was on mechanics or strings and; pulleys like some of the other show sets are. There were, or course, musical numbers that were a part of the show that are not part of the movie, but there was one with an AWESOME dance sequence that was a combo of singing, dancing and prop percussion (like STOMP) that was absolutely amazing! I mean, they clinked and tossed beer mugs across that stage like it was nothing, all while dancing and with NONE of them looking like they were working really hard to catch and clink on cue without messing up.
I am so glad I went to see this show because it was nothing short of amazing. I wish I could see it again. I wish I could have recorded it because they were absolutely amazing! Even with a small set!
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