tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678437459606571237.post9200901299254675829..comments2023-06-29T02:39:50.513-07:00Comments on Magis Theatre Company: Blue Stockings SocietyMagis Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222858137440560364noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678437459606571237.post-16544508091167992008-01-21T20:56:00.000-08:002008-01-21T20:56:00.000-08:00Totally. If Lady Smatter's "claim to fame" is the...Totally. If Lady Smatter's "claim to fame" is the Esprit party and Cecilia turns it down, something must be wrong with one of them... and I suspect that up until her disastrous financial news is announced, Cecilia has no doubt whatsoever about her self-worth. This has great potential for the opening of the second act-- two women, in competition for Beaufort's loyalty, both seething underneath the facade of their smiling faces.Magis Theatre Companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222858137440560364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678437459606571237.post-42908884229529532992008-01-21T18:45:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:45:00.000-08:00Erika,I wanted to remember the discussion that you...Erika,<BR/><BR/>I wanted to remember the discussion that you and I had about the relationship of Lady Smatter and Cecilia in light of this last "marriage-ready" comment. At the Sunday brunch discussion, I mentioned that I had recently seen some "sorority-girl" gone "upper east side ladies" in a meat-packing district restaurant. Bony thin blondes in black dresses with blood red martinis. For some reason, they horrified me but there was also a certain envy -- how does one achieve such a "look"? Such an attitude of belonging and authority? Part of this extreme image we talked of at our meeting as a way to view the Witlings characters in general: that they all literally "wear their identity as well as perform it." In the case of these ladies in black, Erika proposed these might very well be like Cecilia. And Lady Smatter -- though she tries very hard and wears all the "right" things -- is not nearly as petite and delicate. So she stomps about a bit in too big shoes and tall hats -- and frankly detests the little perfect Cecilias of the world. And in this realization, Erika and I were very happy to know that our hatred for each other at the beginning of the play was deeply rooted. And of course Cecilia's rejection of Lady Smatter's invitation to the precious Esprit Party would no easily be forgotten.<BR/><BR/>Here's to bloody martinis-<BR/><BR/>MargiMagis Theatre Companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222858137440560364noreply@blogger.com