The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part ten- Page 71

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:48pm

I'm not looking forward to getting my senior pictures done. It seems like such a hassle.

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:53pm

It really is, and they're never worth the obscene amount of money that most photographers charge.

[Amber_C2003]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:56pm

I was lucky that mine turned out really good and weren't too expensive...if only my hair still looked even close to what it did senior year, I'd still use them...

So as my sister and I finish watching Camp tonight she leans over..."That was certifiably the worst movie I've ever seen...and where'd Sondheim just show up from?! He doesn't just show up!" Ha.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:59pm

My senior pic comes with a mildly amusing story:

The way it worked was that we filled out the order form and then a postcard would be mailed to our home address telling us the day and time we were to report to the auditorium ready to have the picture taken. Of course, my handwriting is absolutely terrible, the people at the photo studio can't exactly decipher it, and the postcard gets sent to a non-existent address that bears a passing resemblance to mine. I was petrified that my picture would turn out horribly because instead of knowing in advance to do my hair and makeup extra nice that day, I was told "go downstairs - you were supposed to get your picture taken 20 minutes ago!" All things considered, I guess it came out pretty well:

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:59pm

Some of my friends have been spending $500+ on them, which is completely ridiculous.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:01pm

$500? That's f**king insane.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:05pm

Heh, I had to get retakes on my senior pictures. It was seriously laughable. I was there for over 3 hours trying to get them finished, they didn't have the AC on in the building and it was July. I was a mess by the end of it. My mom, sister and I looked through the proofs *cracking up*- they were just that bad.

My retakes were *much* better. I only got copies of my "casual" pictures though. All those stupid cap-and-gown-holding-a-rose pictures were just so cheesy; I'd be embarassed to have them, let alone spend money on multiple copies.

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:05pm

Your hair and makeup look perfect - very nice picture.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:06pm

Yep. You can get 4 diffent outfits and 4 different poses, and then for extra you can get your hair and makeup done too. It's insane. Maybe I'll just take bad myspace picture and submit it.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:13pm

My cap/gown/rose pics were all terrible - I didn't buy any of those. I only bought the one pose I posted here.

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:18pm

Jessica, you look tres sophisticated, as usual.

Mandi, do you even have a MySpace? I thought you were resisting the cult.

From my 18th birthday -- I'm not exactly polished with regards to my makeup or posture, but you can tell that I was finally happy to be 18!

(I'll probably end up taking it down in a couple minutes just to be safe.)
Updated On: 6/2/06 at 11:18 PM

[opiv]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:19pm

Senior pictures are amusing to look at.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:25pm

Great picture, Lexi, and as usual I'm totally jealous of your hair.

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:26pm

Well, you could always fry it with fair too much hair dye to achieve the look. :P

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:27pm

Nooo. No myspace.

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:28pm

That's a great picture too, Lexi.

Jessica, since I have straightish hair myself, I tend to be jealous of hair like yours.

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:35pm

Me too, and my attempts with a curling iron have all proven futile.

I think Deborah Cox is a very close second for the best Aida, vocally-speaking at least. (Hah, not exactly pertaining to the topic at hand.)

ETA: How was Adam's chemistry with her? (See, I made it relate!) Updated On: 6/1/06 at 11:35 PM

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:58pm

I only saw Deborah and Adam live, so can't really compare with Heather. I would say that they didn't have huge chemistry, but made the show work. I remember that the moment when Radames grabs and kisses Aida was pretty electric. There was more initial antagonism between them maybe. Adam added a bit to the scene on the ship. When she asks "Are you mocking me, Captain?" and he replies, "No, admiring you," he looked her up and down very blatantly.

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:10am

OH, I've been meaning to bring this up for some time -- do you think it's implied that Radames is planning to rape Aida during the "you will wash the filth..." scene if she hadn't essentially put him in his place? That was my first impression of the scene, but it also wouldn't truly fit with his character, and everyone I've spoken to about the scene disagrees with that interpretation.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:17am

In reality, that prediction is probably accurate, Lexi. But the fact that it's a Disney show kind of overrides more realistic interpretations of Egyptian military captain to Nubian slave girl interactions.

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:17am

I think the audience is supposed to feel that it's a real possibility at first, but that it was probably never meant to be his actual intention. In other words, the audience, and perhaps Aida, misunderstand him at first.

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:20am

Chloe, those were my thoughts in response to my initial feelings about the scene, but it still seems so strange. So, we're supposed to look back on the scene, as the audience, as simply Radames admiring her and wanting to sleep with her, but not necessarily through force? To me, the subtext of those lines seems like rape, not like any sort of admiration or intrigue. Also, not to be overly frank, but isn't "on your knees" pretty, well, straightforward?

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:37am

Hm, I never interpreted "on your knees" that way, but as a demand for submission to his authority on her part. But then I'm so pure.

I think the scene *is* supposed to be full of sexual threat, but that Radames' admiration is of her spirit as well as her body. Also, though the story is set in ancient times, the characters have been given a more or less modern psychological makeup. If Radames had a rapist's mentality as we understand it today, her defiance would have really set him off, rather than keeping him away from her. Also, I wonder if he would have cared about cleaning himself up first.

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:46am

Hm, I never interpreted "on your knees" that way, but as a demand for submission to his authority on her part. But then I'm so pure.

Well, my mind is obviously in the gutter, then...

Also, though the story is set in ancient times, the characters have been given a more or less modern psychological makeup. If Radames had a rapist's mentality as we understand it today, her defiance would have really set him off, rather than keeping him away from her.

I thought that was kind of the point, though. Normally, his character would have raped a woman who dared to defy him like that, but something about Aida specifically made him back off rather than continue to force himself upon her, hence the whole "I'm a changed man for you" (although that very obviously refers to more than just this scene, if it refers to this at all).

Also, I wonder if he would have cared about cleaning himself up first.

I didn't take that as an "I want to look and feel pretty" gesture, but rather one of power and dominance. He knows that would set her off; he couldn't care less about whether his back is clean.

Anyway, I don't even know why I'm pushing this viewpoint because I don't think I've either heard anyone else agree with it, nor do I necessarily agree with it myself, but it's typical me playing devil's advocate I suppose. Either way, it's food for thought.
Updated On: 6/2/06 at 12:46 AM

[Chloe]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 12:56am

You make a good point about the reason he has her scrub him, though the line "it's a long time since I felt clean" contradicts it a little.

Actually, you're starting to convince me about his initial intentions though. Maybe we'll end up switching sides on this.