The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two — Page 99

Did you say anything to him Em? Or did you run away with your tail between your legs?

It was over three hours in production, but it reads pretty quickly. I think reading it is more moving, too, because you can absorb it a little better, rather than it all racing by in front of you, out of your control.

Are you gonna build the model car?

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I haven't read it in a long while. If I do, it's a scene here or there in the first act, or if I'm looking for some specific reference -- for many of the same reasons I haven't watched my BBM DVD yet, though, it's been spending a lot of time on my shelf.

I was going to make the car when I got bored, but then I realized I'd probably mess it up. I'm not good at that stuff.

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Mandi, no, I ran away. He was with some friends, or something, and then when they went away he was just with Michele, and I didn't really feel comfortable bugging him to shake his hand and then go mute.

I kept the car. It's just still inside the book.

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When he's not working, sometimes I'm like "DAMN YOU for doing NOTHING." But doing nothing always makes him look. so. good.

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Well, they'll probably go into rehearsals over the Summer.

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I think that reading The Normal Heart affected me more, but that was also my first exposure to the material so it's possible that it was mainly that. I know that a lot of people find it overly preachy and exposition-heavy, but I thought that it was a really well-written, extremely moving play. I liked that it was so straightforward and metaphorically in-your-face about the issues. I started sobbing during Bruce's monologue and pretty much didn't stop until a good while after I had finished reading. The dialogue goes by really quickly seeing it performed, and I think that's totally effective and the performances were brilliant, but at the same time it means a lot to look at the words themselves.