BARE cast- Page 80

[2day4u9704301]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:21am

It'll be worse when they think you're getting some action and they'll walk in and find you alone with your computer...

I save that for Friday and Saturday nights....

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:22am

Oh the love that dare not speak it's name on the Bare thread at BWW.com. Someone should write the music!

We were meant to be...
But I was only fifteen...
But I know who I am
Maybe even more than you
imagine... what I see
When I click the link
My heart soars and sinks...
When I see MoG
Surrounded by all the boys
All the boys that weren't me
All the boys that weren't fifteen
But I know who I am
I know where I'll be
Sitting and waiting with hope
That the next post will include my grope
I know who I am
and what I want
and I find it all here
on this thread
Down the dark path I've been led
Type on, I do,
to become one of the chosen few
I'll offer you a Michael icon
and if you're nice maybe one of John
It's all I have to give
Because I know who I am
I know where I belong
On the Bare thread
1300 posts and still going strong.

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:23am

I save that for Friday and Saturday nights....

LOL! You're so cute. I hope you're not cheating on me already 2Day4U? That would just be wrong.

And have you noticed a trend here? Have we kind of threadjacked this one too? Is it something we said?

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:26am

Trisky, I love you.


That song...SO me. Sad confession.

<----back into hiding.

[2day4u9704301]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:27am

I'm not cheating on you with anyone! IF I was, you would be the first to know!

Other people are still chiming in, so I don't think it's as bad yet! LOL

Trisky....that was just AWESOME!!! I wish I had the skill....

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:30am

Oh no you don't AG, no hiding for you. Spread your MA loving self all over the place. Your fingerprints are already all over the place, so there's no erasing them now!

Trisky....that was just AWESOME!!! I wish I had the skill....

It requires one Ambien, two closing eyeballs as you read and a perverse need to rhyme. I'm gonna write a musical one day! It's the only form of writing that would hold my short attention span, long enough, being able to break a story up into tiny little digestable song bites. Since the novel writing thing isn't going anywhere at the moment.

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:32am

Trisky, I love you so! :)

And why is it that I'm always to be surrounded by hot boys I can't possibly ever have? This makes baby Jesus weep I tell you. It really does.

And good to see we didn't chase off everyone 2Day....again! :)

[2day4u9704301]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:34am

Nope, but ur scaring me off! lol jk

Alas, i must hit the sack....damn classes...Night all!

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:35am

Nope, but ur scaring me off! lol jk

LOL! That's it. I'm dumping your ass!

Good night hon. I'm heading off in a few minutes too. :)

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:03am

I'm just quoting BlueWizard. You know I'm not the perv here!

Yeah, that's my position here! And what a position!

Really, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of my all-time favourite anythings - such an brilliant musical and movie (sadly, I never got to see the off-Broadway show). You must all get Hed; once you experience Hed, you won't ever want to stop experiencing it. I absolutely love Hed, changed my life forever.

About the beautiful "if I ever told you" melody:
I love it to, it's a sonic relative to Jason's previous "you think you know me" from Auditions.

It's also set up by the ensemble's harmonies. I remember that this scene at the ATA, right after the Auditions, was one of my favourite moments because the ensemble members had it all to themselves. It encapsulates another theme in the play, how adolescents have "no voice":
"Did you really hear me?....Did you hear my voice?.....I don't think you see me......"

None of the adults in the play - not Claire or the Priest, not even Sister Chappelle during the auditions - really listen or understand these teenagers.

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 01:03 AM

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 4:18am

Ahhhhh! I went away for the weekend and now like 10 new pages are added!!!! Im so lost!

[2day4u9704301]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:32am

LOL! That's it. I'm dumping your ass!

You mean.....*sniff sniff*...you don't love me anymore?

*goes and cries during his classes*

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:34am

It encapsulates another theme in the play, how adolescents have "no voice": "Did you really hear me?....Did you hear my voice?.....I don't think you see me......"

Which is why "See Me", kills me. It's such a plaintive plea for someone, anyone, but especially his mother to see him as he is and accept that. When Claire sings about "where was the warning" on the heels of him begging her to open her eyes 2 minutes prior, it just encapsulates how purposefully oblivious some of these adults/parents can be. If they don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist.

[13]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:55am

Between work and rehearsals, I'm having a hard time keeping up with this thread now.

Which is why "See Me", kills me. It's such a plaintive plea for someone, anyone, but especially his mother to see him as he is and accept that. When Claire sings about "where was the warning" on the heels of him begging her to open her eyes 2 minutes prior, it just encapsulates how purposefully oblivious some of these adults/parents can be. If they don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist.

"See Me" is the song that is the most personal to me in Bare. I had several conversations very much like the one between Peter and Claire with my own mother when I was younger, and still struggling to come out. Eventually, I just gave up, and never actually came out to her until I was 28. I never hid who I was from her, but it was never openly discussed, even though I had boyfriends that she met, and even a lover that I lived with for almost 3 years. She remained completely oblivious the entire time, always trying to set me up with very nice young women that she met (who figured out right away that I wasn't at all interested), and constantly asking when I was going to give her grandchildren. I finally sat her down and explained everything to her in no uncertain terms. There was much wailing and crying and beating of the breast that day, but, when she finally dried her eyes and took a deep breath, she went right back to pretending we had never had the conversation. Only now, she doesn't try playing matchmaker or ask about grandchildren. As you say, "if they don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist."

And, on another topic, I am now completely enthralled with "At Swim, Two Boys." Not that I've been able to find much time to read it. I'm on page 365 now, and I hope I can finish it between the time I get off this afternoon and when I have to be at rehearsal tonight. Let me know when the off-topic discussion thread is started.

Posted: 8/30/04 at 11:18am

Between work and rehearsals, I'm having a hard time keeping up with this thread now.

Right there with you. It doesn't help that I've been offline for 4 days because I am moving and who knows when I will get my internet set up at home. I mostly lurk anyway.

"See Me" is the song that is the most personal to me in Bare.

I don't have a specific story to share, but I think 'See Me' can relate to almost everyone. My parents have a knack for not seeing who I am and what I believe. Luckily they live 500 miles away and I get away with just not telling them about things in my life.

And, on another topic, I am now completely enthralled with "At Swim, Two Boys." Not that I've been able to find much time to read it. I'm on page 365 now, and I hope I can finish it between the time I get off this afternoon and when I have to be at rehearsal tonight. Let me know when the off-topic discussion thread is started.

Despite moving this weekend, I am at about the same place & can't wait to read more. It probably helped that my TV is not set up yet and likely won't be set up for another week...how will I survive, no TV, no internet, and I am almost done with "At Swim, Two Boys"?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:08pm

am lost too, WhatDoINeed! :-/ We shall be lost together then.....

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:24pm

Between work and rehearsals, I'm having a hard time keeping up with this thread now.

This is when being on a computer all day at work (and avoiding doing any) comes in handy.

"See Me" is the song that is the most personal to me in Bare. I had several conversations very much like the one between Peter and Claire with my own mother when I was younger, and still struggling to come out.

That's the beauty of this show, how deeply personal it feels and how people can relate to at least one character/moment/song, etc. while still remaining universal. I don't know what it's like having to come out, having never had to do it, but I do know what it's like to have parts of you that you struggle with having others accept about you. Coming to the realization that it doesn't reflect badly on you, but rather on them is a long, hard battle.

Only now, she doesn't try playing matchmaker or ask about grandchildren. As you say, "if they don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist."

Maybe she'll never fully acknowledge it, which is probably still difficult to accept, but knowing that you at least tried and exposed yourself like that is such a huge thing.

Being at the age I am now, and watching the kids in the show go through the daunting, painful task of trying to be seen/heard as individuals with very real emotions and problems just makes me take stock of how much you have to be grateful for as you get older, knowledge and freedom that you didn't have then.

And, on another topic, I am now completely enthralled with "At Swim, Two Boys."

I won't say, we told you so or anything, because that would be immature given the rest of the post. Hee! But um... it's good to know our voices were listened to.

[13]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:46pm

I won't say, we told you so or anything, because that would be immature given the rest of the post. Hee! But um... it's good to know our voices were listened to.

It was thanks to this thread that I finally got around to reading the book. I tried picking it up when I first bought it, and put it aside after only 5 or 6 pages. That first section from Mr. Mack's POV is murder to get through (for me anyway). Just managed to get through another 40 pages while my co-workers took a smoke break. And now I'm responding to a message board, rather than working myself. I love my job!

Let's see, how to make this about Bare now? Oh, yeah...I love John Hill! Totally, completely, all-out bonkers obsessed with the gorgeous young man. You Ardenites can have Michael. John Hill makes me all tingly. (Adam Fleming does, too, but I know better than to encroach on broadwayguy2's territory.)

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:53pm

good 13.. you learn well..

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:55pm

Let's see, how to make this about Bare now? Oh, yeah...I love John Hill! Totally, completely, all-out bonkers obsessed with the gorgeous young man. You Ardenites can have Michael. John Hill makes me all tingly.

I believe you're going to get a fight from MadeofGold on that one! She may be all things delicate otherwise, but when it comes to John, lookout!

And yes, the first part of that book with Mr. Mack is the toughest part to get through. After that it just flows like a river.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:57pm

no fight neccessary... LOL.

**BG2 zips lips**

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:04pm

no fight neccessary... LOL.

**BG2 zips lips**

Necessity/reality doesn't matter to her. She'll put one up anyway!

[13]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:06pm

I believe you're going to get a fight from MadeofGold on that one! She may be all things delicate otherwise, but when it comes to John, lookout!

I can take her. Not that it matters, since I have a boyfriend, but, oh...the things I could think of to do with that man...

Must get back to work...must stop daydreaming about John Hill...must stop picturing the silly girl-fight between myself and MoG over Mr. Hill...must stop chuckling to myself and getting strange looks from my co-wrokers...

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:07pm

I do believe that was the 2000TH POST!!!

My how we've grown.

Off to celebrate my staring/listening to Mikey.

[2day4u9704301]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:08pm

YAY 2000!

And since no one else is currently doing it, I claim Michael