“No, you cut the paper plate”?
“No, you cut the paper plate”?
#0“No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 2:56am
What does this mean?? It drives me crazy every time I hear it. Do I have to see the show to understand it? (I’m seeing it for the first time December 22nd...but sadly, not on Broadway.)
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#1re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 3:08amI think we're meant to assume it was some sort of prop for Maureen's performance. Joanne's reminding her that she decided not to use it.
#2re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 3:08amMaureen likes to use objects as a visual for metaphores, she was going to use a paper plate, but cut that idea. I'm guessing it was to be the plate that ran a way with the spoon.
#3re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 3:12amAh ha. Now that I've read that, it seems so glaringly obvious.
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
#4re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 3:31ami think someone once mentioned that it might have been used as the moon? your guess is as good as mine...i like the idea that it goes with the whole "dish and the spoon" thing she uses.
#5re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:41amYeah...I was thinking cut as in scissors, not to eliminate. Way to go, me.
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
#6re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 8:33am
Yep. The paper plate was to be a prop, signifying the moon, but it was removed from her performance. So no, she didn't literally cut it with scissors.
There used to be a scene with the plate, but I can't remember if it was in there for NYTW, off-Broadway, or both.
#7re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 8:36amOooooooohh, I thought it was always literally cut it. Updated On: 12/5/05 at 08:36 AM
Di2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/18/04
#8re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 8:52am
NOW I get it! "Cut" as if to eliminate NOT scissor in half. I have always wondered that as well!
Thank you....
ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#9re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 9:45am
Haha, I always though it was cut with scissors too. Oops...
My roommate and I are currently trying to figure out what is meant when Angel says "Boys like me" in You'll See Boys. It appears to have a double meaning, and we're curious as to which one is correct.
#10re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 10:49am
heh. Whether it's "boys like me" as in "Collins would fall for someone like me" or to say that boys are attracted to him. Beats me!
Anyway, I just checked, and there was a scene in the *workshop* that included the paper plate. 
Bohemian1232
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/26/05
#11re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:03amI always assumed that it was cut with scissors too.
#12re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:08am
It is referencing "cut" as in remove or eliminate.
There was a line in the New York Theatre Workshop performance that included a paper plate.
I don't remember it off the top of my head, but I'll look it up later this evening.
Behind_the_Spotlight
Stand-by Joined: 7/3/05
#13re: “No, you cut the paper plate”?
Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:13am
.... And it all suddenly makes sense.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought she meant with scissors... but now that I read this, it seems so... ridiculously obvious.
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