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#1

The King and I

Posted: 4/2/07 at 10:44pm

i've never seen this and dont plan to but for extra credit in my theatre class "What do the preist do in stage version of TKAI" in other words-if i was cast in that what would i be there for.....
#2

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/2/07 at 10:51pm

In the second act, after the King proposes to Mrs. Anna, she tries to stall him by insisting they be married by a real Anglican Priest, so the King sends for one. By the time the Priest gets there from England, the King is dying and he performs a very moving bedside ceremony. At the end of the show, all the King's previous wives petition his will and leave Anna penniless and alone in a foreign country.

Read the script!
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Updated On: 4/2/07 at 10:51 PM

#3

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/2/07 at 10:57pm

Must be some great theater class where you are more interested in getting extra credit than seeing one of the more important pieces of musical theater in the 20th century...
#4

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/2/07 at 11:29pm

You would be asked to perform half naked.
#5

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/2/07 at 11:50pm

ok, i was going to post something REALLY bitchy, but then i looked at "dude's" profile and saw he was like 16 ...

cut the kid some slack -- thank god they're still teaching THEATRE in public high schools!

ESPECIALLY in florida ...

=:o

dude: keep reaching for the stars!!!
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#6

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:23am

How dare you insult Florida!
#8

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 8:30am

Sorry, Whatever, I'm not cutting the "kid" some slack. He needs to take responsibility for his own work, and that includes researching the GD show. Too many kids are cut way too much slack these days. He should research the show himself if he wants the extra credit for his assignment.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#9

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 8:35am

I did the King and I last year, lots of fun. Great show.

Don't see why they're asking you about the priests, they're not important at all. They just sing boring chants and walk on and off the stage in processions.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller
#10

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 8:39am

Sorry, Whatever, I'm not cutting the "kid" some slack. He needs to take responsibility for his own work, and that includes researching the GD show. Too many kids are cut way too much slack these days. He should research the show himself if he wants the extra credit for his assignment.

^ Exactly.

When I did my American History paper on Our Town in my junior year, I did all my research - with the only exception of asking my director (who had done the show the previous year) for some input. But I only did that BECAUSE he had directed the show, loved the play, and had a lot of good insight.

And another question that plagues me as I read this kid's message is - How can one fully appreciate something if they haven't seen it? Granted, there are some musicals I've heard the score of and liked very much without ever seeing an actual production. But to automatically say "I don't plan to see this show, I just need the extra credit" is saddening. Do yourself a favor, ucjrdude902, go and rent the movie. That's the very least you can do. And if, by chance, you are able to see the show live - do it.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables

Updated On: 4/3/07 at 08:39 AM

#11

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 8:55am

OK, here's the plot: Anna is a pin-up girl who has been in many magazines. The 'king' is actually a king of retail, and one of the wealthiest men alive. After the king's death, Anna struggles with his family for his estate, then suffers her own tragic demise.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson
#12

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 9:52am

King & I was probably the worst show experience I ever had. Long, boring, and nothing to do unless you're Anna or the King.
#13

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 9:56am

Don't let the previous posters fool you. They are just mean people who want to make you watch the King and I simply becuase you could easily get your hands on the film version and find out what the show is about.

The truth is that the priests are first discovered lounging half-naked smoking opium (a very common ritual then) in those long thai pipes. they are simply there as background in a scene where Lun-tha, having just been romanced by the Kralahome, sings "My Lord and Master". Pretty simple work really.

The only other time you see much of the priests is when they are dancing with mrs. Anna in the 'Getting to Know You" number. In this scene, the priests wear hoop skirts and do intricate hand gestures as they try to act and move just like Mrs. Anna in order to better understand her.

They also appear randomly chanting "Home Sweet Home" in the first act and during the arrest and trial of the prostitute Tuptim when her lover, Lady Thiang prays for Tuptim's release.

Hope this was helpful and you get the extra credit. See? No hard work is required!
The meat is always leaner on somebody else's dinner plate!
#14

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 10:19am

jynni - if you were *in* the show (not sure what "show experience" means), I bet you won the audience over with your intense involvement in the action. If you are bored, you look blank. That's why they call it acting.
#15

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 10:52am

I find it hilarious that you joined just for this question.

If I knew the answer I would of course share it with you.

Oh man.

Skingdom out.
#16

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:34am

I can't tell you the details, but they are so VITALLY important, that they were cut from the last production I did.


No one missed them.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2
#17

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:37am

Thanks for all the Priest bashing, everyone!

I was a Priest in this, lol. They're also in the Act 1 Finale, atleast in the production I was in.
#18

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:48am

Cut
Cut cut cut cut...


"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2
#20

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:50am

We aren't speaking about your avatar....
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2
#21

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:55am

Unless you are doing the show with a cast of like a hundred, the priests probably double as guards, and may be used in the ballet as prop men.
#22

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 11:58am

Unless you are doing the show with a cast of like a hundred, the priests probably double as guards, and may be used in the ballet as prop men.


- Yep, very true. I doubled as a prop man in the ballet. I honestly didn't care what part I played in the show, I was just happy to be in such an amazing musical.

lol @ Diva.

Updated On: 4/3/07 at 11:58 AM

#23

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:21pm

Don't let the previous posters fool you. They are just mean people who want to make you watch the King and I simply becuase you could easily get your hands on the film version and find out what the show is about.

By gum, you're right! I'm a mean person who hates lazy people.

I love how I'm catergorized so easily.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables

#24

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:30pm

PM: Read the rest of JMVR's post. And anyway, I'm the meanest 'cuz I started it. re: The King and I
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#25

re: The King and I

Posted: 4/3/07 at 12:32pm

D2, I've seen The King and I countless times, and your post puzzled me until it finally dawned on me...!! LOL

And you, too JMVR!!
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