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#1

threepenny opera question

whats up with the black lines through all their eyes? i didnt see the show im just curious.
#2

re: threepenny opera question

I've seen the show - and I have no idea..
Actually, I have no idea about what happened through most of the show..

RY
#3

re: threepenny opera question

I think it may be the Tragdey sad face...the tears...

But I am not really sure. I asked that question to someone too.

And I never got an answer...other than to show the actors putting make-up on each other. But I got that.
#4

re: threepenny opera question

Perhaps it was a clown reference, the whole world's a circus or something along those lines...
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#5

re: threepenny opera question

I think it represents a scar, to show that they all have sinned and none of them are really "pure" people. That's my guess anyway...
"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"
#6

re: threepenny opera question

Maybe it represents eye fungus...erm... to show how dirty and opthalmologically dangerous the world is....
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#7

re: threepenny opera question

the year above me in my college did threepenny and i think it was purely symbolism of darkness etc...nothing too deep!
#8

re: threepenny opera question

It seemed to also be a framing device. They put it on at the beginning to get into character and took it off at the end when they were just actors again?? Just a guess. May I just add the was the most boring piece of garbage I have ever seen on stage.

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Updated On: 5/8/06 at 12:20 PM

#10

re: threepenny opera question

Saw it this weekend, didn't care for it. Actors were good, play was not.
#11

re: threepenny opera question

When you say play, do you mean the production?

Or the play itself? As in...what Brecht and Weill did?
#12

re: threepenny opera question

I didn't like what I saw, whatever it was..... Lestat is still the worst though, Jersey Boys the best, followed by Drowsy Chaperone....
#13

re: threepenny opera question

Darn it, I knew they should have set Threepenny amongst sixties doo wop...

Maybe they can work some ABBA in there, at least...

So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space

Updated On: 5/8/06 at 05:48 PM

#14

re: threepenny opera question

Have you heard from Mack the great shark
Who often shoo-bops and doo-wops
Mack the Knife is much less friendly
When he croons he never stops


Updated On: 5/8/06 at 05:52 PM

#15

re: threepenny opera question

Does Cyndi get to wear gold lame'?
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#16

re: threepenny opera question

Ummm. OK.

The whole cast will be draped in gold lamé.

Updated On: 5/8/06 at 06:01 PM

#17

re: threepenny opera question

it's done as a framework - it's just a simple thing -- nothing too deep... the alienation effect of performing something dramatic for the audience... we come in as ourselves and then we put the make up on and we are our characters...

at the end, when we take it off, it's blurred and we are a mixture of the actor and character... there is no difference and the audience is also a character then
#18

re: threepenny opera question

My opinion only, of course: What Brecht and Weill did has enormous potential for a intriguing, provocative, modern production. What is showing at Studio 54 is not that production. On every level--as social commentary, as satire, as irony, as cynicism--it fails. Some very talented actors are wasted on a translation and direction that never fleshes them out as three-dimensional characters and presents not an ounce of comprehensible motivation for what they do. It's not interesting or oringinal, but boring, boring, boring. This is one time I agree with the critics, except I don't think they were harsh enough.

(And am I the only one who thought the costumes looked like they were collected from various regional productions of The Rocky Horror Show?)

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Updated On: 5/8/06 at 06:11 PM

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