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From here on out, I'm going to go ahead and do my best British accents on these demos. Most of the remaining songs rely heavily on ancillary dialogue, so why not get in character? The only problem is that my British accents don't fool anyone. There's always the odd syllable or vowel sound which sneaks past my filters and reveals me as a midwestern U.S. hillbilly. Oh well. I'll just watch more Python.
Our pig character gets to portray the first of Animal Farm's four famous pigs here. I tried giving him a dignified, elderly tone, but it turned out more Simon Barsinister-ish. And the ending doesn't make sense unless you imagine that the human pianist, ostensibly reading through this song for the first time, gets fed up with the portrayal of his species.
Theater is hard.
Our pig character gets to portray the first of Animal Farm's four famous pigs here. I tried giving him a dignified, elderly tone, but it turned out more Simon Barsinister-ish. And the ending doesn't make sense unless you imagine that the human pianist, ostensibly reading through this song for the first time, gets fed up with the portrayal of his species.
Theater is hard.
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Old Major is the allegorical Marx.
Marx was an arrogant man, an atheist believe that all religions exist solely to keep humanity sedated. He believed that all of the evils of the world were brought about by the misdistribution of wealth.
I don't consider him a hero at all. He was dead wrong on so many thing.
Marx was an arrogant man, an atheist believe that all religions exist solely to keep humanity sedated. He believed that all of the evils of the world were brought about by the misdistribution of wealth.
I don't consider him a hero at all. He was dead wrong on so many thing.
It could also be said that Old Major is the allegorical Lenin. He only appears alive in one chapter, so it's not like there's a whole lot of development on him.
Like any allegorical literature, portions of it are open to interpretation. The pigs in Animal Farm are flawed characters to be sure, and Napoleon is portrayed as the worst of the lot. But it also has to be said that there never would have been a revolution, and therefore an Animal Farm, without the pigs. Were the ideas wrong to begin with, or were they corrupted by the piggish individuals who wielded the power?
These are the questions I wrestle with as I re-visit the book.
Like any allegorical literature, portions of it are open to interpretation. The pigs in Animal Farm are flawed characters to be sure, and Napoleon is portrayed as the worst of the lot. But it also has to be said that there never would have been a revolution, and therefore an Animal Farm, without the pigs. Were the ideas wrong to begin with, or were they corrupted by the piggish individuals who wielded the power?
These are the questions I wrestle with as I re-visit the book.
And now we delve into the mysteries of such a book :
The pigs were, IMO were truly the "founders" of the revolution. Mind you, their earlier plans were for the animals. Then as any individual is prone to, greed and power seeps in to corrupt them.
*shrugs* Thats IMO of course
The pigs were, IMO were truly the "founders" of the revolution. Mind you, their earlier plans were for the animals. Then as any individual is prone to, greed and power seeps in to corrupt them.
*shrugs* Thats IMO of course
You have touched on exactly why I want to re-visit the piece. Orwell, by anthropomorphizing the Russian Revolution, added a layer of ultimately unanswerable questions.
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the pigs, like any individuals who come into power, allowed themselves to be corrupted by it.
There is also plenty of evidence to suggest that the pigs themselves were corrupt from the very beginning, and used the revolution merely to achieve their selfish ends.
It's quite predictable which of these views our pig character would hold. It's equally predictable which of these views our horse character would hold.
Now, to make the ending not quite so predictable. Wish us luck.
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the pigs, like any individuals who come into power, allowed themselves to be corrupted by it.
There is also plenty of evidence to suggest that the pigs themselves were corrupt from the very beginning, and used the revolution merely to achieve their selfish ends.
It's quite predictable which of these views our pig character would hold. It's equally predictable which of these views our horse character would hold.
Now, to make the ending not quite so predictable. Wish us luck.
lol I'm really liking this XP
I'm trying to figure out how I can get my school's theater to recreate this on a tight budget, thus without the use of a bunch of fursuit heads x.x
b'yeah this is definitely a pretty awesome show so far :3 you should post the script one of these days
I'm trying to figure out how I can get my school's theater to recreate this on a tight budget, thus without the use of a bunch of fursuit heads x.x
b'yeah this is definitely a pretty awesome show so far :3 you should post the script one of these days
I honestly think that fursuit heads and paws, cute as they are, would totally get in the way of the actors accomplishing their objectives in this particular piece. The costuming should be minimal, alluding to difference of species without literal, slavish attention to detail.
I'm attempting to get this produced in as many locations as possible, including local schools where I'm friends with the teachers and administration. If you have any pull at all with your school's drama department (i.e., maybe your school does student-directed one-acts), I'd certainly be happy to discuss the options with your faculty.
I'm attempting to get this produced in as many locations as possible, including local schools where I'm friends with the teachers and administration. If you have any pull at all with your school's drama department (i.e., maybe your school does student-directed one-acts), I'd certainly be happy to discuss the options with your faculty.
well I took a deep interest in my school's Beginning Improv class, and I'm good friends with most of the drama department. If when september comes around, I can get a copy of the script to give to the theater coordinator, I can possibly convince him to at least give you a call in discussing having it done :3
I'm reminded of when I went to see a production of His Dark Materials, and all of the daemons (Who in the book took the form of various animals) were model heads attached to flexible bodies and just held by another actor dressed in black. http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dark-materials1.jpg
It was possibly the lowest budget way they could get the animals appearing on stage, but because they didn't try to hide the fact that it was just a man holding a puppet, you actually zoned it out, and it ended up working really well.
For this, I imagine the animals would just have coloured skin-tight clothes and possibly face-paint and, at most, a tail. Masks could be made of just the top half of each animal's head, so as not to cover the actor/singer's mouth, but it would still stop them being able to make as clear facial expressions. Establishing them at the start as which animal they are would be easy, just having a character say "Look, here come the horses" as they come on, or something as obvious as that :p
It was possibly the lowest budget way they could get the animals appearing on stage, but because they didn't try to hide the fact that it was just a man holding a puppet, you actually zoned it out, and it ended up working really well.
For this, I imagine the animals would just have coloured skin-tight clothes and possibly face-paint and, at most, a tail. Masks could be made of just the top half of each animal's head, so as not to cover the actor/singer's mouth, but it would still stop them being able to make as clear facial expressions. Establishing them at the start as which animal they are would be easy, just having a character say "Look, here come the horses" as they come on, or something as obvious as that :p
As kind as you are, I'm reminded of a night about 22 years ago, when I played my best friend one of my early multitrack song demos. His response was immediate and heartfelt...
"You do not have a singer's voice. Seriously. I mean, you're singing... but you shouldn't sing. Really. You shouldn't let people hear this because it will hurt your career and make people think your talent is less than it actually is. We have to find you a real singer so you don't ever have to sing again."
This was not an isolated incident, either. Several times over the years, I've run into people who try to warn me that I should stop singing immediately because it sounds so wrong to their ears. Who am I to say they're wrong?
Then again, it's not like I took their advice, either, did I?
"You do not have a singer's voice. Seriously. I mean, you're singing... but you shouldn't sing. Really. You shouldn't let people hear this because it will hurt your career and make people think your talent is less than it actually is. We have to find you a real singer so you don't ever have to sing again."
This was not an isolated incident, either. Several times over the years, I've run into people who try to warn me that I should stop singing immediately because it sounds so wrong to their ears. Who am I to say they're wrong?
Then again, it's not like I took their advice, either, did I?
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