Wednesday, December 31, 2008

acting in the wings

Today I watched All About Eve, a movie from 1950 about an aging stage actress and the younger woman who conives her way into the leading lady's role.  I thought it was particularly interesting that in a film all about plays and stage acting, there was never a single scene of the stage performances - we never see any part of the plays or of the acting on stage.  I'm pretty sure it's because everyone gives their best performances off stage. 

3 comments:

Slater said...

why does it say that i left your comment? you're listed as slater. weird.

Slater said...

not only are you not funny and nonsensical, but you make me look bad for associating with you.

please stop tainting my public image with your flippancy.

k, thanks.

BBeth89 said...

I saw something like that on "Touched by an Angel" once.
My mom used to watch it religiously (oh, the irony).

P.S. My word verification thingy is reenis. Just incase you wanted to know.