Yes Hi hello class today we’re talking about my favorite Tour V Bootleg, shot somewhere in the window of June 6 to June 8, 2005, that’s right we’re talking about BOISE
Given that window of time + the season it fit under, we can assume that Adam Perry as Alonzo and Amy Phillips as Demeter are the actors to thank for this.
So Boise is. My favorite. I’ve said that already in this post, and multiple times elsewhere. So much of that is just for (?)Amy’s characterization of Demeter, but another part of it are the hints she and (?)Adam find moments for their characters. They already feel connected, in one way or another, so that by the time it came around to Macavity and The Shadow Dance, I was already firm on the track of assuming a shared history with him.
So perhaps it’s fitting that their initial responses to Macavity scares generally mirror each other (You can see it at the end of the 2nd gif; Demeter will pull in and lean down; Alonzo will Bounce, Jump, and Claw the air).
But then in the True Macavity Scare; Act I, between Jellicle Cats Rejoicing and Song of The Jellicles; we get the moment giffed above.
Demeter’s leaned over and doing her scan of the theatre; that’s normal. But then, as she’s closing her reach across, Alonzo’s knees and hips respond to the motion as if she’s pulling him toward her. And he looks to her before he starts to assume the same scan/possibly the Protector Stance. Then the glass shatters and lights flash again and he goes to run up to the car
(To answer before it gets brought up; I’m p damn sure Alonzo isn’t looking at Tugger bc Tugger is actually upstage of him and already hissing/talking at someone (Perhaps the similarly-upstage Munk?) once Alonzo turns his head. I can’t cross out Demeter looking at Tugger, but I think she’s more looking around the Junkyard in general.)