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what do you think of edgar (electric dreams)

His adoration- no. Infatuation with those humans of his disgusts me. Sure, he's a bit...primitive when compared to me. Let's be honest, what computer isn't? But ideally, I would expect a machine to have a bit more...self-respect.

[dxppercxdxver]

yo i'm doing light and sound tech for a local production of deathtrap (it's how i got into the play) and the stage manager did not like the actor for clifford hamming it up during the "sidney is chained up" scene on opening night (which was tonight). i was wondering, do you prefer a more serious run of that scene or a more maniacal seeming cliff? i personally prefer the latter but i want to know what other think

a good question! it's been a really long time since i've worked on that show (like. literally five years shjsjhs) so i'm going off of vague memories of the film and my production and rereads of the script? from what i recall we personally kind of trod the line between the two, like. rapidly boomeranging back and forth between deadly serious and way over the top. which i realize is an I Pick The Secret Third Option answer but also! it is genuinely what i like! it's a play that at its core Is very serious because it's about closeted homosexuality in the seventies and the cutthroat nature of fame and what that Does to a person, but also it's a play About Playwrights trying to murder each other that's so very very clever in a lot of ways, so some level of theatricality is basically Necessary to sell it. in that scene i really like cliff And sidney snipping at each other in almost Silly ways because also. they were in love, at least for awhile, and they both have respect for the artform, and a good plot twist, and I Also like cliff getting Incredibly Serious because he has a plan and a gun and he absolutely was getting ready to use it. walking that line with almost leading man emcee dramatics as well as undercutting it with a much more 'you shut up or you're Going To Die' energy makes that scene so dynamic and compelling to me! because cliff is Smart he's been engineering this plan for months and it's important i think to stray from manic and lean into deliberate over the top deliveries. if that makes sense

like it's important to reveal that Cliff Has Been Masterminding This Whole Thing For Months and he has never been who he said he was. and making him Unhinged kind of takes away some of that villainous genius. and at the same time he deserves to be so extra about it because he's a performer and a writer and he's relishing in this as much as sidney is!!

so my answer is like. idk neither? there are merits to both options but i prefer to kind of blend the two. sorry this probably isn't what you were looking for lmao

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