I just want to ramble about the power of theater today...(what a program, I know!)

I'm more and more amazed by the abilities of this art. It can put us through a roller coaster of emotions so easily! This place so full of constraints can inspire so beautiful pieces of art... That never fails to amaze me!

I went to see a play yesterday : Gertrude (le cri) which is a rewriting of Hamlet by Howard Barker a writer "à la mode" in today's french theater world (I'm not enough of an expert to know that but my drama teacher is, so I'm going to trust her on that point). It was simply amazing.
The actors were perfect in their parts, the setting was incredible. I would be unable to describe it but it was surely the most ingenious setting I've ever seen (well ok, I'm only 18 but anyway it was great!), always in movement, the more it changed, the  more it became beautiful! At one point, and this just made my heart stopped for a second, a huge wall (the stage of the theater, l'Odéon, is really high) made of a cloth fall down on the stage, a little opening on this wall kept Hamlet, who was dead on the floor, safe : his body passed through it. All of this was made in the most deafening silence I've ever experienced, because the wall was made of fabric and because the ground was covered by little pieces of rubber. And the wind created by the fall was breathtaking!
The stage director managed to put us, the audience, in a state of tension from the beginning to the end, and it was outstanding! Everything  from the way the actors played, to the setting contributed to make us ill-at-ease (what can be more disturbing for an audience than to put a mirror in front us, well he did it and that was so confusing! I was in the front row, I could see me and the reflect of the rest of the public in front of us, at the bottom of the stage!) 
It was simply spot on, a real piece of art. They managed to bring out the tragic and the darkness of the characters and they did it beautifully!

I'm going to stop now because it's too late for me to form enough coherent thoughts to express what I really feel about that subject but I will be back with more rambling later!

I can't leave though without mentioning the last shows that I saw of the boys, the ones of the investiture. They were priceless!!!
Jon is really goofy since the beginning of the week it seems and it's so refreshing to see him like that : simply happy!=D But what I find even more enjoyable is that even in a goofy mood, he still manages to point out the resemblances of Obama speech with Bush's, he lets himself enjoy this moment but still keeps his eyes open! (He can't help himself =D) and I loved the interview (Am I going too far if I say that when his voice cracked when he asked the question about seeing one day a gay/lesbian president the only thing I thought was : he is getting emotional because he is personally touched by this subject because he is in a gay relationship with Stephen Colbert and he doesn't live well this "living in the closet" situation...OK. I'm reading too much. I know. I'm obsessed. Possibly crazy.)
And then "Stephen"!! Oh my god "Stephen"! The first half of the show was amazingly funny and disturbing at the same time : our boy is so confused! (and so huggable, I can't help it, I love it when he cries!) (And he definitely should wear make up more often!)
I have to say I was quite moved by these two shows, it is after all the end of an area... I can't wait to see what they are going to do now that they don't have the Bush administration anymore to provide material. I'm not worried though, judging by the energy they have these days, it's going to be interesting!
 

Hello jolly good fellows!

I've decided to control the damage for the moment so I'll just post drawings. (not that I'm saying that I can draw!)

Title: After Party
Subject(s): Jon/Stephen
Rating: G
Warnings: ....bad drawing, and poor quality picture
Note: This was based on the Jason/Stephen photos from the Emmy-party but since I'm a Jon/Stephen shipper this is what happened...(oh and lets just pretend that they are 10 years younger and that Jon is standing on one (or two) phonebooks : ))

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