Instead of sitting at home, perched on my heater, reading like a good grad student, I went out to play all day. I even managed to avoid all the Homecoming fest-ers.
It has become a regular event to catch a matinee on Saturdays, because they are $5 and we all like movies. Last week as In the Valley of Elah. This week was Across the Universe. By Julie Taymor (my favorite director), a narrative threading together the songs of the Beatles in a late 60s context. As expected, visually brilliant, innovative and interesting. Her treatment of "I Want You/She's So Heavy" blew me away. While the story itself was a bit trite, you didn't care, because the telling was so good. Julie Taymor is at her best when she is being hallucinogenic. Great cameo casting. I think I will be seeing this again. On Monday.
Found out that Hallo-giving was TODAY. I hate being out of the loop. Without any notice, I couldn't really make anything, so I brought cranberry sauce to be ironic. Actually, there was plenty of food, which was SO GOOD. It was open-door, so people came and went as schedules dictated. I stayed later to help clean up (and eat pie).
Came home long enough to read like 5 pages of film before heading up the hill for Betty's Summer Vacation. I had to see it this weekend so that I could write a scholarly review for Tuesday. So I sat scribbling notes in the dark about the acting and themes, while the other grads were taking notes on tech and design. Having read the script, and just knowing Durang in general, I knew what to expect, which allowed me to observe the audience. Betty's is a very dark comedy that satirizes society's current obsession with tabloid culture and celebrity trials.
Strangely, for not checking anything off my to-do list, I feel pretty productive.
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