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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
The quartet of adventurers were very upset!
ReplyDeleteThe hoard behind a Boss Dragon was set!
The warrior swung his blunt war-hammer.
The monster ignored him without a yammer.
Next the magician cast a dragon-breath spell.
The creature breathed it in, and was well.
The cleric declared, "This beast is unjust!"
He prayed to his god, but all he got was a "Wuff".
Last was the paladin, pure and honorable knight,
Lance at the ready, but declining to fight.
He walked up to the Boss, asked, "Would you kindly
Let us pass?" The Dragon looked at him benignly.
"Since you ask so politely, didn't get me upset,
Why certainly, go by and finish your quest!"
FLN, Wilbur ~ I left a note for you late last night.
ReplyDeleteGood morning,Gang!
I am cashing in one of my deferred days off today.
My new iPad arrived yesterday, and I was working very late learning how to transfer files and work the new (& ever more complex) apps & thingamabobs on it.
~ OMK
"Compensation"
ReplyDeleteThe actor's argument was blunt:
he was injured while doing a stunt.
For a spell after he fell
he was not feeling very well.
It was not his fault surely,
and he should be compensated, purely.
If not, his treatment was unjust
and his company he would no longer trust.
His boss could see he was upset
and made sure they took care of his debt.
And since the actor was a company vet
they also honored him with a fete.
The actor now no longer cussed
and to his company restored his trust.
Ol' Man Keith, I know my poem once again wandered into your territory. But please enjoy your day off--and you can comment on it tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteMisty ~ Your poem illustrates exactly how the cost of any on-the-job injury should be discharged, not just in theater or film production.
ReplyDeleteI was never called upon to do such vigorous stunts as some action movie heroes must face. The closest I came in personal experience to such 8njury was when I was playing Macduff for the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Tom Atkins was Macbeth. He and I were choreographed in an especially vivid final duel. It was neither the swords or daggers that caused any problem, but just our fists. When we came into close body contact in the fight, we resorted to punching body blows.
This had all been planned out, with padding in our costumes to absorb the punches. But of course we were both young and “macho” and got Into it! As a result, we both made several late night visits to Allegheny General Hospital for X-rays and first aid. Naturally, the bill went to the theater.
But then, the patient should never have to pay—right? ( In any sensible, modern system of health care, there needs to be a national single payer—no?High time we caught up with other countries!
Sorry. I kinda veered off here at the end.)
~ OMK
OMK, how great of you to check in on my verse! And what an interesting real-life story about your and Tom Atkins' injuries and subsequent hospital visits after a Shakespeare play--in Pittsburgh, of all places. A terrific story--and thank you for not making me feel that my verse was stupid--which is what I feared.
ReplyDeleteOMK, yep Lee Strassberg School. That's the one I was thinking about.
ReplyDeleteSo, someone took the words, "Lay on MacDuff" too literally.
"Mom", a sitcom about Alcoholics has a featured character who was a stuntman and is now in wheelchair
I finally got the riddle-solution. I had two possibilities for the two letters: BY and UP. Then it hit me, UPSET.
WC
I forgot to mention (in the name-dropping dept!) that our Lady Macbeth in that production was Jean Smart.
ReplyDeleteNot only is Jean a fabulous comedienne, but her Lady M was one of the most frightening interpretations of that character I have ever seen.
What was most fun, though, were cast parties, where she had organized the witches into a rock band with herself as the lead vocalist.
She created a song and dance number about her "Big Mac" as the "leader of the pack" that was an absolute hoot!
~ OMK
The memories come flooding back. It is wonderful, isn't it?--how advancing years bring back so many associations with a single trigger.
ReplyDeleteWilbur's mention of Strasberg brings back many images of the man. He was a co-founder of the Actors Studio (with Cheryl Crawford and Elia [Gadg] Kazan). By the time I knew him he had aced the others out & was the sole guru in charge of the weekly sessions I attended (to NYC every Weds by Greyhound from my teaching job at Williams), and he drove me a little nuts by his "shaming" of actors and directors when he wasn't pleased with their scene work.
As a young professor myself, I saw him as an example of how NOT to
teach. There is a huge difference between students making mistakes and just sloughing off assignments.
Lee (he insisted we call him "Lee") treated every error as a grave sin, an insult against him and the memory of Stanislavsky.
Sadly, his manner of "correcting" has caught on, at least in America, and most of the method gurus will insult you if you don't understand or get things right, even on a first attempt.
I was lucky never to be exposed to such maltreatment, but I witnessed grown men, hard-working artists, reduced to tears by Lee's quiet but intense NY-accented language:
"John, Johnnie, John! Why do you disappoint us like this? I could barely watch. We give you our time and attention, and you give us this sh*t! How can we ever trust you? What is wrong with you?"
That's a pretty accurate reproduction of one of his openings--always spoken softly, with no pauses.
You can hear his smooth, snake-like voice in the Godfather movies (Part 2?, maybe part 1? he plays Myer Lansky.)
Enough.
~ OMK
OMK, even more fascinating accounts of difficult acting experiences in your own historical settings. I can't remember if you responded when I asked if you were ever going to put these in writing and publish them? I think they would absolutely be fascinating for both young and senior readers!
ReplyDeleteWilbur, how sad to hear about the stuntman who ended up in a wheelchair. Clearly the experiences of acting and production are not nearly as glamorous as they are trying, difficult, and even dangerous at times. A whole revelation for many of us.
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