Monday, April 11, 2005

The "Play Without Words" and the Week-end

So, this week-end Eddie, Bradly and I went to see the show "A Play Without Words", at the Ahmanson. It was a preview matinee performance we got invited to. It was really amazing.




It was a little heavy on the the class distinctions in London. Actually it was about the class distinctions in London in the 60's, but not really.

It was all in dance (I know - but believe me it was good). For example, the guy with the glasses on in the picture above was rich and has a girlfriend. Early int he show, there are three guys dancing as him and three girlfriends - they are all dressed the same, and the same kick-off emotional thing (she brings a gift say) happens, but all the reactions are a little different. So these 3 couples (actually 1 couple, but shown as 3 different reactions) dance differently, interact differently, swamp places and move and then - before your eyes, they may all be doing exactly the same movements together. It happens again , but instead of all moving together some of them run off (they fight, another couple makes up and goes to the bedroom). It was interesting.

Kind of cool. I really liked it.

The rest of the week-end was kick back. We played cards, visited Lynn, ran errands, planted in the backyard, Eddie cleaned out the basement, we interrupted Ron and John's post-coital realization with a drop by. You know - a basic fun week-end.

Canary watch. Over the week-end, at "Confronting the Judicial War on Faith," where House of Representatives staff people a members attended - speakers called for the death of a moderate Supreme Court Justice. Appointed by Reagan, but not conservative enough.