<p>So HisGraceFillsMe isn’t coming off arrogant at all to you when she brags over and over about how good her school’s musicals are? Trust me, I don’t think sports are noble or a self-sacrificing endeavor. I play because I enjoy them, but that doesn’t mean they’re not hard. I don’t think playing a sport is better than being in a musical either–I just think it’s more difficult.</p>
<p>“You show up, please tell you what to do, you go home, and to me, I don’t know, but if you have to train 6-8 hours a day or whatever in HS, how good can you be?”
^^ Couldn’t that apply to theater as well? Anyway, if you do practice 6-8 hours a day in high school (for sports or theater), it doesn’t mean you’re bad. It usually just means you want to be better.</p>
<p>Well now, to be completely fair, sometimes it’s because I don’t want my director to get mad at me. XD but the director really knows what she’s doing, so it doesn’t really bother us. Also, the musical is an elective thing, so obviously we wouldn’t be doing it if we didn’t LOVE what we were doing.I’ve never seen anyone forced into a musical, but I’ve seen several people forced into a sport that come out on the other side hating something they used to love. And before you bring up those crazy show moms…they’re the exception, not the rule.</p>
<p>As for the 6-8 hours thing…it could, but really it also takes longer to learn really intense dramatical scenes. You should understand: you have to learn the blocking, then the lines, then the subtext, then the music, then the timing…etc. That’s how we spent a whole 9-hour rehearsal doing 1 scene…and lemme say that by the time we left it was perfect darnit.</p>
<p>Also…that was 2 years ago and we can all still perform that scene, it’s great. ^_^</p>
<p>I really don’t want to argue anymore. I’m sorry if I’ve offended you, but you have to realize that anytime theatre is someone’s main passion, they’re going to defend it to the grave. (you can probably understand why ^_^)</p>
<p>Yeah, I understand. I love both theater and sports, so I can definitely see both sides. It’s just that my experiences lead me to a different opinion from yours. I didn’t mean to offend you either.</p>
<p>“You show up, someone tells you what to do, you go home, and to me, I don’t know, but if you have to train 6-8 hours a day or whatever in HS, how good can you be?”</p>
<p>I think part of the reason theatre people are getting so defensive is because we get SOOOO much less recognition than atheletes who we work as hard as (and apparently more so than in HisGraceFillsMe’s case). </p>
<p>Once again, how can you compare these WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. It varies dramatically from school to school…some schools barely have a theatre program, but have an amazing sports program and vice versa.</p>
<p>"‘You show up, someone tells you what to do, you go home, and to me, I don’t know, but if you have to train 6-8 hours a day or whatever in HS, how good can you be?’</p>
<p>‘That is just plain stupid.’</p>
<p>I think rather than just calling something stupid which is basically an insult, you should explain your views maturely. </p>
<p>(ex: That doesn’t make sense because people train 6-8 hours a day not because they are bad, but only to get better.)</p>
<p>Also, that may be how the OP of that quote view is due to 1 person or a group of people (like a bad sports program.) Enlighten them, rather than just saying it’s stupid…Even if it is very obvious to you or “common sense” obviously that person has no other perspective.</p>
<p>Do you guys have a Cappies program in SoCal?</p>
<p>Basically, it is like the Tony awards of high school Theatre…And it builds awareness for theatre. Agh, I’m bad at explaining…</p>
<p>“Through the Cappies, high school theater and journalism students are trained as theater critics. They attend shows at each others’ schools, after which they write reviews of those shows under the guidance of teacher-mentors. The mentors select the top reviews for publication in local media. At the end of the school year, in each program, critics serve as judges for “Cappie” nominations and awards that are presented in a Cappies Gala. During the summer, top Cappie winners from throughout the U.S. and Canada form the company of Cappies International Theater, in Washington, D.C., where they present original plays and musicals written by high school students.”</p>
<p>It’s not complicated really…all done through Internet.</p>
<p>Not to my knowledge, no…and the ones that are just aren’t very good (I’m not trying to make my school seem better than it is, but this is the truth). This was a large part of why I chose my school…ours is the school you go to for Performing Arts.</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice opens tomorrow for our fall play, I’m so excited to go see it I have a ton of friends in it. And it’s double-casted, so I have to go twice. XD</p>
<p>We were originally going to do 12 Angry Men but the rights became unavailable last minute, so we’re doing this “no name” play called “Marcus is Walking,” but I like it…It’s comprised of like 10 vignettes that revolve around a car.</p>
<p>Haha this thread has completely strayed from the topic…I’m going to start a theatre thread lol</p>
<p>I agree. The more practice, the better is the rule… A very common rule… Actually, it’s common sense…</p>
<p>I just wish CC has a more “physically aware” population. One that doesn’t write off sports so quickly and make up imaginary college admission standards to write them off because they couldn’t even make a golf team if they tried. (not all, but I suspect most) </p>
<p>They can be compared in physical intensity, and sports > theatre in physical intensity. Hands down. The day I see a theatre kid pressing 250 lbs for the next big play, sprinting baseline to baseline in a series of defense maneuvers and executing the flex offense, or at least something similar to it, my mind shall change. </p>
<p>But making a mad dash for a prop before the play begins… c’mon.</p>
<p>Dude, welcome to the conversation. Did you even READ any of my other posts? I said, SEVERAL times in fact, that sports are difficult and that I have respect for athletes. Maybe do your homework next time before you try and judge me.</p>
<p>“Dude,” I’ve been participating in the conversation for the last three pages. I’m the one you flamed before erasing your post in embarassment, remember?</p>
<p>So um, yes, I have been reading, and…my opinion still stands. Byebye.</p>
You’re entitled to your opinion, same as me.</p>