I just got asked to play a Darwinist in a video for my class at church. We'll be filming Sunday, and screening Wednesday.
Any advice?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Break a leg.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Dear god Jeff, let some love into your heart.
Er, advice, advice. Act. That'll do.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
That's what you're supposed to say when someone's going to act. "Break a leg!"
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Riiiiiiight, Jeff...
I really think I can handle acting like a Darwinist. My only real concern is that if I read certain people's reactions properly, we're filming at the house of one Grant. His eight-year-old sister Grace(ie) has taken quite a liking to me recently, demanding candy (she LOVES blue raspberry warheads), piggy-back rides, and the pushing of swings. She even stole my glasses Sunday night and hid in the little girls' room. She could... interfere with filming.
But on the plus side, they do have a grand piano. A grand piano will cover a multitude of sins.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
This thread makes almost as much sense as that great thread of old: "My Mother's Elder Horse Walker Blueness Cavort. Crabapple? Disturb!"
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Well, its no surprise Omega's never heard of "Break a leg" before, but I'm surprised at Liam not.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
'Twas a joke, Jeff.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'm just worried about what you and Grace are planning on doing to that Grand Piano.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Is this going to be one of those propaganda films where you play distorted caricatures of people, so you have to portray the Darwinist as some wild-eyed crazed Satan-worshipper?
Man, I oughtta be there to film a scene for you guys... "You've heard Mr. Speer... and now, for the Democratic response..."
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Jeff: Everyone knows what "break a leg" means. It was the fact that we all knew the double-meaning you were giving it when you used it on Omega.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
TSN, honestly, I'm not PsyLiam, I'm not capable of subtelty ... I'd say "Play with Grace on the piano and break your skull in fifty pieces when you fall off!"
So, instead, I said "Break a leg!" and people jumped on me. Chill out folks!
[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
Any musical numbers? (I mean, if nthere is a Grand Piano...) Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :
Advice? If at any moment you feel like shouting out how Darwin is actually a liar and you want to recite the entire book of Genesis, Dont!
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Is this going to be one of those propaganda films where you play distorted caricatures of people, so you have to portray the Darwinist as some wild-eyed crazed Satan-worshipper?
No idea. If it is, I won't do it. 'T'would be intellectually dishonest.
Any musical numbers?
If there are, I hope they give me some advance warning so I can work up whatever song they need me to play. Any suggestions for good evolutionist songs? "If I Only Had a Brain," perhaps?
KIDDING! Don't smite me.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Well, since "Opposable Thumbs get funky" has yet to be written, I suggest you use the Grease Megamix. Because.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
quote:'T'would be intellectually dishonest.
Heh-heh. Hee-hee.
(KIBO was here)
No, I won't say it.
Um.. this song might be appropriate,, for your convenience, I recreate it in its entirety:
ARTIST: Monty Python TITLE: All Things Dull and Ugly
All things dull and ugly, all creatures short and squat All things rude and nasty, the Lord God made the lot
Each little snake that poisons, each little wasp that stings He made their brutish venom, He made their horrid wings
All things sick and cancerous, all evil great and small All things foul and dangerous, the Lord God made them all
Each nasty little hornet, each beastly little squid Who made the spiky urchin? Who made the shark? He did!
All things scabbed and ulcerous, all pox both great and small Putrid, foul and gangrenous, The Lord God made them all...
A-men...
[ November 10, 2001: Message edited by: First of Two ]
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Really, though, you should email or mail me the script. I could read through your part and edit out all the factual errors, inaccuracies, and things that a 'Darwinist' (by which I assume they mean 'a person who understands evolution') wouldn't actualy say... cause I'll bet money that the playwright is biased.
'Course, I'd also suspect that if you told anybody you were actually doing that, they suddenly would cast someone else in the part.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Script? What script?
Remember, this is TOMORROW, and I have NO IDEA what they expect me to do.
BTW, read "Darwin's Black Box". Good book.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Well, I just got a call telling me to show up tomorrow in my best "Survivor" clothes. Guess that means I'm a social Darwinist, huh?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Survivor" clothes? I recommend going as Richard Hatch...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Oh goody, social darwinism. There's a current issue. Good job! Maybe you can dress up as a phrenologist too and disprove the existance of neurosurgery.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Well, that was fun. I got to act arrogant and condescending. "So, see, all the amino acids in the soup mixed together-- you do know what amino acids are, right? Well, they all mixed together, and formed a protein..."
"I may not be the most popular guy here, unlike God-boy over there..."
"Go Darwin!"
Fun stuff.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Gee, I guess whoever played the "Priest" got to be arrogant and condescending too!
"Why do people die?" "It's God's will."
"Why do bad things happen?" "It's God's will."
"Why doesn't God stop bad things from happening?" "Because God knows better then we stupid humans."
"Is God mean?" "God loves us. That's why He lets bad things happen to us."
"Is God a boy or a girl?" "He's a boy because everyone whose read the bible knows that little girls are trouble-makers and like to eat apples."
"Why does it rain?" "Oh, because God's peeing."
"Does God have a sense of humor?" "Yes, and his name is Omega."
[ November 11, 2001: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Well, this thread is incredibly useful. Everyone will be nice to each other starting...now.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Gee, Simon, you're being so helpful as a moderator. May I ask if thats a new perfume you're wearing?
*nice enough ... ?*
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Um... did I mention that "arrogant" and "condesending" were in the character description?
How many times do you have to be told, Jeff? Get a frelling sense of humor, because it'd be a lot more pleasant around here if you did.
Posted by Mojo Jojo (Member # 256) on :
As if you have one.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
You didn't mention it was the character description, Omega. And to be honest, you're always arrogant and condescending.
And you're not one to be talking about humerous ... the "Because God's peeing" was comedic genius. Get a sense o' humor, o' one of puny form and big ego.
[ November 12, 2001: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Comedic genius? That joke is from, like, first grade...
So, Omega, you didn't really tell us how Propaganda Theatre went over. Think you'll warp many minds?
[ November 12, 2001: Message edited by: TSN ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Sarcasm, TSN. Apparently, even first grade humor is over Omega's head.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Didn't I tell you guys to knock that shit off?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Yes, but we were being really mean in that instance.
This is the equivilant of me giving Omega a noogie while he tries to stomp my foot.
