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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Aug 17, 2005 14:04:42 GMT -5
what the heck are you guys doing and how'd you get these posts so messed up? That's what we're attempting to ascertain.
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Post by TOPPER on Aug 18, 2005 6:28:57 GMT -5
Well it finally clicked over to a new page and thankfully went back to normal formatting. so MALCOLM, how was WESTCAN?
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Post by Miss Kitka on Aug 19, 2005 12:25:36 GMT -5
Malcolm, you mentioned that getting back early from WESTCAN gave you a chance to appear in a film. Care to say more? What should we be looking for and when?
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Sept 5, 2005 13:06:44 GMT -5
Well it finally clicked over to a new page and thankfully went back to normal formatting. so MALCOLM, how was WESTCAN? TOPPER,
WESTCAN was wonderful, as it was on the previous 2 occasions that I was invited to work there on plays: the hospitality was all-encompassing; the cast & director bonded very quickly; the playwright, her husband & 2 daughters are 1 of the strongest family units I have ever seen; the play was executed well, & before a huge, receptive & appreciative audience, & the hotel in which I was hosted was the swankiest in which I have ever had the pleasure of being a guest.
The weather was rainy & overcast the entire time I was there, & never exceeded 19C, which made me glad that I had not bothered packing shorts, but it did make me regret not taking a sweatshirt with me.
The only downside to the experience was that my rehearsal & performance schedule prevented me from accessing comic shops & cyberlounges, otherwise I would have posted a daily journal of the experience, so I returned from the trip emptyhanded, but I did manage to sample what is quite simply the very best Canadian beer I have ever tasted, called BREW BROTHERS’ Prairie Steamer™, & it’s the closest thing to BODDINGTON’S Pub Ale™ that I have managed to find in North America.
The flight back to YYZ from YYC was the most turbulent I have ever experienced (which thrilled me greatly!), & the landing was the roughest I have ever experienced in commercial air travel, & made me grateful that I am so fussy about wearing a seatbelt throughout the duration of the journey.
Immediately that I crossed the threshold of LESTER B. PEARSON International Airport, the heat & humidity of Toronto summer hit me full in the face, reminding me that I was not in WESTCAN anymore.
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Sept 5, 2005 13:20:03 GMT -5
Malcolm, you mentioned that getting back early from WESTCAN gave you a chance to appear in a film. Care to say more? What should we be looking for and when? MS. KITKA,
I was supposed to begin shooting on FRI. of my return, which was the main reason that I did not proceed onward to Vancouver, but my agent had not read the script before committing me to it, & had led me to believe that it was a small 3 or 4 line role.
In reality, my character carried fully half the dialogue in the screenplay, & my inability to access my Email or print off the script, combined with the fact that virtually all my time was taken up with rehearsal & performance, meant that I wouldn’t have been able to learn the script in time unless I forfeit most of my sleeptime (which I was willing to do!), & guaranteed that the cast would have been more confident of their dialogue than I, since they would have had a full week to devote their entire time & energy to learning their roles.
Also, the script was to be shot twice, under the direction of 2 separate people, a bloke & a bird, so I regret not having had that comparative experience of their interpretations of the script, which was a very good story, with strong, clear characterisation by the screenwriter, & the first time I had been given a meaty amount of dialogue to speak on film since shooting SHUTTLEDOWN™.
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Post by Miss Kitka on Sept 6, 2005 11:05:58 GMT -5
Malcolm, you mentioned that getting back early from WESTCAN gave you a chance to appear in a film. Care to say more? What should we be looking for and when? MS. KITKA,
I was supposed to begin shooting on FRI. of my return, which was the main reason that I did not proceed onward to Vancouver, but my agent had not read the script before committing me to it, & had led me to believe that it was a small 3 or 4 line role.
In reality, my character carried fully half the dialogue in the screenplay, & my inability to access my Email or print off the script, combined with the fact that virtually all my time was taken up with rehearsal & performance, meant that I wouldn’t have been able to learn the script in time unless I forfeit most of my sleeptime (which I was willing to do!), & guaranteed that the cast would have been more confident of their dialogue than I, since they would have had a full week to devote their entire time & energy to learning their roles.
Also, the script was to be shot twice, under the direction of 2 separate people, a bloke & a bird, so I regret not having had that comparative experience of their interpretations of the script, which was a very good story, with strong, clear characterisation by the screenwriter, & the first time I had been given a meaty amount of dialogue to speak on film since shooting SHUTTLEDOWN™.what an awful development! there just isn't enough Malcolm on television these days, and no reason to go the movies without him either! ** wink, wink **
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Sept 6, 2005 14:15:44 GMT -5
MS. KITKA,
I was supposed to begin shooting on FRI. of my return, which was the main reason that I did not proceed onward to Vancouver, but my agent had not read the script before committing me to it, & had led me to believe that it was a small 3 or 4 line role.
In reality, my character carried fully half the dialogue in the screenplay, & my inability to access my Email or print off the script, combined with the fact that virtually all my time was taken up with rehearsal & performance, meant that I wouldn’t have been able to learn the script in time unless I forfeit most of my sleeptime (which I was willing to do!), & guaranteed that the cast would have been more confident of their dialogue than I, since they would have had a full week to devote their entire time & energy to learning their roles.
Also, the script was to be shot twice, under the direction of 2 separate people, a bloke & a bird, so I regret not having had that comparative experience of their interpretations of the script, which was a very good story, with strong, clear characterisation by the screenwriter, & the first time I had been given a meaty amount of dialogue to speak on film since shooting SHUTTLEDOWN™. what an awful development! there just isn't enough Malcolm on television these days, and no reason to go the movies without him either! ** wink, wink ** MS. KITKA,
Thank you very much. I'm doing my level best to rectify that situation, & shall be auditioned tomorrow morning for a decent little role in an SF telefilm.
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Sept 11, 2005 22:10:48 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Kitka on Sept 12, 2005 6:49:27 GMT -5
A MALCOLM MOMENT... That could be a most dangerous thread, particularly as most of my "MX Moments" are dreamatic and unprintable without some sort of ratings system
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Sept 12, 2005 10:08:51 GMT -5
A MALCOLM MOMENT... That could be a most dangerous thread, particularly as most of my "MX Moments" are dreamatic and unprintable without some sort of ratings system Hello! That positively *smacks* of intrigue!
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Post by Miss Kitka on Sept 12, 2005 15:34:14 GMT -5
A MALCOLM MOMENT... That could be a most dangerous thread, particularly as most of my "MX Moments" are dreamatic and unprintable without some sort of ratings system Hello! That positively *smacks* of intrigue! I'll bet you could use a good *smack* too!
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