entertainment weekend

Friday night we saw the Silent Theatre Company's original play NOIR. We've been excited to see this company, as you can imagine, since we found out that they existed. It was a very different style than the boxer. There weren't any title or dialogue screens, instead there was the classic noir-style narration, but the narrator would also say the lines as well. There was very limited dialogue, which was true of The Boxer too, but it was sometimes unclear who was speaking. Where The Boxer was sweetness and light, this was dark, seedy and violent. Where we focused so much energy on precise movement and clear intentions and expressions, they were a little sloppy and when they started throwing tables and chairs at each other, we feared for their safety and the safety of the audience. Nothing could keep the audience safe from the unecessary full frontal MALE nudity. Call me a prude, but I think full frontal nudity of either sex is hard to handle in live theater. And there was no justification for this fella to thrust his junk in the faces of the front row other than shock value or, perhaps, he is an exhibitionist. I don't know. Instead of the nervous laughter it elicited, they could have gotten a nice, strong laugh with, say, a pair of ladies underpants or even tightie whities. They are taking this show to the fringe and I know that nudity gets you noticed in new york, but....jeez!!! And a 4 piece music section couldn't touch B. and Johnny for helping move the story along.

But, the entertainment weekend was saved Saturday morning when we contributed our $12 to the $75 million earned by The Dark Knight. It was wonderful. Really the best super hero movie I've ever seen (and I've seen pretty much all of them from 2000 on.) Real character development, real relationships and a great, GREAT villain in Heath Ledger's The Joker. It's unfortunate that he's not around to do another installment, because they really set up the essence of relationship of hero and villain - batman can't kill the villain because he's a hero and the joker won't kill batman because he's the reason for his villainy. great. So exciting. Good stuff.

Then last night we watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Very artistic film, lovely image, but unsatisfying because neither of the main characters, Brad Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Afleck as Robert Ford, were likable. Their performances were good, but the characters were mean and creepy, respectively.

So there are my entertainment revues for this week. My facial was lovely and certainly something that I wish I could do every week. Who doesn't want an hour and a half of face rubbing. They used a machine called a galvanic that send electric current through your skin to tighten it up. I could feel the shock and taste metal and even see bright impulses as she rubbed in over my forehead. weird. but if it keeps me looking young. I'm in!