Fool for Love

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Saw Fool for Love last night. Interesting. Everyone was good except the actress playing May who was too young and just too...inexperienced to play that role. May is used. She's been rode hard and put up wet. The actress was acting-by-numbers--"okay, here's where I act angry and push him away, here's where I cry 'Eddie!', here's where I kiss him." Not only was she not in the moment, her "moods" were too clearly defined--and with May, even more so than with most people, her emotions are always mixed, because of the nature of their relationship with Eddie. There are no clear boundaries. And she rushed unbearably through her big monologues--there was no sense of rediscovery, reliving. Furthermore her speech was much too precise for the role. Ick. Whatever made her think she'd be good in that role (she apparently cast herself)? She was completely inadequate. It was hard to watch. Tim asked me how I thought I'd do in the role--I said I though I'd do better than her, but I don't know how good I'd be in the role. May is such a different character from me. OTOH, I love roles that...wallow. I like exploring the dark side.