Gorgeous but old-fashioned

Violette 2022-04-12 08:01:01

I watched stage beauty yesterday, and I didn't think it was very good.
One commentary said it described a person's journey of finding his true self.
But I think the story is gorgeous but old-fashioned, omnipotent and omnipotent, a tough-looking heroine from humble origin, a heroine who should be charming (actually not) feminine in life and only on stage, the heroine through silent waiting/active Dedication, let the male lead know that he is a "man" (oh), the two co-starred in the classic Othello, sublimation bird... Whether it is feelings or understanding of the role and drama! perfect! life is so easy to be changed!
It's so perfect, it's boring.

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Extended Reading
  • Bridie 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    Maria said: What you love most is the person you play

  • Mossie 2022-04-14 09:01:07

    A confused actor and an actress determined to find the man kept in a man's body.

Stage Beauty quotes

  • Ned Kynaston: Do you know the Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation?

    Maria: What?

    Ned Kynaston: The Five Positions of Feminine Subjugation. No? Perhaps you're more acquainted with the Pose of Tragic Acceptance. Or the Demeanor of Awe and Terror.

    Maria: Mr. Kynaston.

    Ned Kynaston: How about the Supplicant's Clasp or the Attitude of Prostrate Grief?

    Maria: Mr. Kynaston.

    Ned Kynaston: Funny, you've seen be perform them a thousand times. I'd have thought they'd taken hold.

    Maria: Mr. Kynaston!

    Ned Kynaston: Ah, well now, there's a feminine gesture. You seem to have managed the Stamp of Girlish Petulance.

    Maria: I just wanted to act. I just wanted to do what you do.

    Ned Kynaston: I have worked half my life to do what I do. Fourteen boys crammed in a cellar... Do you know when I was in training for this profession, I was not permitted to wear a woman's dress for three long years, I was not permitted to wear a wig for four - not until I had proved that I had eliminated every masculine gesture, every masculine intonation from my very being. What teacher did you learn from? What cellar was your home?

    Maria: I had no teacher, nor such a classroom. But then, I had less need of training.

  • [Kynaston is in a large, frilly costume dress, and a noblemen has just gone up his skirt, feeling at his crotch and looking surprised]

    Ned Kynaston: Found a guardian at the gate, did you?