I had an epiphany last night. I figured out why I suddenly feel like the loud, annoying, outrageous over-expressive stereotype that large parts of the world feel Americans are. And its not because I'm from the States. Trust their are plenity of people from the States here, in fact I'm actually friends with one (and no he's not that imaginary friend I brought with me).
I realized that for the last 8 years of my life, maybe more, I have been friends with and only with people in theatre. Ok, there were some people not in theatre, but for the most part they're in entertainment. Non-theatre people are strange. They're quiet and reserved and don't accompany all their speaking with facial expressions. And might I venture to say that I find that boring. There lack of expression makes me want to scream. I feel like they've locked themselves inside their bodies, or their brains and they can't get out. It makes me feel trapped inside myself.
And I know that they are probably thinking exactly the same thing but in reverse. I probably make them want to crawl deeper inside themselves and hide. I just didn't realize theater people were SO different until I left them.
Yes, theatre people are weird and crazy and outrageous. But I love them and I can't picture spending the rest of my life without them. And I don't care if "normal" people will never understand. They make me happy. And I probably never had a choice about it anyway. Right from the start I was cursed (can you be cursed in a good way?) to need people like this. That's what you get when you're mom's an actress and your dad's a director.
And now, a tribute:
IF THEATRE PEOPLE RULED THE WORLD
If theatre people ruled the world, all policemen would be dancing policemen
Street lights would be blue colored and come from above and below,
so you don't get ugly face shadows.
There would always be free snacks where ever you went, even the bank
Singing telegrams would actually exist.
Political speeches would have back up vocals.
All trains would always be 5 minutes late, but you could always expect them to be so.
Talking to yourself in the street would not be a sign of insanity.
and you could get a second rehearsal after awkward introductions.
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