Not April Fools

[jeriendhal]

So I printed out a copy of "Unexpected Diversions" to give to my mom, along with Peta's illos, which she then handed over to a friend of her's who is a professional editor.

Apparently he liked it. (wOOt!)

He said the dialog was great. (w00t!)

He said I should consider adapting it as a play. (HUH?!)

I've e-mailed the guy to try and open and a dialog and find out WTF was he talking about. I mean, aside from the fact that play is pure fantasy, with an elf and a Beast-Kin, not the sort of dreadful Social Problems stuff or Andrew Lloyd Webber extravanganzas that appear on stage these days, it's got several scenes that are problematical at best. I mean in one Tez spends a great deal of time buck naked, and in the other he's being horsewhipped within an inch of his life. Can't see that happening on stage each night (twice with matinees)...

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[jvowles.livejournal.com]

It would work just fine in any college campus, or in NY, LA, Boston, San Fran, or Washington DC....

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to imagine it being put on stage at good old M/a/c/D/a/n/i/e/l WMC. Mr. Steve would have loved to do the costuming for Maria and Tez ("I'm not sure if your pants are tight enough, let me measure your inseam again." "No!"), and I suppose Ira might have lowered himself to direct it, since it deals superficially with womens issues.

Couldn't possibly be any worse than "Yerma" I suppose... :P