From Wendy -
Confession: I love *pretend* violence.
It all started when I was a little, little girl - My mom worked in a Doctors lab after Midnight running tests - she would bring me with her, put me to bed in the waiting room (in one of those squishy lazy boys), and I would sneak up and watch TV at 2 am. My favorite - WWF! I will never forget the fight between Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan...so amazing! That began a long love affair: Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Princess Bride, Batman, anything Pirates, Zena, Rocky, Comando, Buffy, Transporter, Casino Royale, Alien, Predator, Alien vs. Predator...
After college I spent some time learning Rapier&Dagger, Broadsword, Unarmed...it was...perfect. So what a fantastic opportunity to get to work on "Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting." What an amazing job our director did choreographing these varied fights.
The first time I saw the fight between the Warrior Princess and the Damsel in Distress and the Rubber Woman I remember at points screaming "yea!" as if I was at an arena watching a match (Confession#2: I saw Dewayne "The Rock" Johnson LIVE when he was in his prime).
The fight between the Amazons - visceral, dangerous, animalistic...putting those big, heavy swords in the hands of Amazonians, they belong together...oh yeah - nice breasts!
Stage combat is a choreographed dance of implied violence , YES! The beautiful Bare Breasted Women own their dance floor. The lines Lorraine created and the Bare Breasteds breathe to life are poetic. The fight is natural and beautiful...oh yeah - nice breasts!
AND I get to say "pussy" in front of lots of peole every night!!! Virgin/Mother/Whore, MC, and Madame take me back to the days of going over to my friends house in Middle School to watch old Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy stand up. Sex Education. Raunchy, Verbal Violence - their tongues are sharper than swords.
It's a fun night of Women and Butt Kicking! Come see "Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting" - Only 4 shows left!
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From Becky:
ReplyDeleteWendy, I am right there with you. Some of my fondest memories with my grandmaa are watching WWF. I remember sitting with her in the living room when I was liitle watching Ricky & Robbie, Macho Man, Ric Flair...Miss Elizabeth....and then wrestlin' with my brother as we jumped off the "rings" of the couch. One of the most frequent comments or inside jokes between my dad and gram was a harmless threat to "put you in a small package" - a big move at that time.
It's funny...I watch Damsel and Warrior Princess and think of my gram and how much that informed our time and the jokes we had. And I wish I had asked her (when I was older) why she was so fascinated by it. And by fascinated - read completely hooked...we planned some dinners and outings at Gram's around matches! All I remember is the fun and gram and I laughing and laughing....maybe that's all I need to do.
So I watch them and I miss her so much. And I think she would be proud of this show. Sigh.
Funny what memories arise from watching two women beat the heck out of each other.