Monday, September 24, 2007
A Considered Response to the Death of Marcel Marceau
This blog cannot let the death of Marcel Marceau pass in (hehe) silence. In his personal life, he may well have been a blameless man, but I'm afraid that, for his services to the Art of Mime, he must pass eternity in the special circle of Hell reserved for practitioners of that 'art form'. Them's the rules - I don't make them up - he knew what he was doing. Was there ever a more ballsachingly tedious, infantile and annoying 'art form' than Mime? It might be bearable with a bit of audience participation - 'It's a pane of glass! No, a door! A high wind?' or even 'Spit it out man!' or 'What's the matter - cat got your tongue?' But no - no fun allowed - silent, awe-struck admiration is the rule. In honour of the great man, I propose a minute's very loud noise. Dustbin lids at the ready...
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I hear he died after becoming trapped in an invisible, ever shrinking box. He tried calling for help but...
ReplyDeleteNige, I've taken your advice re the dustbin lids, but these wheelie bins are useless, I could make more noise with a couple of spoons.
ReplyDeleteI can say it to you, Nige, because you're not Bryan, the posting is glorious; any comment after it seems, well, superfluous.
I second Johntyh's sentiments. (That said, I forgave Marceau's services to the art of mime after learning of his services saving children during WWII.)
ReplyDeletewell I quite liked him. you can't very well condemn Elvis for giving us Shaking Stevens.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like a performance of French Mime to give you a new appreciation of the German sense of humour.
ReplyDeleteIt is clear you have only seen the stereotypical French mime. To see emotional, raw mime, check out Polish mime. As a mime, I can't even begin to describe how amazing it is. Mime artists these days, rarely perform in whiteface.
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