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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel

First off, I would to point out that this was an excellent play. I greatly enjoyed watching this although there were a few bad points. Let us start from my drive to Saint Augustine. During the drive, I pondered on what I was going to watch. I did not find out until I got there that this was a comedy. As informed by the director, my fellow audience and I were the first ones to watch Duck Hunter Shoots Angel live. I accidentally passed the theatre because it is on a very small street. This made it seem very sketchy, but nonetheless, I got out of my car, grabbed my ticket, and went in. Upon entering, I noticed that I was the only one under the age of fifty.  My hoodie was over my head so this attracted much attention. Everyone was staring at me. I felt very uncomfortable so I went into the bathroom. Waiting for everyone to be seated, I wondered what I was doing here. Finally, the line was over, and I handed my ticket over. With my luck, there was assigned seat so I had to sit next to a man that was over six foot five. To my right was a female and what looked like a good friend of hers to her right. I asked them what they expected, but they had no idea what to expect. The lights dimmed, and the director walked out. He explained that we were the first audience of Duck Hunter Shoots Angel. He also explained that since this was the first night, the costumes were under rehearsal. This meant that the play may be stopped and played again. Fortunately, everything went according to plan. The play started. I will not ruin anything about the play so I will explain how the audience responded. The whole audience was very supportive. By this I mean that he audience laughed at almost every joke that was said. Also, the jokes were very modern because there was the (not meaning to be racist) black guy that is always funny. During the break at the middle of the play, everyone seemed to be happy and talked about the play. Many of them went to grab a quick drink of wine or some sort of alcohol. Everyone quickly made it back to resume the play. The lady beside me seemed to enjoy the play the most of out everyone. She laughed frantically at every joke. When the show was over, the actors came out and bowed to the audience. They did not, however, come outside and greet the audience. I was quite disappointed because one of the actors was pretty. There was quite a rush while leaving the theatre because it was such a small place that held a big audience. The audience was speaking about the play while leaving. I learned that one of the actors is actually a dentist. One what was ironic, however, was that he portrayed the dumb one. In the end, I enjoyed this play greatly.

1 comment:

  1. Well done Michel. I am sad to hear you were uncomfortable at the start. It makes me so mad how much theatre down here markets and sells themselves strictly to an older audience. They are killing their future.

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