tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post1284675953667892315..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: When are auditions for Crimes of the Heart?Ellen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-87993228998889635822007-05-22T22:00:00.000-04:002007-05-22T22:00:00.000-04:00I hope you'll try out, Kendra. Some older people ...I hope you'll try out, Kendra. Some older people look younger, some younger people look older, and I think the audition process itself should be fun and useful for everyone who comes out.<BR/><BR/>As for the accents, I don't want them to be a distraction for anyone -- not the actors and not the audience. If we can't get to a point where the accents both feel and sound natural, I'd rather do without. <BR/><BR/>Except for the mention of Hurricane Camille, the story could just as easily be set in Gardiner, ME as in Hazlehurst, MS.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-3499488302508845212007-05-22T20:47:00.000-04:002007-05-22T20:47:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh! I looked up to see when Crimes of the ...Oh my gosh! I looked up to see when Crimes of the Heart auditions were [sometimes they post them other places before on the actual Gaslight site] and I found this.<BR/><BR/>I'm only 15 [almost 16.] So, I don't know if that'll make me not able to audition. But, just a suggestion about the accents. [I don't know if my opinion much matters.] I'd try finding people flexible with their voice. People who would easily be able to copy what they hear on dialect tapes and what not. I'd try it out - and if people aren't able to do it the way you want. Just don't have them do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-20198095019050866562007-05-22T19:50:00.000-04:002007-05-22T19:50:00.000-04:00Is the fact that the characters are from the South...Is the fact that the characters are from the South integral to the story? If not, I'd skip it. I'm afraid you'll come to despise your cast after hearing bad southern accents night after night after night.<BR/><BR/>When my car died in Washington, Maine in 1998, I bought a coke in a bottle out of the machine at their general store on 17.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456184183366511681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-69847283976251860172007-05-22T15:22:00.000-04:002007-05-22T15:22:00.000-04:00If you feel like a road trip, you could look at pl...If you feel like a road trip, you could look at places like Elmer's Barn or that funky antiques place on 202 near the Monmouth/Leeds Town line. I have seen bottles in both of those. they would require washing. for a further road trip: I know around Reston when I was there 2 years ago a lot of the Latin- Markets sold Mexican Coca-cola in Glass bottles. The Mex Restaurant in Ellsworth sells Mexican coke in glass bottles as well so it is in Maine somewhere. But I am sure you wouldn't mind a canadian road trip either<BR/><BR/>RBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-10764200365453211332007-05-22T12:48:00.000-04:002007-05-22T12:48:00.000-04:00Mmm, root beer floats. Good question.Claire, I mi...Mmm, root beer floats. Good question.<BR/><BR/>Claire, I might well need to go to Canada for these bottles, because at least one actress does need to drink out of them.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-902011630498515672007-05-22T12:36:00.000-04:002007-05-22T12:36:00.000-04:00I know at least a couple stores in Montreal where ...I know at least a couple stores in Montreal where you can get glass-bottled Coke, if you can't find it anywhere else.<BR/>Oh, and speaking of soda, Carolyn had a question for your blog: How were root beer floats invented?Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402513189539866553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-22002635112500296792007-05-22T10:33:00.000-04:002007-05-22T10:33:00.000-04:00I know, Dad, but _I'll_ know the difference... Mig...I know, Dad, but _I'll_ know the difference... <BR/><BR/>Might need to take you up on the Coca-Cola bottle offer. I'm sure whatever's in them isn't drinkable!Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-2889444896901831342007-05-22T10:29:00.000-04:002007-05-22T10:29:00.000-04:00You can fake the accent. There are many accents in...You can fake the accent. There are many accents in the South and I don't know if anyone in Maine will know the difference. I remember my first summer at the academy, I thought my classmates were making fun of me talking that way.<BR/><BR/>Then there is the old Norfolk accent which has been submerged by the flood of refugees from the North like me. And your Grandparents and your cousin Fritz spoke with that distinctive Charleston accent that went straight back to the seventeenth century and sounds more Down East or Nova Scotia than Southern.<BR/><BR/>As for Coca-Cola in the old six ounce bottles, I have some that you can "borrow" if you visit me this summer. I want them back though still unopened!<BR/><BR/>I'm still moving, but making progress. I can put you up for a few days if you give me warning.<BR/><BR/>Love, DadJIM LAMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401819524224868262noreply@blogger.com