Dracula

I went to see the play Dracula Saturday at the BDPH. I wasn't impressed really.

I liked Renfield and Van Helsing a lot; but Lucy, The Count, and Abigail just ruined it for me.

Of course I liked Sarah as the "consort" =) very good job!

But anyway the three previously mentioned just did not do it for me. I felt like they weren't "in character" enough. Renfield was awesome!!!! Very good!

I personally like the book and even movie better than I did the play. I know the play is an adaptatation of the book so I didn't judge my feelings of the play on how I felt about the book.

I think the stage hands were way too loud when they were changing props, also, I think the BDPH needs some curtains so I don't see the stagehands. I know they were wearing black and the lights were turned off but you could still see them. It really got my focus out of the play. I was then focusing on other things and some of the actors did a horrible job of bringing my attention back.

It wasn't terrible but it wasn't my favorite either.

I will be attending the next play there- "Every Christmas Story Ever Told". Hopefully the stagehands for that show will be better and the actors can stay in character.

Linds

Twi-hard

On Thursday night/ Friday morning Olivia, Taylor, and I went to see the new Twilight movie: New Moon. We got there an hour early and got good seats and were able to sit together. Our parking spot however was not so good. We parked in the middle of the aisle because parking was verrrrrrrrrrrrrry limited. People were parking at local businesses and walking over. There were so many people there. Every theater room they had was playing New Moon and all tickets were sold out.

I thought people would dress as characters or at least have twilight t-shirts on. No one really wore any twilight apparel. I thought for sure people would dress nicely in there "sunday clothes" but again they didn't. The girls and I were "over-dressed" and we just had sweaters (or sweater dresses) on. We weren't wayyy dressed up.

I guess that's Cookeville for you. No one dresses up. They just come in smelling like cigarette smoke and body odor. I am not lying when I say people wore their "jammies" and brought their fleece blankets.

Where I am from people would have at least worn jeans and a nice top. Maybe even showered. They would have worn a dab of make up and ran a comb through their hair.

This was definitely a culture shock to me. I am not aware of people going to the movies in their nighty nights and blankets. Even if it isn't a premeire in Nashville when you go to the movies you look decent.

It's kind of like going out to eat. I have noticed people in Cookeville don't look so nice when they go out to eat and I also have noticed that it affects the way I dress when I go out to eat. I have gotten slouchy since school started. I used to dress decent even when I was going to run errands. That's not exactly the case now. I wear sweat pants and a t-shirt now.... great.... thanks Cookeville!


Have a lovely day! Try to dress up =)