Upper Echelon

Saw MacBeth last night. Thought it was alright. The guy who played Banquo got a little ham-and-cheese sandwich without the cheese and bread if you know what I mean. Sure, Shakespearean acting kind of requires that, but even so, forgive me: it was too much. I was okay when he died.

As I understand it, Lady MacBeth is supposed to be one of the Bard's great female roles--maybe the greatest. I didn't think the actress really lived up to the part, but I guess that was because I had expected to see the best production of MacBeth ever put on by humans. After all, it was the Royal Shakespeare Company, and after all, it was in London, and after all, I am a connoisseur of finely staged theatre, so I should know what I'm talking about, after all.

The audience for the show was the best possible audience I could have seen any show with, except the total opposite. Cell phones were going off, people were talking and laughing at inappropriate moments, getting up to go to the bathroom, reading comic books, doing homework, writing postcards, taking naps, playing Risk, eating sandwiches, and all other sorts of sundry activities that audience members should not be doing because they piss me off.

On the plus side (I knocked down the Sun Sphere), two kids were murdered during the play, so that was dark. It freaked the girl out next to me, which especially pleased me, since she only likes musicals.

Tonight we see The Woman in Black for theatre class. Long running production in London, and supposedly scared people almost as much as Pearl Harbor sucked. Horrifying!

After tonight, my tally for shows seen in London will rise to 11; 12 if you count the Taking Back Sunday concert I saw. I am mathematically the most cultured mo-fo in this entire program.

Eat it.

!!UPDATE!!

I realized upon further review that I claimed to be very cultured, yet in the same paragraph admitted to seeing Taking Back Sunday. So don't claim I didn't recognize my obvious oxymoron.

Plus, in case you were wondering at the title of this entry, it describes my current location.