A guys come in for an audtion but he says he's really a trained mime.
I hate mimes. I reckon everybody hates mimes. Am I wrong?
2006-07-13 05:37:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
It aint my choice. I'd love to hire and fire but I work backstage. Hate is the wrong word, space waster is better. Get off the planet.
2006-07-13 05:56:31 · update #1
Not at all......In fact you are correct.
2006-07-13 05:41:08 · answer #1 · answered by The Italian Mick 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, I don't share this popular hatred. I actually enjoy a good mime. However I get bored with mime for its own sake. It's good when a comic or actor has mime training, it can only improve your sense of stage movement.
I mean, Chaplin was unquestionably one of the great physical comedians, and his mime was excellent and he put it right up front in his work. Have you ever seen Jean Louis Berrault?
Ever see Children of Paradise? I challenge any mime hater to see this man, or that movie and come away with the same attitude.
The problem with mime hatred is that it's based on being exposed to bad mimes, and they are truly a horror... but if all you ever heard was bad music, would that mean it made sense to hate ALL music?
You just need to look a little to find what's good in any artform.
2006-07-13 15:59:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, was the audition for a mime?? If it was not, then do not worry about it. If you don't want to hire a mime, just be honest and tell him the truth that his talent is not what you are looking for and just thank him for his time. That is all you need to do. It has nothing to do with liking or disliking a mime-it has to do with what the audition's purpose is. Personally, I have only seen them on TV and they look very ridiculous. So, I would not want to have a project that included one of those silly things either, maybe, unless it was for children.
2006-07-13 12:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A training in basic mime is I think part of most performing arts courses so he was probably trying to pick an easy module or something.
And don't be so quick to dismiss them, where would Adam Sandler, Jim Kerrie, Lee Evans, Eddie Izzard, (and many other comedians) be with out their Mime training.
2006-07-13 13:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by beflihippy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, of course not. Gary Larson knows what to do with them; he drew a cartoon of how when they don't repay their loans, the mob puts them into real glass boxes in the street and everyone ignores them as they try to get out, thinking they are just miming. Natural justice in action.
2006-07-13 12:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geoffrey Hines to Burt Reynolds in a speeding car Central Park- They are chasing another car.
Hines. Slow down, are you deliberately trying to kill someone?
Reynolds Of course not. Well, maybe the mime.
2006-07-13 14:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love watching mimes! I look at them and wonder if I could do those things and make it look so real. when I try I can't, so I'm amazed by them.
2006-07-13 12:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by makingthisup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um i dont dislike mimes but i dont really like them either...but then i havent ever really watched one in action (apart from ralf little's impression of one on two pints of lager!)
2006-07-13 12:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by sinnedfairy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you hate mimes?
was he bad? perhaps really good ones like marcel marceau are hard to find.
no marcel marceau pour vous?
2006-07-13 12:40:20 · answer #9 · answered by Lucy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say I hate them, but they creep me out big time! Why can't they talk, and they have these stupid expressions on their faces, and they just look at you, like YOU'RE the strange one!
2006-07-13 12:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by Blissbug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes ,gloomy one, hate is such a strong emotion for a complete stranger I do not hate them nor am I annoyed with them for existing, you are wrong
2006-07-13 12:41:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋