The other night I had the “luxury” of going to see a middle school staging of a musical. (I’m going to allow a second to take in what I have just written.) Now, I’ve done my fair share of high school theatre, and even some college. There is a definite progression along the way. Well, I learned something about myself that night, but I’ll expand on that more in a little bit.
Before I any further, I need to say that these kids did a great job. They tried extremely hard, had some humorous scenes, and some well delivered line. No, instead these kids were victims of circumstance and set up. I would have to say that not having monitors near the kids was a bad set up. So, on the back end was the singers were a constant 1/2 a beat behind the pre-recorded music. There were a few of the main characters who did not sign, but instead spoke their lines in a rhythmic style. Kudos to the kids because they made it there own. So, kudos to them for all of their hard work.
Me, on the other hand, who has two degrees in music had some rough patches sitting in the chair. What I have discovered is that Dante failed to write about the specific 10 circle of hell. In this circle, it would be me strapped down to a chair forever having to listen to an ever going middle school musical.
A friend of mine told me that her hell would be having to listen to eight year-olds tell her jokes forever. The mere thought made her want to run out of the room. This was the first time that I realized that there were circles of hell the Dante’ missed while writing the Inferno.
So, dear reader, my question to you is what is your circle of hell? What is that thing that would torture you for the rest of eternity?
So, dear reader, I have a couple of questions for you (which appears to be my new thing):
- What is your circle of hell? What is that thing that would torture you for the rest of eternity?
- What would it look/be like?
Well, dear reader, it’s time to let those comments fly, and we’ll see you on the comment board. And remember, this is not a theological conversation, but just more of an academic conversation about the things that drive us crazy.
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