Goodbye cruel world...16thJanuary
Posted by Herbert Sebastian on Jan 16, 2009 in
I had an important audition today. It was for a big role for this play written by this talented young writer who reminds me of Shakespeare in the way he understands conflict. And also reminded me of Bergman and its relation to human drama as a perfect genre.
But now its all gone! The opportunity I mean. You know what they say about those. So I guess I wont be drinking a ten year old red wine from Chile during opening night. Even worse I will have to tell my mom over the phone about my new failure. She tries to comfort me but her tone says much more than her careful words. She has conformed. This wasn't hard for her since years of practice makes perfect.
Is it all worth it?
This is what I memorized and performed today in front of an elegant bunch in cashmere sweaters;


