Here's a question for you thespians on here. Ok, my girlfriend and I have been dating for 2.5 years now, we're seniors in highschool, we plan on marrying out of college, etc. Just some background. The thing is, she's in the play. She has been for a couple years. She really loves being in the musicals, I hate them myself. I'm more of a drama kind of guy.
This year's musical is "Ms. Saigon". It's the first time the play has been done off Broadway. It's a very big deal and she's very excited. She didn't get a lead, but she does play some of the more major background characters with a couple singing solos and whatnot. Most of the parts she plays are hookers and strippers (you'd understand if you knew the play lol). That right there is the main problem. At first I was like, "Wow, that's awesome. Please tell me you get to keep the costumes." Then she started to describe the scenes.
Here's where I get wierded out. Playing a Vietnamese lady of the night, she has to like fool around with guys, American soldiers. Now, I appreciate theatre, I like a bit of acting myself (drama as I said before). But this just makes me uncomfortable. There are scenes where she takes soldiers to her room, seduces them with... dancing, etc. Of course it's all fake and I'm the one who's going to be getting the real thing after the show, but still you just can't help having that nasty feeling. I don't even know if I could even b in the mood after seeing all that.
So, I'm asking any of you who may be actors, friends/significant others of actors, etc to help me out here. How do you cope with that? Any specific ways that you guys/gals deal with it? I'm certainly not going to ask my girlfriend to stop doing this and give something up that she really loves. That's out of the question. I just want to know how I can deal with it myself. I've already spoken to her about it, and i really don't feel any better lol. There's got to be some way to dispel this ridiculous anxiety.
Thanks all, I really appreciate it.
Pete
This year's musical is "Ms. Saigon". It's the first time the play has been done off Broadway. It's a very big deal and she's very excited. She didn't get a lead, but she does play some of the more major background characters with a couple singing solos and whatnot. Most of the parts she plays are hookers and strippers (you'd understand if you knew the play lol). That right there is the main problem. At first I was like, "Wow, that's awesome. Please tell me you get to keep the costumes." Then she started to describe the scenes.
Here's where I get wierded out. Playing a Vietnamese lady of the night, she has to like fool around with guys, American soldiers. Now, I appreciate theatre, I like a bit of acting myself (drama as I said before). But this just makes me uncomfortable. There are scenes where she takes soldiers to her room, seduces them with... dancing, etc. Of course it's all fake and I'm the one who's going to be getting the real thing after the show, but still you just can't help having that nasty feeling. I don't even know if I could even b in the mood after seeing all that.
So, I'm asking any of you who may be actors, friends/significant others of actors, etc to help me out here. How do you cope with that? Any specific ways that you guys/gals deal with it? I'm certainly not going to ask my girlfriend to stop doing this and give something up that she really loves. That's out of the question. I just want to know how I can deal with it myself. I've already spoken to her about it, and i really don't feel any better lol. There's got to be some way to dispel this ridiculous anxiety.
Thanks all, I really appreciate it.
Pete
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