"There are five different types of chairs in this hotel room."

[rubykatewriting]

First of all, I do not do theater – I haven't since high school and really, under Ms. Goforth and Mr. Stonebarger even that tiny bit doesn't really count – so this is the opinion of someone completely removed from the process of putting on a play, at least in the semi-professional sense. Now that all being said and done, I thought the play was okay. I think they could have done with a few more rehearsals because some of the transitions and some of the action – specifically when Kaffee, a.k.a., JENSEN, sucker-punched Dawson in the stomach – was of the OMFG!AWKWARD!, people. I cringed it was so awkward. I also felt like Jensen played it a little too broad, playing a little too hard for laughs, but then I chalk that up to him being used to the close-ups of TV. He can play it a little more subtle on the tube, whereas here, EHHHH.

The rest of the cast was pretty fantastic, and Lou Diamond nailed the last courtroom exchange. His arrogance was palpable as Jessup, but in that final scene he made me understand why he did what he did – i.e., order the code red – as well as his contempt for those on the outside (or even inside but on the extreme periphery) of the military who take for granted what he and others do to protect our country. I understood where he was coming from, but I didn’t agree with his methods. So, you go, Lou Diamond. He also played it up when the fangirls in the crowd totally started whooping it up when they thought Jensen was coming forward for his bow. He was rather fucking awesome about it, and so the fangirls totally rewarded him by whooping it up big time just for him.

(Side note: hey, fangirls, you were a wee tiny itty bit embarrassing with your boisterous laughter and oohs and ahhs EVERY TIME Jensen cursed. Yes, I love fuck and bullshit as much as the next girl, but sweet fancy Moses, ladies, it isn’t that fucking impressive.)

And of course, Jensen. Our seats were about five rows back from the stage on the right side of the theater (downstage left, yes?) so when Jensen made his entrance for his first scene, he flew right past our seats. I didn’t realize this until Ngoc totally started spazzing beside me, and then when he flew back by us, I said, "Officially the best seats ever." Unfortunately, I did not realize these seats put us on the opposite side of a lot of the action so I soon learned I spoke way too soon. I did get quite a lot of Jensen’s ass (and back), which isn’t nearly as impressive in person, or in Navy dress pants (gotta say, I prefer my man ass in Marine dress pants).

As mentioned above, the rest of the cast – it was all local, save for the actor who played Markinson who hails from Boston – was excellent. Notables: the actors who portrayed Sam, Dawson, Downey, and Kendrick.

Thankfully the drive was rather easy, and we made really good time. My lovely Bonita got some fantastic gas mileage, too. So, yeah. All in all a good trip. We stopped by Cheddars for dinner on the way out of Fort Worth and had some of the best cheese fries ever in the history of ever. Seriously, we finished the plate and ate about four bites of our meals before we asked for to-go containers.

And I finally got to see Knocked Up, which was so fantastic. Funny and emotional and wonderfully honest. I just. I may end up seeing it in the theater again, and it WILL be finding its way into my DVD collection.

Comments

[ciachick711.livejournal.com]

I saw Knocked Up this weekend too and I adored it (as I expected to.) I'm not sure if I liked it or 40-Year-old Virgin better. There were definitely parts of each that I liked better. Like I loved Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann's relationship in Knocked Up. I think they outshined (?) the leads.

[halfway2home.livejournal.com]

You forget to talk about how pretty he is! Heh.

Your subject line is one of my favorite parts of the movie. At that point I was like, "Paul Rudd is stealing the show and I think Paul/Seth might be the true love story of the film!"

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

The sad truth is that JA has picked up some bad habits on SPN. The material is so crappy and the laughs are so unlaughable that he does this thing ... I find it really irritating ... you watched The 70's Show, right? Remember how the girls were so inexperienced that every time they delivered a funny they did this amateurish head bob after, like a bizarre badum-CHING punctuation? Jensen Ackles has started doing that.

I saw Knocked Up last weekend and really enjoyed it; I thought it was perhaps the first mature comedy of that generation of actors. It was a solid script except for the part where it was necessary for her to fall in love with him. They can be co-parents and not love each other. Shit she has nice skin. But I loved those little girls.