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If Your Life Were A Movie

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I would say that I've lived a life of extremes. This is to say I've done many things and traveled many places -- both mentally and physically -- some others have not. I was born with a certain talent that has shaped my existence. My ambition has been mid-level, derived from a sense of duty and obligation more than anything else.

I've paid for my successes with recurring depressions and feelings of alienation from society at large. I'm widely liked and admired, but have few close friends. I've relied heavily on the medical profession for my day-to-day survival.

Therefore, my life has been an avant guarde tragicomedy with elements of solo performance, plus the occasional outburst of operatic spectacle.

And yours?

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SkeeterThompson1's profile
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My life?... Okay, it's a comedic farce with Wagnerian pretensions. Offstage, we hear the muted wails of a Greek-style chorus repeating a single refrain: What, him worry?... What, him worry?... What, him worry?....

The best part of this long-running single-act travesty is the audience. The air is redolent with the scent of rotting veggies -- the audience has come prepared to render judgment on the overstuffed actor strutting center stage. They know it, the actor knows it.

I'm big, but I'm fast, and they'll have to catch me first.
Wurdguy's profile

over 2 years ago
Avant Garde Unsparing Documentary that will become a classic.
DancingDiva's profile

over 2 years ago
WG:
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it's a comedic farce with Wagnerian pretensions
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Your life is a gesamtkunstwerk.

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SkeeterThompson1's profile

over 2 years ago
My life has been a classic,comedy filled drama
and that's No Joke :-)

over 2 years ago
I would have to say.... "A comedy of Errors"! Wife, however, would call it a "One Man Show"!
JimmyD57's profile

over 2 years ago
Lachen Sie, als Sie das schreiben?... Ich machen einen Witz.

[Skeet, I make no pretensions about my fluency in German. I'm not.]
Wurdguy's profile

over 2 years ago
A Comic Tradgey. If my life was not a comedy it was tragic.
adolphinma's profile

over 2 years ago
I think my life would be a musical comedy. With strange characters dancing their way across the stage of my life, twirling canes and top hats. And occasionally some drama sneaks in, only to be chased away by a big band with blaring trumpets and trombones. And I just dance my little self away in my little tap shoes, a chair and a big headdress of feathers!

Ah, such is life!

:) Shasta
shastamoose's profile

over 2 years ago
wurd
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I make no pretensions about my fluency in German
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Nor do I. I happen to have written a paper about Wagner.

Gesam = Together
Kunst = Art
Werk = Work

Wagner's goal was to create a "total artwork" which would encompass music, singing, dancing, drama, scenery, costumes and anything else he could think of. If you happen to have seen Lion King on stage, that would be a gesamtkunstwerk.

Also, HAIR, where the cast walks on the armrests of the chairs being occupied by theatergoers.

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SkeeterThompson1's profile

over 2 years ago
adolphinma
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If my life was not a comedy it was tragic.
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one must laugh. this is why i try to crack myself up all the time: survival strategy.

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SkeeterThompson1's profile

over 2 years ago
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