I need more tv shows to watch. Specifically, shows which fit the 60 minute drama model. Shows which are best viewed from season one, episode one, and build upon characters and situations.
[more inside]
posted by cgg
on May 5, 2009 -
95 answers
Sort of a two-part question, though answering the first part will help me answer the second. First, does anyone know of a (preferably online) way to search for plays by topic or subject matter? Searching for title keywords is sometimes useful but not ideal, and I haven't been able to make the search functions at the major playhouses' websites play nicely either. Second, in particular, I'm looking for plays about, referencing, or otherwise related to fire, smoke, etc. Any thoughts on either?
[more inside]
posted by hatta
on Apr 3, 2009 -
9 answers
Okay, it's me, back again with yet more break-up/move out questions. If you guys get tired of me asking these just let me know, I'll quit.
Details inside... ugh...
[more inside]
posted by big open mouth
on Mar 21, 2009 -
38 answers
I'm directing a farce with a bunch of high-schoolers, and would love to give them some movie suggestions to look at for characters. They are pretty classic comic archetypes, but my brain is reeling a bit trying to think of all of them, and though I'd put it out to the hive mind. The only catch is that I can't really suggest any R-Rated movies, because most of them aren't old enough to watch them...
[more inside]
posted by rawredmeat
on Mar 13, 2009 -
22 answers
We were friends-more than friends-back to friends (his call, not mine). Externally I have handled it well, I think. Internally, I am splitting - either limerant or indifferent. Oh, his mom has cancer too...
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Mar 4, 2009 -
11 answers
Okay. I've been dating my boyfriend for 7 months, and living with him for 3. We've been having some problems, and I'm seriously considering moving out, so... what do I do?
[more inside]
posted by big open mouth
on Feb 27, 2009 -
46 answers
How should I deal with my on-again, off-again relationship? Should I try to fix it, or should I just break up with her? (Ridiculously long and detail-heavy question.)
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Feb 16, 2009 -
22 answers
Should I tell my parents (especially my father) what I saw a friend messing with in our living room?
[more inside]
posted by sixcolors
on Feb 13, 2009 -
105 answers
HighSchoolDramaTeacherFilter: Any tips for doing documentary theater with students?
[more inside]
posted by HeroZero
on Jan 23, 2009 -
3 answers
Help me find free age appropriate plays/skits/acting exercises for my 6 year old.
[more inside]
posted by dejah420
on Jan 19, 2009 -
8 answers
Conflict resolution-filter: How can I be a better (read: appropriately responsive and fair) moderator and listener? A lot more inside.
[more inside]
posted by self
on Dec 3, 2008 -
8 answers
With the holidays coming I find my inability to tolerate some family members and listen to the inane chatter that fills the room. I am often visually unhappy about the situation. How can I tolerate such gatherings in a way that at least makes it appear I'm not so unhappy? (Bonus points if I'm ACTUALLY not so unhappy).
[more inside]
posted by arniec
on Dec 1, 2008 -
28 answers
Oh, the drama!! Recommend me diálogos en español, please. I'm interested in easy, two-person, not-so-long (~3 minutes out loud) non-risqué dialogues. Preferably, they were originally written in Spanish, and have some emotion in them. Realistically, I should be able to find them online, because I have no access to Spanish language books. (Spanish-language resources are ok to recommend; it needs to be easy for the person learning from me.)
posted by whatzit
on Oct 4, 2008 -
6 answers
I'm in need of quality 30 minute or less dramas. I have a 35 minute bus commute and find it annoying to watch only half a show.
[more inside]
posted by cjorgensen
on Sep 29, 2008 -
23 answers
How do I stop a summer relationship from going further without destroying everything?
[more inside]
posted by riane
on Aug 14, 2008 -
23 answers
My wife and I asked her sister for my wife's wedding dress back. She is refusing to give it to us until we pay her for damage to her car.
[more inside]
posted by adi
on Jul 27, 2008 -
58 answers
How can I determine, with access to limited biological data, if my father is not who I thought he was?
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Jul 5, 2008 -
10 answers
ElizabethanDramaFilter. I'm considering doing a PhD (because apparently I'm a masochist who doesn't have
quite enough student loan debt yet), and my area of emphasis is Elizabethan/Jacobean revenge tragedies. I'm trying to find a book on the comprehensive history of the form, but the most recent one I've been able to find is Fredson Bowers'
Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642 from around 1940. Does anyone know of something similar that was written in the last fifteen years or so?
posted by Mr. Bad Example
on May 20, 2008 -
6 answers
Novelists or short story writers who write like David Milch (Deadwood / John From Cincinnati)?
[more inside]
posted by dobbs
on May 12, 2008 -
8 answers
On behalf of a friend: looking for a single scene from a play that would work well as a standalone piece, for a drama class showcase.
[more inside]
posted by thoughtless
on Feb 27, 2008 -
23 answers
What well-known (or lesser-known) plays are written intentionally so as to be unperformable -- only readable as scripts? I'm thinking stage directions along the lines of
pulls out a handgun and fires at random into the audience, or that instruct the actors to walk on the ceiling, or specification in the dramatis personae that goats are to be cast in speaking parts. Who's employed this device to the greatest artistic effect?
posted by electric water kettle
on Dec 25, 2007 -
24 answers
I missed my two brothers-in-laws' birthdays, and one of my sisters is mad at me. I'll see everyone at Christmas. Help me make things right and prevent family drama.
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Dec 21, 2007 -
24 answers
What are some famous stories that don't have a proper ending, like the series finale of the Sopranos?
[more inside]
posted by lunchbox
on Oct 23, 2007 -
62 answers
I'm dealing with the fallout from coming out to my deeply religious immediate family. For years, I had prepared for their tears, their anger, their remonstrances, their appeals to the Bible, and all of those have come. What I hadn't prepared for was how disappointed I would be, and how fundamental and lonely that disappointment would be. Help?
[more inside]
posted by grrarrgh00
on Oct 16, 2007 -
38 answers
I want to find work as a film editor in the UK. Would it be better to find a permanent job, or freelance? Would I need an agent? If so, do you have any recommendations?
[more inside]
posted by mooza
on Oct 5, 2007 -
2 answers
What are some examples of boundary breaking art in the 20th and 21st centuries? Has there been any art that caused riots, made huge headlines, caused masses to reevaluate their lives and societies? For the purposes of this question I would like to define art in the broadest possible way.
posted by arcticwoman
on Oct 4, 2007 -
45 answers
Is there a real song with this lyric?
"Where and how shall I earliest meet her?
What are the words that she'll first say to me?"
[more inside]
posted by bovious
on Sep 25, 2007 -
5 answers
A friend bitched me out about a minor fight I had with my boyfriend. Was she out of line, and how do I reconcile the bad feelings I still have about it?
[more inside]
posted by infinityjinx
on Jul 24, 2007 -
43 answers
What are the best ways of dealing with dramatic friends, to give them the love and support that they need without rewarding their dramatic strategies?
[more inside]
posted by xo
on Apr 20, 2007 -
29 answers
UnneccesaryInternalDramaFilter: I need some help letting go of ridiculous, but intense, hurt feelings over two best friends' impending weddings.
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on Apr 4, 2007 -
32 answers
