Blog Post 7 (or in my case 8) on Noises Off

            A strange and obvious, but semi-overlooked motif would be whiskey. Alcohol can make you confused and all over the place and in this case that’s how these characters are acting all the time, whether or not they’re actually under the influence of the alcohol.  For instance, it is a driving force as to why Selsdon acts the way he does.  Also, it is a constant back and forth action backstage during the real second act of the show.  They were trying to keep away the alcohol thus trying to control the confusion.  But the whiskey was hidden everywhere. There’s no missing it because it will find a way to show up and screw these people over.  I know I missed quite a bit because reading stage directions is kind of hard, and, honestly, after the first few pages I sort of sped through it. 

The tag line I am choosing for this show is “You just do it.”  Like it was stated in this prompt, this is a show that cannot be too rehearsed or too refined because it will make it boring.  On page 74, Lloyd says, “Listen, I think this show is beyond the help of a director. You just do it.” There is only so much polishing you can do to this show because, like I said, the confusion and chaos is what drives the play and keeps the show going on and in their case, as cliché as it sounds, the show must go on. And that is how it has to be done