tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post5994357803986609775..comments2024-02-15T07:56:02.706+00:00Comments on Capriccio: An ObservationCapricciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066947469648187572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post-79478653137567387322013-02-08T18:46:21.234+00:002013-02-08T18:46:21.234+00:00haha amazing yes!haha amazing yes!Capricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066947469648187572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post-49446687035508799882013-02-08T18:02:50.934+00:002013-02-08T18:02:50.934+00:00I remember reading one recently over at Zerb's...I remember reading one recently over at Zerb's: the kind of anguished clasp that the ladies-in-waiting always hold their hands in. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post-24142188208642525722013-02-08T16:36:47.392+00:002013-02-08T16:36:47.392+00:00There's an idea! There are probably too many i...There's an idea! There are probably too many if we include the works themselves - 18th and 19th century opera is basically entirely constructed out of clichés! <br /><br />But we could do director clichés. Zerbinetta at Likely Impossibilities has done a few posts on this topic, though I can't find them. The one I remember most is the stage within a stage one which is very in vogue.<br /><br />But chair throwing is SUCH a clumsy and painful to watch directorial decision. In my real life I have seen it happen only once when someone was angry.Capricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066947469648187572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post-27095711494107708042013-02-08T16:24:56.567+00:002013-02-08T16:24:56.567+00:00Maybe you can start the opera version of Ebert'...Maybe you can start the opera version of Ebert's Movie Cliches, and the thrown chair can be a sister to the Fruit Cart Scene? (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900223/GLOSSARY/50222004/1023)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com