James has always been a stable person, devoted to music and art and drawing and animation and jazz. Nice, normal activities which are well-grounded in mathematics and logic.
Then comes this play, and suddenly he's all dressed up in Elizabethan garb, spouting ridiculous lines like, "If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything."
Really!
His mother and I hold ourselves responsible for this bizarre behavior; after all, our wedding theme was The Princess Bride (although we didn't dress up in Elizabethan garb or carry swords around). We've forced our children to watch the movie countless times. We quote it endlessly, at the most inopportune (and random) times. It is no wonder that our children's minds have become infected by it.
Still - does that explain our second-eldest's desire to participate in the Fall Play as a dramatis personae, something which he has only done before in front of a camera, not before a live audience? Does he not realize the risks? The opportunities for making a fool of one's self? The possibilities of (gulp!) forgetting one's lines? And having to (double-gulp!) improvise?
I suppose he does. Opening night was a complete success (other than the moment when part of the set fell apart - but the brave actors merely shrugged and put it back together without breaking stride). We were all impressed with young James's interpretation of the villainous Count Rugen. He had the character captured perfectly.
We were all so very relieved to see him get his just desserts.
Speaking of which, anyone for ice cream after the show?
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