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Suppose you’re in the lion phase of the Three Metamophoses and you are rejecting and deconstructing (if that’s the right word to use) every moral value society has taught you. What if at the end of this deconstructing period, you still hold onto some of those values.

Let’s take civil rights for an example. You think, “Should everyone have equal protection under the law regardless of race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, etc?” You look at all the arguments both for and against civil rights, but at the end you realize, “Yes, everyone should have equal protection under the law!”

Does that mean you didn’t do it right, or is it fine because you came to that conclusion by yourself instead of automatically believing it because someone told you it’s right?

Seriously, they both have similar styles, and both have multiple music projects. It only makes sense for them to tour together. Maybe I can start a Change dot org petition or something.

This popped up in my recommendations yesterday and I thought I'd share this with you all. In it, Jon Barbas talks about why pop singers like Meghan Trainor aren't selling tickets but extreme metal bands like Cryptopsy are. This isn't meant to bash pop music. Far from it! I just think he's got some good points regarding the music industry and how we consume music.

Here are some highlights (along with my own thoughts):

1. It's not just the ticket prices themselves; it's how artists like Trainor don't have the kind of fanbase that someone like Taylor Swift has, so it doesn't make sense for Trainor to try to sell out arenas. Meanwhile, legendary death metal band Cryptopsy recently did a show with three other bands at the Masquerade in Atlanta and the place was packed. So, I'm thinking maybe Trainor should skip the arenas and focus on smaller venues. It would certainly cost a lot less! (Side note: another legendary death metal band, Cannibal Corpse, played a gig with three other bands in DC back in October and tickets were only $40. Sadly, I could not attend the show, but you can't beat seeing Cannibal Corpse for just $40!)
2. Metalheads and pop fans tend to consume musically differently. A lot of metalheads, according to Barbas, will choose to listen to a particular album by a particular band, while a lot of Trainor's streams come from playlists that people put on in the background. It's what one YouTuber (whose name I can't remember) called "Music not meant to be listened to." Of course, this does not apply to all pop singers; most Swifties do actually sit down and listen to her albums all the way through. Not so much for artists like Trainor.

What do you think?

Even have a moment either in class, during rehearsal, or on stage where you felt like you and your partner(s) created a scene so awesome that you wish somebody had recorded it? If so, let’s hear it!

I’ll start.

One night at intermediate class, we were doing a scene using the Rashomon format that took place at our town’s annual Christmas parade. Our instructor Howard played a police chief who explained to a rookie cop (played by a student named Amy) about how important it was to keep the Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa floats separate in order to “maintain crowd control.” I and fellow student Patti played pagans who infiltrated the parade and had everyone in the parade, regardless of what holiday they celebrated, march side by side with interlocked arms. I remember thinking, “Man, this would be a great skit, or even holiday special! Too bad nobody was recording it.”