Big Girl, You are Beautiful!
One of the challenges of the Tempest has been the kids themselves. Not personalities or attitudes, but that teenage awkwardness they evoke as they all try to adjust to their ever-changing body types. There is one girl in particular. She is by no means a small girl. She's actually a bit large by Hawaiian standards. Large chested, large hipped and thick through the waist. And she does not look comfortable in her body.
Self-conscious and stooped. Donning tees, baggy pants, and hoodies. And the accessories of a moody alt/emo/goth girl...dark colors, arm warmers, large pewter rings, wallet chains...oh yes...all the accessories of my youth which I am very personally acquainted. She has all the makings of a mediocre actor destined to haunt SCA meetings, gaming conventions and ren faires in an attempt to fit in with her own kind. A walking stereotype of all awkward, overweight, outcast teens.
Little things could help so much...a better fitting bra, standing straighter...she needed even touch her wardrobe of homogenized individuality.
She was cast to play Juno, the goddess of goddess'
And she will be beautiful...
Self-conscious and stooped. Donning tees, baggy pants, and hoodies. And the accessories of a moody alt/emo/goth girl...dark colors, arm warmers, large pewter rings, wallet chains...oh yes...all the accessories of my youth which I am very personally acquainted. She has all the makings of a mediocre actor destined to haunt SCA meetings, gaming conventions and ren faires in an attempt to fit in with her own kind. A walking stereotype of all awkward, overweight, outcast teens.
Little things could help so much...a better fitting bra, standing straighter...she needed even touch her wardrobe of homogenized individuality.
She was cast to play Juno, the goddess of goddess'
And she will be beautiful...
Labels: Hawaii Theatre, Tempest
posted by Unknown at
10:35 PM
2 Comments:
I hope that gives her some more self-confidence. I've seen theater do wonders for insecure kids. We had a guy one year in summer theater who wouldn't talk to anyone or look you in the eye, and by the end of the season he was hopping around like a ball of energy.
If you think she'd be responsive, maybe tell her that you'd be open to giving her clothing advice? As a costume designer, naturally, that way you'd be able to help her find something that is both fabulous and functional...I remember the joy of my first well-fitting bra and the discovery that yes I did have a waist...and so what if it was bigger than other people's?
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