Thursday, January 19, 2012

It’s Just a Flesh Wound!!!

That is one of the most known quotes from Monty Python’s movie The Holy Grail. This movie for those of you who have not seen the movie (which I strongly suggest that you do), is a movie that is full of comedy. Where the famous King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are commanded on a meaningful quest of finding the Holy Grail. Throughout the show, it explains how Arthur came across his knights amongst other things being a King that no one knows.
I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Reif Center in Grand Rapids where I came to witness the making of Spamalot. Spamalot is the musical version of the Monty Python’s movie. If you thought the movie was funny, the musical version is even more hilarious. The dancing, costumes, and being able to have characters that are so moving and brilliant on stage is something that you do not get to see on the big screen! It was amazing to see the how the cast and crew matched not only the movie to the tee, but it also provided that funny theater aspect to it. For those of you who are theater crazies like me you understand it, for those of who you are not it’s the famous saying of “anything that can happen in theater.” Another thing that I really enjoyed in the show was the fact that the cast and crew incorporated the Grand Rapids Area into the show and even had an audience member in the show. That was really cool and it provided that theater aspect that incorporates people who come to the show to get them more involved. These types of shows, not because they are musicals but because they try to involve as many people as they can, that is what helps creates the illusion to make sure that all the audience members are on the edge of their seats waiting for something more to happen, even if it means to have them talking about it for days or months afterward. I know for a fact that I will be doing this for a long, long time! So as you go out these next few days, searching for your “Grail” remember these words, always look on the bright side of life! Even if it “Is just a flesh wound!” 

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