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Courtesy of James Thrasher The coach angrily paces outside the locker room after losing an early season game. He steps on to the bus and says, âIf I hear one word or see even a crack of a smile, you will pay for it in the morning: practice at 7:00 am. Yes, you heard me, 7:00 am!â When we lose, our cultural training dictates that we storm around and be irritated, enraged, and left alone to sulk. Kicking and throwing things are good ways to convey to others that we despise losing. This hatred of losing is overtly taught. You are expected to possess a total disgust for losing. ....
Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, May 1 (IANSlife) Sumeet Vyas, whose acting performances are effortless across the multiple mediums of web, stage and cinema, says theatre remains his first love. Whenever I get an opportunity I try and come back on the stage. I make sure that every year I have some allocated time for the stage, as this is where I learned everything about acting, writing, and performing. It s always good to be grounded to your roots and that in turn helps you to grow further ahead in your performances, he told IANSlife. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service ....
Print article The (mostly voluntary) lockdown accompanying the pandemic has provided plenty of time for reading. And re-reading. I have been reading and re-reading the plays, essays, sketches and commentary of David Mamet. Mamet’s plays include “American Buffalo,” “Oleanna” and, most famously, “Glengarry Glen Ross,” which was adapted into a widely acclaimed film. The film version has a cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin and Kevin Spacey. An all-star lineup, all men. The play explores men at their most base. Abusive, cynical, grasping, manipulative, profane, weak. They are Chicago salesmen, peddling the Glengarry and Glen Ross properties, apparently dismal swamp lots, to suckers. ....
Loneliness is a state that repels: Greg Bruce on the pain and pleasure of solitude 9 minutes to read Alone and pondering loneliness, Greg Bruce finds contentment. I suspected that loneliness was a secret thing we all share and now I ve found out how very true that is - Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City. I read most of The Lonely City late last year in the bath on a luxury weekend away from my wife and three children and, no offence to any of them, it was a long time since I d felt such deep and abiding pleasure. The bath was as deep as a swimming pool and sat by an enormous sash window, which I threw open to allow the breeze to gush in off the ocean, via the long grasses and native bush of the property on which the circa $2000/night room sat. ....