Thursday, March 21, 2013
Noises Off
One motif in Noises Off is doors. Like in most farces, the characters are constantly making quick and perfectly timed entrances and exits. Because of the multiple doors, characters are getting 'shut off' from other characters, hiding, getting invited in or intruding. However, these actions are not only occurring in the play within the play. The strange part about the play is that we get to see whats happening behind 'the scenes' of the play they are performing. We get to see all of the drama; what happens behind closed doors. All of the actual relationships, the gossip, the addictions, and the infidelity of the 'actors'.
I think a good tag line would be "can't even get the door open". This has a lot of meaning for the play. Doors are terribly important to the play the characters are performing. It expresses how they can not perform the play correctly and smoothly. It also comments on the drama going on between the 'actors'. Opening a door seems like a fairly easy task, just like putting a play together with an experienced team. However, just as the doors frequently get stuck so do the performers. Overall, Noises Off is filled with failures and ridiculousness. Thats why " can't even get the door open" would make a good tag line.
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I think you chose a great motif to represent this play, and an even better tagline. You've basically pinpointed the driving force behind the play, in that several doors are opening and closing while the characters perceptions towards each another are changing as well. So too is the audience's perception changing throughout the process, good post indeed.
ReplyDeleteI read this before I made my own post and was like... "Crap. I wish I would have thought of that." It's a really good motif that I think captures the essence of this play perfectly. Everything ties back to it, so good job, Laine! The tag line is great as well. It's funny and from a producer's standpoint, could easily grab an audience's attention and tell them to come see the show and it ties your motif in very well.
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