nemesis wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>> "Bad acting, but good singing."
>>
>>   I think that quite aptly describes opera. :P

Add to that, "and funny facial expressions." Or does that go with bad 
acting?

I fear that if I were to attend an Opera recital in person, my ability 
to stifle my own laughter would indeed be compromised by my running for 
the door. Don't get me wrong; I think Opera singers have wonderful 
voices and I do enjoy Opera music from time-to-time. The facial 
expressions, however, are quite comical!

> never really digged Opera, except for a few arias and orchestral passages.  I
> feel very much the same as when watching some of the old Hollywood musicals:
> actors suddenly stopping what they are doing and beggining to sing and dance
> out of nowhere give me the creeps... it's out of context but are very enjoyable
> out of the context of the work itself... :)

I do that occasionally..... Break out in song. It's never a serious 
event, and usually involves a bastardized version of another song. A 
recent one, for instance, was a take on "Small Town" by John Mellencamp. 
  "Well I live in a small house, can barely fit in my small house, my 
only friend is a small mouse, but that's good enough for meee"

Okay, so I'm strange....

Sam

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