dearly departed

PLAY VERSE FILM Watching a play or film is a very unique experience for each individual. Personally watching dearly departed for me was bitter sweet. I think everyone can relate to having certain family members act the way the cast members acted in the play. For example; Delightful not really having a care in the world except for eating and having the ability to letting things go and just saying what she has to say, like her BYE..at the funeral to her father. Some major differences that I experienced watching this play instead of it as a movie were: *Focus point      -in the play, I had the opportunity to look anywhere I wanted and to which ever character I personally wanted to watch at the time.      -in a film, the focus point is chosen for you and you do not have that choose. *Distractions      -in the play, I had so many distractions from what was really going on and it made me miss some of the important factors in the end. I had a cell phone go off, people coming in late, and a really smelly person seating by me in the play of Dearly Departed.      -in a film, there are no distractions and if there happen to be one..you can always rewind the      film or pause it. *Realism       -in a play, if an actor misses a line he or she has to improvise and go with it.       -in a film, the actors get many chances to make a line up and get the shot the right way        or I should say the way the director wants to have the film be portrayed. *Scene Changes      -in a play, you can see the scene change in front of you and use more of your imagination       to picture what is going on. For example; in Dearly Departed we never saw Susan and Jr's children, the car/radio, or Bud  in the funeral home.      -in a film, you don't need much of an imagination because everything is in the scene and the       scene changes happen without you even realizing it. *Range in Voices      -in the play, some actors had a soft voice to them and if you were not really listening to them you      could miss what they said. On the other side of the range in voices was Susan in Dearly Departed,  she was yelling and was very loud the whole play and in a way overrode the soft voice characters.      -in a film, everyone is heard at the same level and you could always increase or decrease the volume. Some ironic points in Dearly Departed were the KFC box and the Grape drink. The KFC box represented Lucila having a miscarriage. The grape drink represented Susan and Jr's relationship and how they ended up together  again at the end of the play. Another issue I want to bring up is when you personally know someone acting in the play. It gives the play a more meaningful feeling when you see someone act another way. In a film, usually you never personally know someone acting and you would never know  if in real life they act differently. In Dearly Departed, I felt like everyone except Delightful was going through some type of struggle. -Susan and Jr.-were broke and Jr got caught cheating on Susan. -Lucila and Ray-were trying to have a baby, Lucila had 8 miscarriages before. Ray was also struggling with paying for everything with the funeral. -Momma Ray-was struggling with her husband being dead and her wanting to have  mean words on his grave stone. -Aunt Margie and Royce- had their own personal struggle with good thoughts verse bad "Satan" thoughts.

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