Opening Week Performance: The Adding Machine

Performance Technique: General/Specific Insights/Principles

If I get stuck, if it all starts to feel old, re-visit the text for any words I've drifted into adding or dropping. Also, pay attention to all punctuation, commas, periods, etc, as they suggest internal rhythm and pace. All this should help to freshen things up and help me work through any roadblocks.

Shrdlu

Opening week performance grade: C+ to B.

Sunday sucked, sssssssssssucked!!!!, but that was because I changed what I was trying to tell Zero (i.e., that I loved my mother), and it flattened the entire story except the very last part ("I cut my mother's throat"). That worked out great (i.e., it got an audience reaction). This is how to do that critical section.

The "trick" to Shrdlu is specifics and then full on BIG love starting at the bottom of p. 39 (after Zero asks for a Camel). At the climax of his story, BIG SIMLE, and keep staring at the same point, the "locket of love", the vision of love, and from "Well, I raised my knife . . ." be absolutely still.