Today, I was rehearsing for a school play. My drama teacher keeps criticising the part where I fake-trip, saying I make it look terribly fake. During today's rehearsal, I actually tripped for real, and smashed my kneecaps against the floor with a scream. He still said my "acting" sucked. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was in a play and had a battle scene. I got a little too into it and wound up twisting my ankle. The audience was treated to me screaming like a little girl before face-planting the stage a moment later. FML
Today, I had my first day in an acting class. Our assignment was to perform a dramatic monologue. I got super into it, threw myself into character, and dramatically fell to my knees to deliver a line. Unfortunately, my knees slipped, and I faceplanted into the floor in front of the entire class. FML
Today, I was stage-managing a school show. Some kids were goofing off backstage, so I yelled at them that they could hurt themselves. While walking back to my chair, I tripped over my own feet and fell 5 feet off the stage, shattering my cheekbone. FML
Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with crutches pretending I broke my leg as a joke. I then threw away the crutches, laughed and then fell down some stairs. I am now in crutches with a broken leg. I was the lead. FML
Today, I had to pretend to give birth in a play. I wanted to make it a realistic as possible but ended up crapping myself on stage by accident. FML
Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML
Today, I had a completely improvised audition for the school play. The director called me and one of the cutest guys auditioning to improvise an intimate scene. Knowing that I'm a complete klutz, I wasn't all that surprised when I tripped over my feet and landed with my face in his crotch. He was. FML
Today, I had a graded performance in my drama class. I had to play a murderer in an interrogation room. I got really into it and started pounding on the windows to try to "escape". The thin glass smashed. Four hours in casualty, stitches and plastic surgery pretty much sum up my mood. FML
Today, I was part of a community theater play as a prop helper. I was supposed to slide a fake letter under a door, but I got overenthusiastic and kicked it into the audience. The actor improvised, but the crowd laughed harder at my blunder than the actual play. FML
Today, my mom told me to break a leg before performing in my dancing school's show. I really did break part of my leg while performing. FML
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OhDearBetrayal 25
When people are judging, they tend to show bias. He probably had the scene in his head and he wouldn't accept anything different.
JR_Goes_Rawr 11
Tell your teacher to get his act together cause he's tripping.
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Comments (54)
BlackRoseAndMe11 11
I'm guessing he doesn't like you OP Dx
capnbzarr 43
Trip that ****** and then tell him you're doing research on what a real fall looks like.
oj101 33
I guess that's where the "break a leg" saying in theatre comes from.
migmit 11
Actually, your teacher might be right. Unfortunately, real things rarely look real on stage.
TheNewGuy03 29
She wants you to fall in slow-mo, because that shit looks real as hell.
TheNewGuy03 29
*he
xRezSynn 15
Trip on him.
KiddNYC1O 22
You just went through Stage 2- Tripping major ballsack. Standby for Stage 3.
ulissey_fml 22
such mean remarks must have floored you..
maosquare 18
Because, my friend, acting is about finding the perfect balance between reality and illusion - you can't be too real because then people will worry for you, not your character; you can't be too fake because then people won't worry at all. Alright, pretentious moment over, I'm going to crawl back into a hole.
alice_in_mordor 21
On production night just make the trip look so fake with a little scream and everything, then stare at your teacher and walk off stage.