Frilly
Hooray, the Fabian Shrimp Truck is back! It is truly spring, except for the cold, gloomy weather and the sad, dead daffodils in the back yard. But at least I will have tasty crustaceans.
So…about those Hamlet costumes. Last night I was talking to the guy playing Osric about what kind of costume would be appropriate for him, and he said, “Something frilly.”
I said, “Quit effing around. I have things to get done here.”
He went on to tell me that the director has asked him to play Osric super-gay. Okay, whatever. The biggest problem is that I have watched the Osric scene like ten times and never once noticed that he was playing the character flamboyantly, so if I dress him in something frilly, it’s just going to look ridiculous and people will wonder what kind of crack the costume designer was smoking. Secondly, when did you ever see a gay person wearing frilly things? When I think of a very flamboyant gay man, I imagine him in an impeccably tailored suit, with maybe a jaunty hat and neckscarf. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, he might wear a skin-tight mesh tank top. But frilly? I don’t know, yo.
