The Decameron Performance

After seeing the Decameron performance this past Saturday. I was able to finally get a visual of what we've been organizing since the start of the semester. I enjoyed watching the show and hearing the actors reveal their feelings and experiences. Having the Kinects not work the way I knew they could was a bit disappointing but the fact that they can be tweaked and eventually work in a future performance is exciting. I think the performance was a good dry run and with the necessary adjustments could be extremely innovative. The vote of reassurance from the gentleman at the end was also very nice.

When I think of ways the American Decameron could have been improved the first thing that comes to mind is that there was no distinction between the stories that were fiction and the ones that were nonfiction. For some people their personal accounts meant a lot to them, with that being said I don't think someone want their real life accounts to be mistaken as fiction or have their very serious non fiction account followed by a comedic story. Another thing I think could improve the show would be a better incorporation of the songs sung. I think if the songs were in someway a clue to the audience of the theme of the upcoming stories it would give the a greater sense of organization. For example when the Etta James song was sung about love, The story about the valentines and the Brazilian girls could have been told after wards.

Overall I enjoyed being a part of the Decameron and I definitely think the show should be attempted again with the Spring section of THR 403. The increased understanding of the Kinects will allow the next class to rehearse longer and as a result turn out and even better show than we put on.