My Greatest Feats of Artistic Endurance

My Greatest Feats of Artistic Endurance:

1) I once sat through an entire performance of “Cats”. By the end, I felt that I’d seen all 3,987 performances of what was then Broadway’s longest running show.

2) One time, I read the Gospel according to Matthew, Chapter 1, verses 1-15. Any decent editor would have cut them and started with verse 16.

3) I took an “Oral Interpretation” class in high school in which I sat through at least five renditions of “Little Boy Blue” by Eugene Field. The poem is bad enough without the overblown, tearful renderings of high school kids.

4) I watched the entire movie “Batman Begins”. When The Joker (Heath Ledger) was captured, I remember praying that this signaled the immanent end of the film. It didn’t.

5) I watched at least 4 or 5 of my sister’s dance recitals. I can’t quite remember how many I saw, because each blends into the next like a recurring nightmare.

Ha ha great idea for a thread! :D Only one springs to my mind at the moment -

1. Read To The Lighthouse from cover to cover without skipping or skimming. Some would say it's a very short novel, but everything is relative. War and Peace seemed much shorter.

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in 20 minutes. It was about Russia. ~ Woody Allen

I sat through Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet without swearing at the screen once!

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Originally Posted by Charles Darnay

I sat through Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet without swearing at the screen once!

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If you manage to do it with his 'Gatsby' it can only be because you have taken a vow of silence.

Artistic Enduracne????

Is that some sort of horrific skin condition endured solely by artists?:goof:

I sat through Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet without swearing at the screen once!

Mister, you're a better man than I.

I sat through Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet without swearing at the screen once!

Or I.

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Originally Posted by Charles Darnay

I sat through Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet without swearing at the screen once!

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I love that movie. And it has a decently high rating on rotten tomatoes. Its beautifully shot, emotionally gripping, has Radiohead on the soundtrack and features one of the most attractive screen couples in the history of cinema.

I read Catcher in the Rye in one night to impress a boy. I was to meet him the next day, and word on the grapevine was that was his favorite book, so I wanted to say "no kidding, you like Catcher in the Rye? Me too!"

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

I read Catcher in the Rye in one night to impress a boy. I was to meet him the next day, and word on the grapevine was that was his favorite book, so I wanted to say "no kidding, you like Catcher in the Rye? Me too!"

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That's funny. I also read that book in one night back when I was working grave-yard shifts as a security guard.

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Originally Posted by Ecurb

My Greatest Feats of Artistic Endurance:

4) I watched the entire movie “Batman Begins”. When The Joker (Heath Ledger) was captured, I remember praying that this signaled the immanent end of the film. It didn’t.

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As far as i can recall Heath Ledger didn't star in that first batman movie.

I've sat through a complete Ring Cycle back-to-back - although, I must admit, I did take a 10 minute break in Siegfried to make a cup of tea. That's probably my biggest feat of endurance, though I enjoyed it very much.

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Originally Posted by Bleeding Pawn

As far as i can recall Heath Ledger didn't star in that first batman movie.

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Your right! I was referring to "The Dark Knight". I must have left before the credits, which was about 6 hours after I should have left.