Chock Full O'Nuts
Crazy people (I’m sure that label is thoroughly un-PC) scare me like nothing else. Not the real, clinical lack of lucidity, but the pure out-of-touch wackadoo-ness – where the offender just has no clue.
I had an audition today with a woman I'd met before who scares the bejeezus out of me. She tries way too hard to be funny – speaking in weird accents and too loud and trying to turn everything into a joke. She's also too aggressively friendly that it's cloying. I feel like I can't breathe while I am in her presence. And though I'm sure she's very sweet – I was so gun-shy after my first experience with her, I know I retreated at this last audition and probably seemed icy or stuck-up. But whatever – I just don't know how to deal.
Like now: I was offered a role on a project that I was originally turned down for. When the director emailed me this past weekend to see if I could jump in – he got my vacation auto-response saying I was away with no internet service. So, he sent a second email saying that if I could try to get online right away, that would be good.
But, um, you see, if I can’t get online then I can’t get your email asking me to get online… See? *sigh* But, we all have our “moments”, right? So I chuckled and brushed that off until today, when he emailed me for the second time in a row asking me to download the shoot schedule and "drop by" when I can. Drop by for what? When you're filming? I am so confused.
And my requests for him to call me to help us clarify the situation have only yielded more emails which have only confused me further. All this makes me wonder what happened to the first girl they cast, and why the PA who'd originally been my contact (for the audition, callback, and 'sorry-but-thanks' let down) is not the one in touch with me now. Hmm.
And it's a shame, too, because this show sounded really clever and fun. I don't want to miss a great opportunity, but I also don't want to commit myself to a rigorous shooting schedule only to find that I can't cope with the environment (like that other time). I’m at a loss with how to handle this.
Also riding the Crazy Train are a couple singers working with my friend on a symphony piece. One chorus member decided she didn't like her costume, so she tried on other people's (without permission) until she found one she did like… which happened to belong to the lead/stage-director. And another chorus member took it upon herself tell the conductor that one of the leads seemed to be "struggling", so she had taken it upon herself to prepared that part on the side – you know, just in case.
Folks – you’re making me nervous. Just because you're artists doesn't mean you have free license to freak other people out. Be normal, or at least be reasonable. Or I fear I will need a cocktail…
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