I'm terrible about saying sorry all the time, I think it's an English trait *g*
I'm from Michigan so unfortunately I don't have that excuse, it's just me!
Do you remember the scene from "A Fish Called Wanda" where John Cleese explains to Jaime Lee Curtis that the English are so terrified of being embarrassed or saying something that might be awkward etc (I'm paraphrasing, quite badly); he was saying that was an English trait but I identified with it a lot at the time. I think I'm getting bolder in person interactions as I get older, but not by much. And I can go the opposite extreme, saying something very appropriate or coming off wrong without realizing it. Finding a balance point is - a challenge.
Out of curiosity - do you live in the UK? I'd know this is I looked at your profile, wouldn't I?
it wasn't like Nicky had any experience with dancing or singing either but he still threw himself into it
IKR? And Emma was obviously a very good singer (her number in Selfless and then the sudden edit to Anya with a sword in her chest had me in tears), so she and NB could have come off as very unbalanced etc in their number together but - I don't know, it just works. Somehow they "meet in the middle" and it feels like they're having fun with it.
I think Barb was the one who commented/implied on your LJ that Aly was Joss' special snowflake basically, but I could be wrong about that. It's the only way I can see getting out of a substantial contribution to an episode where everyone else is working their asses off esp when they're not comfortable singing or dancing to begin with. I didn't know any of the backstage stuff when I watched the ep last year but I remember thinking it was strange at the time, esp given that the episode was about secrets being revealed and Willow had a HUGE secret. I can fanwank it, but still...
But all we ever heard was that she didn't want to sing, no idea why she didn't take part in the dancing
Reading this I had to giggle because it made me remember her scenes in Nightmares and Restless, being terrified of being onstage. I know Joss has incorporated parts of his actors' personalities into the writing of the characters, so this seems a good example - and something of a semi-private joke.
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I'm from Michigan so unfortunately I don't have that excuse, it's just me!
Do you remember the scene from "A Fish Called Wanda" where John Cleese explains to Jaime Lee Curtis that the English are so terrified of being embarrassed or saying something that might be awkward etc (I'm paraphrasing, quite badly); he was saying that was an English trait but I identified with it a lot at the time. I think I'm getting bolder in person interactions as I get older, but not by much. And I can go the opposite extreme, saying something very appropriate or coming off wrong without realizing it. Finding a balance point is - a challenge.
Out of curiosity - do you live in the UK? I'd know this is I looked at your profile, wouldn't I?
it wasn't like Nicky had any experience with dancing or singing either but he still threw himself into it
IKR? And Emma was obviously a very good singer (her number in Selfless and then the sudden edit to Anya with a sword in her chest had me in tears), so she and NB could have come off as very unbalanced etc in their number together but - I don't know, it just works. Somehow they "meet in the middle" and it feels like they're having fun with it.
I think Barb was the one who commented/implied on your LJ that Aly was Joss' special snowflake basically, but I could be wrong about that. It's the only way I can see getting out of a substantial contribution to an episode where everyone else is working their asses off esp when they're not comfortable singing or dancing to begin with. I didn't know any of the backstage stuff when I watched the ep last year but I remember thinking it was strange at the time, esp given that the episode was about secrets being revealed and Willow had a HUGE secret. I can fanwank it, but still...
But all we ever heard was that she didn't want to sing, no idea why she didn't take part in the dancing
Reading this I had to giggle because it made me remember her scenes in Nightmares and Restless, being terrified of being onstage. I know Joss has incorporated parts of his actors' personalities into the writing of the characters, so this seems a good example - and something of a semi-private joke.