Two weeks ago, while coaching drama students, I reminded them that the point of drama is for characters to get what they want, and that no one ever gets what they want by being angry at other people. Just "being angry", no matter how magnificently you do it, doesn't get you anything. In yet another case of Theatre Is Just Like Life, I realized it's the same in the real world. If you are going to get what you want out of the time you've got, it won't be by sitting around being mad about things.
Today, I saw the corollary brilliantly enacted: having psychotic breakdowns will ALSO not get you what you want. This is not to demean those who have had ACTUAL breakdowns - it is to say that being a massive drama queen, panicking, swearing, screaming, crying, and pounding on the floor (and other things) will not accomplish much besides ticking off the downstairs neighbors and frightening the impressionable youngsters watching you go all to pieces.
It's hard to ask for help if you're too busy making sure everyone within a five-mile radius knows The Universe (And Everyone In It) Has Wronged You, you know?
2 comments:
It would be really nice if people learned this truth before they entered Elementary school. Though, it would severely diminish my stockpile of amazing stories.
Agreed. Well said indeed.
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