Ist das nicht schön? Ich freue mich ja so, daß er endlich wieder den Schritt auf eine Bühne gewagt hat!

The audience applauded loud and long for the cast. Two curtain calls, doing something I’d not seen before — the cast mixed it up when they came out the second time. Naturally, I was watching for Richard, and he showed up in the first curtain call on the other side of the stage from me. He looked happy, high on adrenaline, smiling that dazzling smile.

My moment with Richard came about because a lady in front of me asked Richard to sign something for a fan in California. So, when my turn came, I told him that he did indeed have fans in California and that my BFF and I were two of them and had traveled to NYC just for tonight. He responded that he hoped it was worth it.

Let’s all pause and think about that for just a minute. He was wondering if it was worth it? It was a whirlwind trip, planned with excitement and hope. I had another in a series of wonderful adventures with my BFF. I had enjoyed a fascinating evening of theatre. And I was standing next to Richard Armitage, with his arm around me. The answer would be hell to the yes!

I told Richard that it had been very worth it. Then turned back to have our photo taken. At that moment, I heard his voice in my ear, “A very long two and a half hours.” I turned back to him and said that it hadn’t seemed long at all. Before I could thank him, he moved on, to give the next lady her special moment in time.

Richard, I repeat, it was so very, very worth it. And when I recover my senses, I shall treasure it forever.

The masks of modern performers are generally much more figurative than they are literal, but most performers seem to use them often in the context of their public personas. As masks go, compared to a lot of modern celebrities, Richard Armitage seems to go fairly light most of the time, regularly revealing himself as a decent human being, witty, thoughtful, charming -a thoroughly engaging Star mask, crafted for wide reaching media consumption.

On Thursday evening though, it seemed as if that polished mask was lifted just a bit to give us all a glimpse of a more relaxed and playful version of Richard Armitage that isn’t really possible in the rush rush context of massive press events, but is very much consistent with how he has interacted with fans in more controlled settings throughout his career.

Ich mag ,ganz generell gesprochen, diese Maskenmetapher gar nicht. Seh das eher vom Soziologenstandpunkt aus: jeder Mensch muss in seinem Leben vielfältige Rollen übernehmen- z.B. Tochterrolle, Mutterrolle, professionelle Rolle etc. sind aber alle Teilaspekte einer Person, die je nach Gelegenheit mehr im Fokus stehen. Klar, dass man sich in seiner beruflichen Rolle anders verhält, als in der Rolle als Bruder/ Schwester. Dennoch sind es alles Aspekte, die zu einem gehören- und auch das Gesamtbild ausmachen.
Maske hat für mich eine eher negativ Konnotation- im Sinne von wissentlich ein falsches Bild von sich zu zeigen.

Zwei neue? Berichte mit Bildern bei RACentral

http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/mee ... h-richard/
http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/mee ... y-16-2014/

RABulgaria hat gestern noch vier Bilder gepostet, die wir m.E. hier noch nicht betrachtet haben:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=697041653660980&set=pcb.697042283660917&type=1&theater

Masken -- als Leser sollte man auch im Kauf nehmen, daß die Verfasserin Althistorikerin ist -- es geht in dem Blog darum, Parallelen zwischen Themen aus der Antike und Armitages Oeuvre und Erscheinung und Fanwahrnehmung zu diskutieren. Ich finde die Parallele gar nicht so schlecht, auf dieser Weise betrachtet.