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Wilby Wonderful / Slings and Arrows (G)
Title: Here is a Wonder, if You Talk of a Wonder
Pairing: Duck MacDonald / Dan Jarvis
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lozenger8
Author Website: In Memories
Why this must be read:
Slings and Arrows is a delightfully witty and funny Canadian TV show starring Paul Gross about a regional theater company that also stars the usual suspects of Canadian cinema like Mark McKinney, Martha Burns, and Don McKellar. In this story the theater company is hired to put on a showing of Taming of the Shrew for the Second Annual Wilby Days Festival.
I really like the outsider, slightly cracked yet insightful, view of Wilby and its citizens. Wilby is there in all its quaint yet rough glory and the citizens wander in and out as the company rehearses for their production. Geoffrey's characterization is delightfully contemplative and observant with just the right off-kilter kick and his understanding of Duck's character is particularly insightful.
Geoffrey was quite sure Duck did not like words. He used them so infrequently. It was a look, or a touch of a hand, or a small smile. There was power and intensity in almost everything Duck did. He didn’t need words. His intonations came from his gait, or a calm sweeping hand, and the things he didn’t say. It was fascinating.
The way he introduced Dan, for example. He’d brought him toward Geoffrey with a gentle push and an expectant gaze. Geoffrey knew instantly that Duck was deeply and madly in love with the awkward stranger. Just as he knew Dan felt the same way when he quietly referred to Duck as “his life-force”, once they’d got to know each other better.
Geoffrey almost wished he could be like Duck. He seemed so stable, so comfortable with who he was and who he would never be. The story about a lost tooth in a drunken barfight surprised him. It sounded like the exact kind of situation he would find himself in. Duck was possessed of an inner violence too, and was more skilled in hiding it. In many ways, Geoffrey felt, Duck was a better actor than he ever was.
Here is a Wonder, if You Talk of a Wonder
Pairing: Duck MacDonald / Dan Jarvis
Author on LJ:
lozenger8Author Website: In Memories
Why this must be read:
Slings and Arrows is a delightfully witty and funny Canadian TV show starring Paul Gross about a regional theater company that also stars the usual suspects of Canadian cinema like Mark McKinney, Martha Burns, and Don McKellar. In this story the theater company is hired to put on a showing of Taming of the Shrew for the Second Annual Wilby Days Festival.
I really like the outsider, slightly cracked yet insightful, view of Wilby and its citizens. Wilby is there in all its quaint yet rough glory and the citizens wander in and out as the company rehearses for their production. Geoffrey's characterization is delightfully contemplative and observant with just the right off-kilter kick and his understanding of Duck's character is particularly insightful.
Geoffrey was quite sure Duck did not like words. He used them so infrequently. It was a look, or a touch of a hand, or a small smile. There was power and intensity in almost everything Duck did. He didn’t need words. His intonations came from his gait, or a calm sweeping hand, and the things he didn’t say. It was fascinating.
The way he introduced Dan, for example. He’d brought him toward Geoffrey with a gentle push and an expectant gaze. Geoffrey knew instantly that Duck was deeply and madly in love with the awkward stranger. Just as he knew Dan felt the same way when he quietly referred to Duck as “his life-force”, once they’d got to know each other better.
Geoffrey almost wished he could be like Duck. He seemed so stable, so comfortable with who he was and who he would never be. The story about a lost tooth in a drunken barfight surprised him. It sounded like the exact kind of situation he would find himself in. Duck was possessed of an inner violence too, and was more skilled in hiding it. In many ways, Geoffrey felt, Duck was a better actor than he ever was.
Here is a Wonder, if You Talk of a Wonder