Today in class we had to experiment with Pantalone. In Comedia dell' Arte, Pantalone is an old man that is or the father of the lover that doesn't want her daughter to get married, or an old man that wants to get married with the lover. He is a very selfish man and is always bend back and touching his pouch of money. He walks making every step count by putting the leg very up and slowly pressing it down. His feet are looking outwards and he speaks slowly, emphasizing every word that he says.
I don't know why when I think of Pantalone, I imagine him with a british accent, maybe because the british accent sounds very sophisticated and aristocrat and Pantalone is a man that thinks big about himself; he believes he's the master of everyone.
I am really not having a great time in class this past week because I don't really like this topic. I really don't connect with any of the characters of Comedia and I think everything is too cliché and exaggerated and I don't like that part of theatre. I prefer the realistic kind were we are not over the top but simple and believable. And I am not a funny person. I am much better at dramatic plays, I am not good at or enjoy acting in funny plays because it simply doesn't go with who I am; that's why I am having trouble in this topic.
In class I am going to do the best I can to try to portray all of this characters, but it has been very difficult for me.
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