Post by spiderwort on May 8, 2017 15:35:12 GMT
If you'll forgive one suggestion for an amendment, however, I wonder if "immediacy" might be an even more applicable term than "intimacy." Although the latter can't be denied in live performance, especially in certain types of venues and formats, it's an aspect in which film excels, with its ability to focus on the tiniest detail down to the fluttering of an eyelid or twitch of a finger, not only conveying that intimacy but magnifying it.
The quicksilver nature of live performance is perhaps its most beguiling characteristic. Even with the longest-running show, each performance is not only unique, but elusive in its for-this-moment-only essence.
A much better word, indeed. And all of this so beautifully said by you, I might add. I'm sorry for responding ahead of you. I should have left it for you first, and I have no doubt you would have said it just as well, if not better, than I. One only has to look at your comments here to understand that. I just got carried away. Please forgive me. (Actually when I was writing my piece, I was trying to figure out how to reference you, but it got clumsy, so I just moved on. You were considered, however, just so you know.)