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exsanguinated ornamental cabbage
Mar. 10th, 2006 02:03 amWe went to the symphony tonight. The violin soloist for the Prokofiev violin concerto was a young Japanese woman, and she was excellent. Terrif playing. However, her dress was so hideously ugly that it actually detracted a bit from the performance.
How ugly was it?
First, it was a shade of very greyed sage green, not a color that looks good on most, and not on her. Then, it was asymmetrical, with the top draped lower on one side than the other. And last, and worst, the bottom half of the gown, which went to the floor, was puffed and ruched and tucked and wrinkled and pleated and flounced (all asymmetrically, of course) to the point where it looked like she was being eaten by one of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
urbpan's ornamental cabbages. Except it didn't have the touches of dark red or purple that give ornamental cabbages their ?charm?, so she was being devoured by an exsanguinated ornamental cabbage.
And she had a peculiar tic of playing, where she would bend her knees, deeply and outward - think woman in childbirth, or porn photo - so that the bottom of the dress became suddenly wider and she was shorter - so it looked like the giant cabbage was WINNING.
Lest you think this only my quirk, I must point out that we had a lively discussion going amongst strangers in the parking garage elevator, as to whether it looked more like an ornamental cabbage or a giant artichoke, which was another frequent opinion.
The Strauss Alpine Symphony is about 10 minutes too long for my taste. Most sections of the orchestra are doubled - thank goodness, not all; for example, there were still only three trombones, thank Cthulhu! But it gave me time to muse on the performers' uniforms. As best I can tell, all the women in the BSO wear pants, rather than long skirts. This was emphasized by the fact that some of the supernumeraries were apparently wearing whatever their home team uniform is, so there were several ambiguous people in the woodwinds who were probably women in tuxedos. I think that's fair. If women aren't going to have to wear skirts, they should still be held to a standard that's as uncomfortable as the guys. If not tuxedos, then at least with their black pants they should have to all wear, say, long-sleeved black blouses. They shouldn't be able to get away with short-sleeve t-shirts, even if they are silk, or things with black net sleeves and spangles on them. There should be some uniformity, or else we should abandon the whole tuxedo/black thing altogether. Just my humble opinion. The french horns did a really terrific job on the Strauss, good enough that I have no criticisms whatsoever of their wardrobe.
How ugly was it?
First, it was a shade of very greyed sage green, not a color that looks good on most, and not on her. Then, it was asymmetrical, with the top draped lower on one side than the other. And last, and worst, the bottom half of the gown, which went to the floor, was puffed and ruched and tucked and wrinkled and pleated and flounced (all asymmetrically, of course) to the point where it looked like she was being eaten by one of
urbpan's ornamental cabbages. Except it didn't have the touches of dark red or purple that give ornamental cabbages their ?charm?, so she was being devoured by an exsanguinated ornamental cabbage.And she had a peculiar tic of playing, where she would bend her knees, deeply and outward - think woman in childbirth, or porn photo - so that the bottom of the dress became suddenly wider and she was shorter - so it looked like the giant cabbage was WINNING.
Lest you think this only my quirk, I must point out that we had a lively discussion going amongst strangers in the parking garage elevator, as to whether it looked more like an ornamental cabbage or a giant artichoke, which was another frequent opinion.
The Strauss Alpine Symphony is about 10 minutes too long for my taste. Most sections of the orchestra are doubled - thank goodness, not all; for example, there were still only three trombones, thank Cthulhu! But it gave me time to muse on the performers' uniforms. As best I can tell, all the women in the BSO wear pants, rather than long skirts. This was emphasized by the fact that some of the supernumeraries were apparently wearing whatever their home team uniform is, so there were several ambiguous people in the woodwinds who were probably women in tuxedos. I think that's fair. If women aren't going to have to wear skirts, they should still be held to a standard that's as uncomfortable as the guys. If not tuxedos, then at least with their black pants they should have to all wear, say, long-sleeved black blouses. They shouldn't be able to get away with short-sleeve t-shirts, even if they are silk, or things with black net sleeves and spangles on them. There should be some uniformity, or else we should abandon the whole tuxedo/black thing altogether. Just my humble opinion. The french horns did a really terrific job on the Strauss, good enough that I have no criticisms whatsoever of their wardrobe.
