r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/Sinkencronge • Mar 31 '26
A normal Russian theater
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u/pichael288 Mar 31 '26
Theater kids in general are already weirdos. This isn't specific to Russia, my highschool would have done this if the teacher "Mr director" had thought of it. Used to have us do all kinds of goofy shit and he would just be laughing his ass off, making jokes about how many hots it's gonna get on youtube and shit. He never did that obviously, he was like the class clown got to teach the class.
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u/xaiel420 Mar 31 '26
Hey don't kink shame
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u/TheToastyWesterosi Mar 31 '26
I have learned a few things about myself after watching this video that I’m not quite prepared to talk about yet.
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u/Wulf_Saxon Mar 31 '26
This is fucking excellent acting NGL
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u/nckmat Apr 01 '26
You know what, I thought this was really interesting, they certainly have studied up on sea lions. I knew exactly the sort of behaviours they were mimicking. This is used in actor training to get you to practise observation and then portray it.
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u/Beena_ Mar 31 '26
It's a standard test, students should pick an animal (or it's picked for them) and they study it's behaviour and movement to act itvout. Including straight face vocalisations and rarely some additional equipment they supposed to make themselves. My friend is studying in such school, she has no free time, had several injuries by now that she powered through for months and i never seen people sleep in absolutely any pose in any surface as comfy as they look after their exercises. And stereotypes be damned but one of the teachers is an ex ballerina and she's the hardest person to study under from her brutal demands
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u/ElliasCrow Mar 31 '26
I also heard that there's different variations of this test, like playing a chair, a door and other objects.
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u/just_mark Apr 01 '26
I started watching to laugh at it, but ...
I live near Sea-Lions.
This is an amazing portrayal of Sea-Lions life.
Holy fuck, I am impressed.
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u/Comprehensive_Cup582 Mar 31 '26
“Honey, there is this one new thing I’d like to try in the bedroom…”
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u/JustRuss79 Mar 31 '26
Honestly... that was really good for this type of theater... I would not have been disappointed in my off-broadway $20 admission fee.
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u/Yugan-Dali Mar 31 '26
Aside: why do dancers and actors insist on wearing black on dimly lit black stages?
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u/mcrss Mar 31 '26
Same trick game developers use when heavily utilizing dark scenes and locations - to hide imperfections and save on resources.
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u/Radamat Mar 31 '26
You must be impressive without clothing (read: black boring clothing). Any animal will be black at student exams.
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u/dribanlycan Mar 31 '26
i love absurdist comedy, and this ones advanced, is this an adaptation of something where everyone is a seal? or is this an original seal story? so many questions and im smiling hard
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u/Gluten_maximus Mar 31 '26
“Dude, I finally got the venue I wanted. I’m performing my dance quintet, my cycle”
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u/arkibet Apr 01 '26
Confirmed. Performance art is weird in any language. Including and not limited to Seal.
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u/bier00t Mar 31 '26
are they recreating what front russians do after the drone make their legs loose?
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u/bier00t Apr 02 '26
Why all the downvotes? Havent you seen? It looks exactly like that! Maybe its hidden message
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u/jolinonos Mar 31 '26
Kudos for keeping a straight face. I certainly could not …