performative dissonance
Jun. 26th, 2013 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird1Last night, the fiance took me to see Swan Lake. Beautiful production, with excellent dancers. And then, on the way home, I looked up the ballet's synopsis online, and discovered that it bore no resemblance whatsoever to the performance I'd just seen - except for the characters' names, and there being a lake full of swans.
Which, I guess you can do with ballet, since you don't need to deal with any lyrics.
It did make for a rather confusing Wikipedia experience for me, though. Kind of like looking up the BtVS season 2 finale and seeing this:
Confusing, no?
Wonderfully fun evening, despite Wikipedia lying to me. Very tired today. Must sleep some more.
Which, I guess you can do with ballet, since you don't need to deal with any lyrics.
It did make for a rather confusing Wikipedia experience for me, though. Kind of like looking up the BtVS season 2 finale and seeing this:
In Whedon's original draft, the battle at the airport was less prominent than it became in the finished episode. Also, originally Buffy attempted to follow Emily's plan, and failed - rather than dismissing the plan outright.
Confusing, no?
Wonderfully fun evening, despite Wikipedia lying to me. Very tired today. Must sleep some more.