I do understand. My anxiety prevents me from opening letters, taking phone calls, completing tasks etc. It must be a real pain on the neck for people who are waited for me to take action when I’m struggling to bring myself to.Everyone is going to think I'm just as rude as her but I get what she's saying. I have a really hard time calling or emailing, especially if it's to say that I'm not interested, if it's something I want to do then obviously I'm going to respond because if I don't then I can't do it, but if not then it's very difficult for me to respond. It's not that I don't want to respond, it's that I don't like saying no so I push it off and say I'll do it later but then later seems too late so I just don't do it at all. I've even done it for a job offer, at the beginning of the year I was offered a job, but I'd already accepted another, she only ever called me during times when I wasn't available and by the time that I could call back it felt too late in the day so I kept pushing it off and eventually she stopped trying to contact me and then it felt like it was too late to respond. I know it's an issue, I am in therapy but there's lots of other things I have to work on with my social anxiety.
It's obviously different for everyone but I wouldn't be surprised if it's not that Carrie doesn't want to respond it's just that she can't get herself to.
I totally get this, and the anxiety of knowing you need to do something but are too anxious to do it is terrible but now I'm at the point where I hate the feeling that knowing I need to do something so much that I normally just reply and know that it's done and can then relax. Especially in current times when people are more flexible and understanding, Carrie only has to write the shortest, barest email saying "thank you but sorry, no".I do understand. My anxiety prevents me from opening letters, taking phone calls, completing tasks etc. It must be a real pain on the neck for people who are waited for me to take action when I’m struggling to bring myself to.
But as you acknowledge yourself it is disoriented behaviour. The way Carrie addresses it it sounds like she thinks it’s perfectly acceptable.
I agree. I suffer from Generalised Anxiety Disorder so completely get it as well. I completely agree that she could ask her agent to response on her behalf if she's not comfortable.Didn't the last time she did a live stream video we got her version of "Into the Unkown area?" Maybe that's the real reason, she knows her voice is not in the best area right now and she doesn't want people to record her terrible version of the songs.
Still, I have social anxiety and its really bad, I still find it on me (after so much back and forth) to send the emails, she has an agent she can ask to reply for her.
Has she even been part of any of the virtual content musical theaters are putting out?
Yes! 100% this xI totally get this, and the anxiety of knowing you need to do something but are too anxious to do it is terrible but now I'm at the point where I hate the feeling that knowing I need to do something so much that I normally just reply and know that it's done and can then relax. Especially in current times when people are more flexible and understanding, Carrie only has to write the shortest, barest email saying "thank you but sorry, no".
Yes this is a great tip! It's something I often say to new performers and freelancers - have a template email for rejections with just a couple of things to personalise it. It helps a lot with the anxiety of saying no to things if you haven't got an agent to do it for you.If she finds writing rejection emails so hard then why not have a basic “thank you so much for the offer but no thanks” email written out in her notes that she can copy and paste and use as a reply? Not bothering to reply at all is so rude, she clearly thinks she’s hot shit.
She's hinted in several videos that there was a lot of pressure from those in charge at Heaters that she should not be off when she was sick - seemed she felt a lot of pressure about that at the time, so I wouldn't say it was selfishness. It's a shame if it has damaged her voice, and I'm surprised that she doesn't seem to take care of her voice that much... like going to a singing teacher to regularly get reminded about how to sing in a healthy way that preserves the voice. And I think she mentioned at some point that she never used to warm up during her first run as Eponine - she just walked on and her voice did its thing (I guess she would warm up with the company, but maybe she meant she didn't used to warm up again for specific solo songs/big numbers?). I think it's a bit strange that she was in professional musical theatre, but didn't realise that there's a reason to warm up, to make sure your body is ready for it and to protect your voice in the short and long run.That livestream she did of Into the Unknown was evidence that her voice is not what it was. The damage she caused it by selfishly singing through tonsillitis has caused it.
You can even hear it in the updated Crazier than You from a few days ago. It's not as good.
I wouldn't be surprised if that is reason and she's trying to deflect, as awful that sounds!
Okay, poor choice of words on my behalf so I apologise!She's hinted in several videos that there was a lot of pressure from those in charge at Heaters that she should not be off when she was sick - seemed she felt a lot of pressure about that at the time, so I wouldn't say it was selfishness. It's a shame if it has damaged her voice, and I'm surprised that she doesn't seem to take care of her voice that much... like going to a singing teacher to regularly get reminded about how to sing in a healthy way that preserves the voice. And I think she mentioned at some point that she never used to warm up during her first run as Eponine - she just walked on and her voice did its thing (I guess she would warm up with the company, but maybe she meant she didn't used to warm up again for specific solo songs/big numbers?). I think it's a bit strange that she was in professional musical theatre, but didn't realise that there's a reason to warm up, to make sure your body is ready for it and to protect your voice in the short and long run.
Yes SIX started as an Edinburgh show so is naturally very simple to deliver, there is no set to speak of, not many props to manage and I don't remember any costume changes so very little backstage crew needed once it is underway. Just the six ladies that come on and off stage as their songs require, and three (I think) musicians that play from a raised bit behind the queens. A lot of clever and well programmed concert-style lighting behind them and that's it. A very simple (but very good) show that will adapt quite well to this drive-in thing they're planning, although one of the good things about it was the way the audience were packed right up to the performers concert-style (indeed they would always make a point of interacting with some of the front couple of row audience and their cameraphones during the megasix bit at the end) so I'm not sure if it's going to be quite as good when the audience is as spaced out and distant as they will be at a drive-in.Only Six so far have come up with a game plan of doing Drive In shows across the country (announced today on Twitter). I haven't heard of any other shows doing anything yet. Cinderella is looking unlikely to me
Six would work as a drive in because it's practically a pop concert in terms of delivery, from what I have seen of past promo
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