Time in Play / Play in Time in David Ives' "Sure Thing"
I have read "Sure Thing" written by David Ives and then watched two clips of this play on Youtube. For me, it is such a cool play, and I love it very much. Moreover this play reminds me of a series of "Before," a film which two would-be lovers but seemingly never-ending chat from the beginning to the end.
To make a comparison of both plays might be possible I suppose. In a series of "Before," Jesse and Celine are like two lovers who coincidentally met together on train and chat with each other cheerfully, and then they promise to meet again ten years later within a day. In sum, this series of film basically dates from the time when lovers met and then encounter with different kinds of scenery, people and events one by one. They keep moving their steps as chatting with each other. There will be their different perspectives from both as well as harmony with each other; they even have spark while interacting with each other. Nevertheless, the time in this series basically goes linear way within one day, susceptible to project ourselves' condition to the male or female role as certain happenings.
Nonetheless, Ives' "Sure Thing" characterizes a distinctive recognition of time subverting the linear movement of time being ─ repetition, flexibility and fragment piece. No matter in the script or the clip of this play, quick pace occurs between two would-be lovers while having chat with each other. The actor and actress press the bell ring by turns in a natural posture while in chat since the sound of bell ring means to cut off the dialogue so as to repeat an other or another one in difference and may unintentionally lose the length of the time. The dialogue will not continue until one of the roles makes surprising remarks or just call it off with awkward situation. The flexibility of time emerges while presenting their dialogue in a long or short period as they proceed. Compared to the other version of the clip, two roles have to wait for the bell ring manipulated by staff behind the scene. Also the sound of bell ring will be refreshing the past of chatting time as opening new dialogues for new opportunities time and again. Such sound sometimes happens when I almost plunge into their dialogue, and it suddenly breaks it off, unfolding a new but sometimes altering another atmosphere as ways to continue facing each other in small talk. Besides, lots of fragment pieces of dialogues cunningly form into one while some parts loop around anew. Such fragmented pieces may overlap with other topic and words from the roles as endless time in play or play in time.
To make a comparison of both plays might be possible I suppose. In a series of "Before," Jesse and Celine are like two lovers who coincidentally met together on train and chat with each other cheerfully, and then they promise to meet again ten years later within a day. In sum, this series of film basically dates from the time when lovers met and then encounter with different kinds of scenery, people and events one by one. They keep moving their steps as chatting with each other. There will be their different perspectives from both as well as harmony with each other; they even have spark while interacting with each other. Nevertheless, the time in this series basically goes linear way within one day, susceptible to project ourselves' condition to the male or female role as certain happenings.
Nonetheless, Ives' "Sure Thing" characterizes a distinctive recognition of time subverting the linear movement of time being ─ repetition, flexibility and fragment piece. No matter in the script or the clip of this play, quick pace occurs between two would-be lovers while having chat with each other. The actor and actress press the bell ring by turns in a natural posture while in chat since the sound of bell ring means to cut off the dialogue so as to repeat an other or another one in difference and may unintentionally lose the length of the time. The dialogue will not continue until one of the roles makes surprising remarks or just call it off with awkward situation. The flexibility of time emerges while presenting their dialogue in a long or short period as they proceed. Compared to the other version of the clip, two roles have to wait for the bell ring manipulated by staff behind the scene. Also the sound of bell ring will be refreshing the past of chatting time as opening new dialogues for new opportunities time and again. Such sound sometimes happens when I almost plunge into their dialogue, and it suddenly breaks it off, unfolding a new but sometimes altering another atmosphere as ways to continue facing each other in small talk. Besides, lots of fragment pieces of dialogues cunningly form into one while some parts loop around anew. Such fragmented pieces may overlap with other topic and words from the roles as endless time in play or play in time.
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