On 7/31/2013 2:11 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
An interesting Costume item from the OED, Costume is the whole experience of mind and body...Appearance is only a small part of being 'in costume'. The way you stand, walk, sit, what you are thinking about...all this is necessary to pull yourself backward to Be in the times of your dress! Hair, nails, shoes, hatted or not, props...all is necessary to be truely in Costume!
Well, if we are snarking, one of my pet peeves is the actresses in period productions who habitually walk as if they were trying to beat the traffic light in a New York intersection, who swing their arms wildly, or who have to constantly make little scrunchy faces at the camera.
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