Rome and Opera

So, I'm presuming there is some sort of clause in Polly Walker's contract for Rome that Atia has to show her nipples every episode? I hope she is being paid extra on that account. Less unerotic sex than usual which made for quite a good episode. But where is unclothed Antony? And if we get naked Pompey or Caesar before we get nekkid Antony then that will be a travesty. A travesty, I tell you!

I saw two operas this weekend (a bit of overkill): The Grand Duchess and Pagliacci. At The Grand Duchess there was free wine due to Los Angeles Opera having some sort of celebratory weekend that involved many women in hideous ballgowns with dead animals hanging around their necks. My friend and I celebrated by stealing champagne glasses as being around all that wealth made us act like peasants. Also they had a roped off section in the middle where rich people admired each other while the rest of the audience stood outside, so they were rather asking for it. And hiring Gary Marshall to direct might not have been the best choice - especially not when it involves his awful assistant signing herself up and calling herself a dramaturg and writing some freakish interview with him talking to a long dead Jacques Offenbach. I am not sure what a dramaturg is but it sounds pretentious.