canbelto Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Since this game is played incessantly on other message boards, I thought it'd be fun to start this off here. Who Cares? or Vienna Waltzes? Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 aw heck i don't know the game.... Link to comment
carbro Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Me either. canbelto, cd you pls give a quick explanation for the unenlightened? Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Someone chooses from the above choice, and then comes up with a choice themselves. For example, suppose you were to pick "Who Cares?" You would then do a "this" or "that." Say you write, "Kirov or Bolshoi?" Someone would then have to choose, and then come up with a choice. And so on ... Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sounds a bit like Stravinsky/Kandinsky, in which the first player names a prominent figure in one field, and the second player must name a prominent figure in another field which: 1 ) Rhymes with the first name 2 ) Is of a comparable outlook or values system as the first-named. For example, the eponymous figures in music and art would be a good exchange. "Charles Wilson Peale" and "Eugene O'Neill" would not. Same last names are prohibited as, "Edward Hopper" and "Hedda Hopper", which would be a bad exchange anyway, but the debatability of the comparisons is where the interesting part of play comes in. Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Okay. I pick "Who Cares?" "Embraceable You" or "The Man I Love"? Did I do that right? Link to comment
GoCoyote! Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 In one very stressful job which was based on the telephone we used to sometimes call people up (businesses only, never people at home) and ask them 'Badger or Marmite?' .. that's all you were allowed to say - although you could keep repeating it until they understood they had to give an answer. Surprisingly, many people understood straight away and gave their answer without hesitation (we'd say 'thank you!' or ' good answer!' and hang up). Some would really weigh up the pros and cons of badgers and Marmite before answering. Hardly anyone got properly mad. I remember it seemed to work better on Friday afternoons than Monday mornings at 9:01am. Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yes you did Farrell Fan. Man I Love! Galina Ulanova or Maya Plisetskaya? Link to comment
perky Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Maya Plisetskaya! Edwin Denby or Arlene Croce? Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Arlene Croce! Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 or Ballet Imperial? Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Ballet Imperial. "Midsummer's Night Dream" or "The Dream"? Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 "Midsummer Night's Dream" "The Four Seasons" or "The Four Temperaments"? Link to comment
carbro Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Four Temperaments. Bart Cook or Peter Boal? Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Peter Boal. Vaganova or Balanchine? Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Balanchine. Story or plotless? Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Story. White or Black swan pdd? Link to comment
aurora Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Story.White or Black swan pdd? Black swan pdd (actually depends on the dancer and the day but generally...) Osipova or Somova Link to comment
richard53dog Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 White or Black swan pdd? Black. Full length or mixed bill? Link to comment
Hans Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Mixed bill. Costumes or practice clothes? Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Costumes. Uliana Lopatkina or Diana Vishneva? Link to comment
aurora Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Vishneva.ABT or NYCB? ABT since it got ignored earlier... Osipova or Somova? Link to comment
drb Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Osipova or Somova? Osipova YAGP Gala or Bolshoi? Link to comment
carbro Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 These days, Bolshoi. Sylphide/s: La or Les? Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Les Sylphides. Best 'white' act: Swan Lake (Act 2) or Kingdom of the Shades? Link to comment
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