tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post765283260243685643..comments2023-06-12T13:43:01.685+01:00Comments on Icy's Blunt Pencil: #FridayFlash - Phantom of the OperaIcy Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-52820812369433697192012-11-07T00:44:17.095+00:002012-11-07T00:44:17.095+00:00As so many others have said, this is beautifully a...As so many others have said, this is beautifully atmospheric. Nice one.Tim VanSant Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614259042362664840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-21216134156382638642012-10-23T12:23:28.107+01:002012-10-23T12:23:28.107+01:00Cathy - Thanks!
Brinda - Thank you! I do try.
Da...Cathy - Thanks!<br /><br />Brinda - Thank you! I do try.<br /><br />Danni - I still maintain you need to focus on sound as much as sight to create atmosphere.<br /><br />Steve - She has got a bit of a hard lot, hasn't she?<br /><br />Katherine - The Death in this is also a nod to one of my versions of Death who's popped up in previous stories.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-52992401286739312292012-10-23T02:24:41.066+01:002012-10-23T02:24:41.066+01:00I liked this a lot, but isn't Edith in a sort ...I liked this a lot, but isn't Edith in a sort of hell, having to watching these starlets butcher material she could have strolled through?<br /><br />I especially liked how Death was of the Gaiman Sandman type.Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-21025403776720266372012-10-20T22:15:41.694+01:002012-10-20T22:15:41.694+01:00Oh Icy, a wonderfully atmospheric tale, I do feel ...Oh Icy, a wonderfully atmospheric tale, I do feel for Edith, and the professionalism that is lacking in the performances she has to endure.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-24536736598620813572012-10-20T16:53:35.225+01:002012-10-20T16:53:35.225+01:00to echo the others, there is such beautiful atmosp...to echo the others, there is such beautiful atmosphere in this story. You have a wonderful way of drawing the reader into the tone and sentiments of the story. A lovely piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-89139533830840767312012-10-20T02:56:30.782+01:002012-10-20T02:56:30.782+01:00Icy -- another beautifully executed atmospheric pi...Icy -- another beautifully executed atmospheric piece - you are so adept at bringing us into another time and place. Loved your gentle ghost. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-3188982230577150072012-10-19T21:56:47.950+01:002012-10-19T21:56:47.950+01:00Oh, that was so lovely. Beautiful, with a great tw...Oh, that was so lovely. Beautiful, with a great twist!Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-70941038493174753822012-10-19T17:36:58.683+01:002012-10-19T17:36:58.683+01:00Helen - And I do like my atmosphere!
Justin - I&#...Helen - And I do like my atmosphere!<br /><br />Justin - I've made a resolution to go to the theatre more in 2013. I went to see The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal and it was far more engrossing than a cinema trip.<br /><br />Aaron - I think they'd be horrified!<br /><br />Jack - Thanks!<br /><br />Tony - Oh it can hurt. I once sang a Kiss song on karaoke and just chickened out of the higher notes.<br /><br />Larry - It's my subtle dig at a lot of things.<br /><br />John - It's from Wishing You Were Here Again which Christine sings to her late father. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74S7EMUAKFs" rel="nofollow">On YouTube</a> It's a great song.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-90299279037622644662012-10-19T16:52:41.550+01:002012-10-19T16:52:41.550+01:00That was a heck of a quote to read fresh off of my...That was a heck of a quote to read fresh off of my grandfather's funeral. Fwew.<br /><br />I love her motivations! That was quite an amusing plot, and you deployed it so succinctly, while still having you hallmark voice and fictional inhabitance. Top work, Icy.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-28175114563865001892012-10-19T16:28:53.256+01:002012-10-19T16:28:53.256+01:00You've captured quite a few dynamics in this s...You've captured quite a few dynamics in this short piece: the plaintive spirit, haunting the opera house; the shifting fashions; the dingdongs live-tweeting the performance; the half-trained TV personalities "strangling" (love that word) the song. Great sketch, the whole is much more than the sum of its parts.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-82994108216595253022012-10-19T14:39:19.409+01:002012-10-19T14:39:19.409+01:00Ah, there's nothing so sad as someone reaching...Ah, there's nothing so sad as someone reaching for a note that's plainly outside their range. I've done it myself, and have always been disappointed.<br /><br />Great ghost story, Icy.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-65570738556542836092012-10-19T13:13:29.106+01:002012-10-19T13:13:29.106+01:00"Her mind flitted away from the empassioned s..."Her mind flitted away from the empassioned singer on the stage, and skipped across thirty years." Love this line. A great read as always, Icy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-9281152233026663912012-10-19T13:02:16.843+01:002012-10-19T13:02:16.843+01:00Love your atmosphere here. I can't imagine wha...Love your atmosphere here. I can't imagine what the true stars of yesteryear would think of the "attention seeking brats" of today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-49181108797029650312012-10-19T12:44:40.527+01:002012-10-19T12:44:40.527+01:00You've been to the West End recently I see. Bu...You've been to the West End recently I see. But i still love the theatre: it suggests the possibilities you have written about here. You capture that romanticism and mystery that our theatres still offer, if only they could tear themselves away from 'liking' it to SEE it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-87055006332987805232012-10-19T09:49:17.787+01:002012-10-19T09:49:17.787+01:00Ah Edith, what changes have you seen! Full of atmo...Ah Edith, what changes have you seen! Full of atmosphere Icy.Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.com