I dont know how fun it would have been to see the outsiders from the audiences of point of view, but when we were up on stage, leading our alternate life, it was like fucking fireworks.
To all of you bros (and a few laydays) who i was up on that stage with for those 3 months, it was the most meaningful performance i've ever done, By Far.
Sodapop: Stephan, Friends before this and now to be friends long after, it may have looked like two guys wrestling eachother on a couch, but too bad they couldnt see that it was actual sibling-like quarrelling, didnt you feel it deep down too? yeah you did. how'd we pull it off? its cause we roll like that bro. i know that i could always lean on you if i couldnt deal with everything, because you were my best advocate. I destroyed all boundaries of unfirmiliarity with you since i had no reason not to let you be an influential part of my characters life you showed Ponyboy what true compassion for someone can do. guess what, it kinda carried over into my actual life as well. So You KNEW all the bitches dug you, but you have more important things on your mind like your family and those who actually love you.By far the most Genuine character relationship ive ever had with someone, you bro. you looked out for me and legitimately gave a damn, i value that with all my heart. I'll always know youve got my back & ive got yours too bro.
Johnney: Taylor, when youre lying there in the hospital dying right before me, i used to tear up by thinking of one of my best friends from my whole life lying there in the bed dying, since thats what Johnney and Pony are. But that show we did on friday, i actually thought to myself, Its Taylor whose in this bed, no one else, my great friend Taylor is the one whose suffering and is looking me in the eyes, telling me to stay gold.That Silence and atmosphere of shock hit me metaphysically that night, Dont get lonely ever, everyone loves you, remember, Shoot you've Got the whole gang.
Dallas:Davis, I'm pretty sure that the audience was blown back after johnney died and you flipped, remember when we auditioned with that and it was just as powerful as when we did it on the last night.....(well maybe a bit more).... but all along we just knew that we were going to get to that point of emotional intensity because we knew we could. We brought it up from within us like it was always a part of us, thinking about it now, it was the most powerful moment ive ever had on that black painted stage. You solidly kicked ass this play and they loved you for it. Isn't it wicked when you make believe that youre something that youre not? like a really gruff tough guy, youre too funny a person to be tough normally, but you put on that leather jacket and became just a badddaassssss motherfucker, how'd it feel to be fierce? i bet it was rad. you smoked 'em, every sold out night.
Two-Bit: Joe, Hope your voice is better by now. you know you just put so much of yourself into your on-stage character that your voice, with all its ranges and capacities couldnt sustain how ambitious you were to be the jokester, you had oh too much heart on stage and the audience nearly pissed themselves laughing at your ba-boom-CHING jokes. what was so fucking sweet about you in this play was that you had a natural flow on stage and it was something that you carried over back into the green room, this light hearted humour that everyone loves you for, fuck i wish i had more inside jokes with you, we'd never stop laughing. I think one of the 'Bro'est' times in the play was after bob and randy almost started the fight and you pulled us close into you with your long arms and we just genuinly chuckled at life, it was just.....fucking sweet. Who needs a Hoe when you got a Bro.
Darry: Graeme, Im sending you my hospital bill if i end up going, that real hit you gave me was just too perfect.
Cherry: Kels, I think it was you who made me come off as a genuine 14 year old, it was so easy to act innocent and less experienced than you because you have such a confident and commanding aura as Cherry that behaveing bashful was easy as pie, cherry-pie. Looking into eachothers eyes spoke more than words to me, and to the audience as well about how we feel than i could ever write in a blog entry, you know actors have good chemistry together when they can pervay how they feel for eachother just by how they glance back and forth. and you've got a great personality and please, you cant stop showing that to others, you have to keep acting, keep doing what you love because others love you for it. it was funny, people always snickered when you yelled at bob to wait in the car, you have him whipped and they knew it, whipped like cream. its only because youre so strong willed and everyone knows it. Stay that way.
oh and p.s. - ever since we said it back and forth to eachother, ive been admiring the sunrise and sunset, they really do look beautiful to my eyes, they mean so much to me now, my understanding of their meaning is changed forever because of us, cause of you. and i dont think ill ever forget about you if im reminded of you when i look at sunsets, since they happen everyday dont they? Stay Gold Cherry.
Sandy: Victoria, What moments we had together on stage talking, we made the best out of them, then we just left the stage and hung out way more than ever just to make up for it. I think you and i both secretly wanted more time together on stage talking to one another, maybe we could write a sequel to this play where the Curtis boy's make a road-trip to Talahassie Florida so Soda can reclaim your love and ill spend 30 minutes of stage time talking with you about everything and anything that we want to and we'll become wicked tight friends and go to stampede and b.c. and warped tour together and party together and do nice things for eachother and .....oh wait..... we DO do that stuff, and the air is always so full of life when we get together you and i, its something unexplainable. Im so glad you were in this play because for one, there finally wasnt a person who wasnt wearing a wifebeater or had slicked back hair, you looked Stylin' !!!. you looked different from everyone else, and i told Sodapop that, i had always hoped that you stuck around after you left the door and listened backstage to what i had to say about you, you ARE different, you could be one of those girls with a bad additude because youve got the friends and the car and all the things that can taint something, but youre different, you take what you have, be humble about it and smile and be the nicest girl i know in grade eleven, by far. Thanks for being in this play Victoria, you definatly made it alot more enjoyable with your ways. your fantastic ways.
To everyone: We all fit our roles dead on, no question, we all worked together as a family to show 4 sold out crowds how important it is to look out for one another, to help eachother, to be interwoven and to never forget or foresake it. What made this play so perfect to everyone but to us more importantly was how we all came together so effortlessly, our family love just burst out of the green room and in front of 200+ people every night, we were lucky to put on the outsiders because it wasnt even that hard to perform given who we all are and how good of friends we are with eachother every day we just got lucky enough to show our raw companionship to a crowd, it would have been harder if we all werent so in love with eachother, i mean that in the Bro'est sense. We're all so much better now, our bodies and minds filled with friendship, fuck i hope we never ever forget this play, i hope that after high school we can all stil remember this play and how much it meant to us and to others, i hope that when we see eachother in 4 or 5 month intervals(if we're unlucky) that we still act like we just hung out in the green room 5 minutes ago.
When high school is over I'm never going to forget that we spent our grade 12 year doing it the best that we possibly could, we put ourselves forward so hard and so fast that you'd think theres nothing left to give when its all done, but even 20 years from now im gonna be remembering all the moments, all the smiles, all the jokes, all the games, all the love, all the life, all the times, all the friendship, and all the funky chickens...
We're Greasers, JD's and HOODZ, WE BLACKEN THE NAME OF OUR FAIR CITY!!!
