Madeline Sayet
11:19 - 11:50
"if you come in and you're like, what does this literally mean? And some of the words are made up. Like, it's a, it's a much less joyous experience than if you hear the sounds, hear the poetry, watch the performers, and let it wash over you and receive whatever it is that you receive"
“if you come in and you're like, what does this literally mean? And some of the words are made up. Like, it's a, it's a much less joyous experience than if you hear the sounds, hear the poetry, watch the performers, and let it wash over you and receive whatever it is that you receive”
- Speaker
- Madeline Sayet
- Timestamp
- 11:19 – 11:50
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 28, 2026
From the transcript
I think that one, I think that there are lots of forms of theater generally, right, where if you come in and you're like, I need to get every single word, you're actually not having a great time. Like, and when I'm, you know, when I direct Shakespeare, I like, people are like, am I, do I need to understand every word? I'm like, if you come in and you're like, what does this literally mean? And some of the words are made up. Like, it's a, it's a much less joyous experience than if you hear the sounds, hear the poetry, watch the performers, and let it wash over you and receive whatever it is that you receive and know that that's enough, right?
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