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Post by kathryn on Jun 12, 2017 7:14:47 GMT
Poor Peggs! Any chance of convincing your body that they're not actually bleeding - they're just spilling a red syrup on the stage? Because I swear you can smell the sugar in it from the front row, which tends to shatter the illusion for me.
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Post by peggs on Jun 12, 2017 18:43:59 GMT
Poor Peggs! Any chance of convincing your body that they're not actually bleeding - they're just spilling a red syrup on the stage? Because I swear you can smell the sugar in it from the front row, which tends to shatter the illusion for me. Is stage fake blood often syruping then? Ridiculously it's not always the red stuff that is the problem but the build up or when without always a good reason I decide something bloody might be about to happen, brief mention of a paper cut in the River got me all hot and bothered, whilst Coriolanus at the Donmar was actually okay. But funnily enough you might be right that if I could smell the sugar I might be okay as it would snap me back into reality.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 12, 2017 19:01:11 GMT
It probably depends on the brand/formula they use for each production - apparently there's lots of varieties. I've certainly been close to the stage and realised the sweet/toffee-ish smell is from the fake blood. You know the toffee you get on toffee apples? Like that stuff.
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Post by peggs on Jun 12, 2017 20:31:44 GMT
Oh that's a quandary, I have a sweet tooth and my immediate response was mmmmm and then I thought vampires.
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