Miscellaneous: Today, I was rehearsing for a school play. My drama teacher keeps...

By Anonymous - 09/02/2013 01:00 - Netherlands - Zwijndrecht

Today, I was rehearsing for a school play. My drama teacher keeps criticising the part where I fake-trip, saying I make it look terribly fake. During today's rehearsal, I actually tripped for real, and smashed my kneecaps against the floor with a scream. He still said my "acting" sucked. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2015 15:28 - United States - Jamestown

Today, I was in a play and had a battle scene. I got a little too into it and wound up twisting my ankle. The audience was treated to me screaming like a little girl before face-planting the stage a moment later. FML

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By AllThatJazz - 15/04/2009 20:06 - United States

Today, I was stage-managing a school show. Some kids were goofing off backstage, so I yelled at them that they could hurt themselves. While walking back to my chair, I tripped over my own feet and fell 5 feet off the stage, shattering my cheekbone. FML

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By seussical65 - 14/04/2009 13:48 - United States

Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with crutches pretending I broke my leg as a joke. I then threw away the crutches, laughed and then fell down some stairs. I am now in crutches with a broken leg. I was the lead. FML

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By oxjessiiox - 11/10/2009 15:42 - United Kingdom

Today, I had to pretend to give birth in a play. I wanted to make it a realistic as possible but ended up crapping myself on stage by accident. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2016 19:28 - United States - Carlisle

Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/01/2010 05:25 - United States

Today, I had a completely improvised audition for the school play. The director called me and one of the cutest guys auditioning to improvise an intimate scene. Knowing that I'm a complete klutz, I wasn't all that surprised when I tripped over my feet and landed with my face in his crotch. He was. FML

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By anonymous - 16/09/2011 17:18 - United Kingdom

Today, I had a graded performance in my drama class. I had to play a murderer in an interrogation room. I got really into it and started pounding on the windows to try to "escape". The thin glass smashed. Four hours in casualty, stitches and plastic surgery pretty much sum up my mood. FML

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By dancingqueef - 22/06/2016 02:39 - United States - Kingston

Today, my mom told me to break a leg before performing in my dancing school's show. I really did break part of my leg while performing. FML

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By me - 12/11/2010 05:41 - United States

Today, while in my drama class, my character in a play has to quickly jump up out from his desk. Somehow, my shirt got caught on the desk, ripping it almost completely off in front of a live audience. FML

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By juliet - 06/04/2009 04:39 - Canada

Today, my theatre teacher made me go on stage even though I had a violent stomach flu. My understudies were unreachable, and she threatened to fail me if I did not perform. Halfway through the first act, I vomited on the first row. She failed me for letting the cast down. FML

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Saturday 9 February 2013 6:05

When people are judging, they tend to show bias. He probably had the scene in his head and he wouldn't accept anything different.

JR_Goes_Rawr 11

Saturday 9 February 2013 6:19

Tell your teacher to get his act together cause he's tripping.

Comments

BlackRoseAndMe11 11

Saturday 9 February 2013 9:57

I'm guessing he doesn't like you OP Dx

capnbzarr 43

Saturday 9 February 2013 10:10

Trip that ****** and then tell him you're doing research on what a real fall looks like.

oj101 33

Saturday 9 February 2013 10:35

I guess that's where the "break a leg" saying in theatre comes from.

migmit 11

Saturday 9 February 2013 11:07

Actually, your teacher might be right. Unfortunately, real things rarely look real on stage.

TheNewGuy03 28

Saturday 9 February 2013 12:13

She wants you to fall in slow-mo, because that shit looks real as hell.

TheNewGuy03 28

Saturday 9 February 2013 12:32

*he

xRezSynn 15

Saturday 9 February 2013 14:57

Trip on him.

KiddNYC1O 20

Saturday 9 February 2013 20:31

You just went through Stage 2- Tripping major ballsack. Standby for Stage 3.

ulissey_fml 22

Saturday 9 February 2013 20:49

such mean remarks must have floored you..

maosquare 18

Saturday 9 February 2013 21:55

Because, my friend, acting is about finding the perfect balance between reality and illusion - you can't be too real because then people will worry for you, not your character; you can't be too fake because then people won't worry at all. Alright, pretentious moment over, I'm going to crawl back into a hole.