This past week I had the opportunity to experience a lot more culture. The first event was a showing of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) at the National Opera House in Central London. As much as I would love to say I am a man of culture and high-class entertainment, I am not. Opera's bore me and I cannot enjoy them. This is in no respect an insult to those who do, I personally envy you, but for me, they are either too long or too dramatic. Perhaps it has something to do with reading the sure-titles. Anyway, this is the story. GW paid for this "wonderful" event Tuesday and a bunch of other GW students were there. The show started around 7:30 and I was fast asleep by 8:00 - very sad. I missed half of the first act so by intermission I decided not to stay - also very sad. Thus, my Opera experience began and ended very quickly.
The second event was a LSE production. The play/musical was called "Timeless!" and it featured two of my General Course friends. The plot of the play/musical was the traditional good vs. evil narrative. It featured Indian dancing, swing-dance, jazz performances, hip-hop, and a slew of other performances. Overall it was very good but it lacked the professionalism of most performances. In fairness, however, it was put together by students and for that I did appreciate it.
That was about it. A lot of time has been dedicated to school work, unfortunately.
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