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Corky St. Clair: My first show was Barefoot in the Park, which was an absolute smash, but my production on the stage of Backdraft was what really got them excited. This whole idea of 'In Your Face' theatre really affected them. The conceptualization, the whole abstraction, the obtuseness of this production to me was what was interesting. I wanted the audience to feel the heat from the fire, the fear, because people don't like fire, poked, poked in their noses, you know when you get a cinder from a barbeque right on the end of your nose and you kind of make that face, you know, that's not a good thing, and I wanted them to have the sense memory of that. So during the show I had someone burn newspapers and send it through the vents in the theatre. And well, they freaked out, and 'course the fire Marshall came over and they shut us down for a couple of days
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My first show was Barefoot in the park which was an absolute smash
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But my production on the stage of Backdraft
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Was what really got them excited
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This whole idea of in your face theater
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Really affected them
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The conceptualization the whole abstraction
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The obtuseness of this production to me
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Was what was interesting
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I wanted the audience to feel the heat
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From the fire the fear
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Because people don't like fire poked
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Poked in their noses
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You get a cinder from barbecue on the end of your nose
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And you kind of make that little face
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That's not a good thing
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I wanted to have the sense memory of that
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So during the show
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I had someone burn newspapers
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And send it through the vents in the theater
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Well they freaked out
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Of course the fire marshal came over
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They shut us down for a couple of days
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Movie Summary
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
