The Rocky Horror Picture Show, junior version
The other night the Moppet's babysitter showed up wearing a T-shirt that said: "Best Actress in a Continuing Drama." We loved it and asked if it came in a 3T. Why? This sketch of our routine whilst watching Beauty and the Beast (once a day lately) should provide a pretty strong clue...
1. I announce I'm going to put the movie in. The Moppet immediately starts crying "Pretty dress! Pretty dress!" So I have put on the right pretty dress (prop #1), preferably a blue one, so she resembles Belle.
2. As the movie launches into its opening song, The Moppet searches the room for a certain blue, hardcover book (prop #2) from my library. (It resembles the one Belle holds throughout the number.) Then she twirls about the room holding the book.
3. When Gaston snatches the book away from Belle, The Moppet insists that I follow suit, then I must throw the book in the "mud." At this point she starts repeating lines of dialogue: "I'd like my book back, please." Then she asks for a towel so she can "clean" the "mud" off the book.
4. The next few minutes continue in similar fashion, mimicking the action on the screen, repeating the occasional line, and singing along with the songs.
5. Then during the big dancing scene, it is absolutely mandatory that daddy be available to dance in spindizzy circles with The Moppet.
6. As Belle races off to rescue her father, holding the magic mirror, The Moppet grabs a plastic, bubble-blowing apparatus which is shaped like a hand mirror (prop #3). Then, as Gaston wrestles the mirror away and tucks it in her belt, I have to tuck the bubble-blower in my belt.
A two-and-a-half-year-old drama queen? You be the judge.
1. I announce I'm going to put the movie in. The Moppet immediately starts crying "Pretty dress! Pretty dress!" So I have put on the right pretty dress (prop #1), preferably a blue one, so she resembles Belle.
2. As the movie launches into its opening song, The Moppet searches the room for a certain blue, hardcover book (prop #2) from my library. (It resembles the one Belle holds throughout the number.) Then she twirls about the room holding the book.
3. When Gaston snatches the book away from Belle, The Moppet insists that I follow suit, then I must throw the book in the "mud." At this point she starts repeating lines of dialogue: "I'd like my book back, please." Then she asks for a towel so she can "clean" the "mud" off the book.
4. The next few minutes continue in similar fashion, mimicking the action on the screen, repeating the occasional line, and singing along with the songs.
5. Then during the big dancing scene, it is absolutely mandatory that daddy be available to dance in spindizzy circles with The Moppet.
6. As Belle races off to rescue her father, holding the magic mirror, The Moppet grabs a plastic, bubble-blowing apparatus which is shaped like a hand mirror (prop #3). Then, as Gaston wrestles the mirror away and tucks it in her belt, I have to tuck the bubble-blower in my belt.
A two-and-a-half-year-old drama queen? You be the judge.
posted by Godric of Finchale | 9:07 PM
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