He didn't sue, which was stupid. This was an easily preventable issue, with only the most basic sense of responsibility. The director of that show should have been fired, prosecuted, and sued. So should the school.
He has numbness in his leg to this day. He has a permanent injury due to incompetence and neglect by a wealthy University. THIS is exactly what lawsuits are for.
I have no recollection of the journey to the hospital. My clearest memory is being face down in a hospital bed, surrounded by doctors and nurses. I remember going into an MRI scan and giggling as they removed my nipple piercings. Looking back, it was clear I was in shock. It turns out the blade had gone 7.8cm deep in my back. It had partially severed a nerve in my spinal cord and missed my aorta by about a centimetre.
I have no recollection of the journey to the hospital. My clearest memory is being face down in a hospital bed, surrounded by doctors and nurses. I remember going into an MRI scan and giggling as they removed my nipple piercings. Looking back, it was clear I was in shock. It turns out the blade had gone 7.8cm deep in my back. It had partially severed a nerve in my spinal cord and missed my aorta by about a centimetre.
Dude, I refuse to accept that these are real people. Wanna know why? Every fake knife I've ever used on stage, I've tried to stab myself with. It's fun to push the knife into the handle, or bend the rubber blade.
If you're making/sharpening a spear, you actually only want to get it sharp as a butterknife. Any sharper and it has a good chance of cutting into bone and getting stuck.
And before you ask, I'm in medieval reenactment. Discussions like this pop up a lot
Spears don't cut by slicing, they come to a point and are used to thrust/pierce. You can do a lot of damage without being "sharp" when you push with hundreds of pounds of force into a tiny area on the scale of a single square millimeter.
"When a doctor told me I’d come close to dying, and that the play had to stop using real knives, I remember thinking: “You just don’t understand theatre.”"
I think these theater kids using REAL KNIVES didn't understand theater.
Did the other actor really not realise they actually stabbed the person? I can assume actually stabbing someone would feel a little different than fake stabbing someone
29 Comments
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 108 pts · 259d
He didn't sue, which was stupid. This was an easily preventable issue, with only the most basic sense of responsibility. The director of that show should have been fired, prosecuted, and sued. So should the school.
He has numbness in his leg to this day. He has a permanent injury due to incompetence and neglect by a wealthy University. THIS is exactly what lawsuits are for.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 258d
Also...
kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 95 pts · 260d
M137@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d
I think you made wrong part of the text bold.
kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 258d
Like this ?
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 60 pts · 260d
Dude, I refuse to accept that these are real people. Wanna know why? Every fake knife I've ever used on stage, I've tried to stab myself with. It's fun to push the knife into the handle, or bend the rubber blade.
I'd be looking for a murder charge, personally.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 12 pts · 259d
Uh, but there wasn't supposed to be prop knives on set at all?
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 259d
Wait wait wait.
I just read past the first few paragraphs, admittedly I skimmed.
These people used real knives because they wanted it to feel more real?
Sorry, murder charges are off the table — that's a fucking Darwin Award.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 259d
What the fuck.
Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org · 47 pts · 260d
I have a lot of goddamned questions this article doesn't answer
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 29 pts · 259d
Et tu?
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 260d
This is peak drama kid. Why would it have to be sharp?
Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 259d
Doesn't necessarily need to be sharp. Try hard enough and you can stab someone to death with a butter knife....or a spork
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 259d
If you're making/sharpening a spear, you actually only want to get it sharp as a butterknife. Any sharper and it has a good chance of cutting into bone and getting stuck.
And before you ask, I'm in medieval reenactment. Discussions like this pop up a lot
Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 259d
😉👉👉 That's what I'll tell anyone who asks
Hagdos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d
Really? How does it cut through leather, or even woolen clothing then?
vithigar@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 258d
Spears don't cut by slicing, they come to a point and are used to thrust/pierce. You can do a lot of damage without being "sharp" when you push with hundreds of pounds of force into a tiny area on the scale of a single square millimeter.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 258d
that would be quite impressive.
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 258d
George Carling said he could do it with just having really big hands.
Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 258d
I mean...if you can stab and kill a person with your hands and nothing else? Bravo
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 258d
Oh I thought we could go off script and just do with what you have around.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 259d
"When a doctor told me I’d come close to dying, and that the play had to stop using real knives, I remember thinking: “You just don’t understand theatre.”"
I think these theater kids using REAL KNIVES didn't understand theater.
KarmaPolice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 257d
“Why don’t you try acting, dear boy? – It’s much easier!”
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 259d
Did the other actor really not realise they actually stabbed the person? I can assume actually stabbing someone would feel a little different than fake stabbing someone
Qwel@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 259d
He surely did. He also knew that the knife was real and agreed to play with it. Likely the same kind of moron as the main protagonist :shrug:
victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
Freaking attempted murder in that case, fully aware of what they were doing.
Ghoelian@piefed.social · 1 pts · 259d
Is it still if they both knew what they were doing and consented?
victorz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
Yes of course it is. If someone tells you: murder me! And you do it. Is that murder? It is to me.
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
Who is close enough to the stage to notice a real knife or not...the director on should have been charged with something cause the fuck.
This is like suggesting to use real ammunition for any gun scenes...fucking idiots.