Re: RAT Bush sucks

[NashGay@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/00 1:17:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
dexteriously@yahoo.com writes:

<< To the choir, yes, as Audie McCall points out.  Bush sucks, 
 but how do you preach to the undecided?  Or do you pass?
 
 For that matter, how do you engage an audience that isn't 
 pre-disposed to make sense of what you're doing?  Or do
 you pass?  >>

I'm reading Chris Mathews HARDBALL revised.  It's sad but true.  The modern 
politician must amass power and keep his/her career alive so when the rare 
opportunity comes that s/he can "do the right thing" s/he is in the position 
and has the power to do it.  Republican values are the problem.  Clinton has 
very questionable character, but has realized many good things: health care, 
education, apointing prochoice judges, tax relief for the average and not the 
rich american.  The Republican values are fucked up: Anti-choice, anti-gay, 
pro-tax relief for the rich instead of the middle and workign classes because 
they still believe it will trickle down when experience proves the rich keep 
right on "down and outsizing" the middle and working class jobs because 
profits for profits are more important to Republicans than profits for 
happiness of the most people possible.

As for theatre, it's tricky when we try and preach editorial theatre to an 
audience.  So many lefty performance artist make me wanna scream, even when I 
agree with the good half of their half baked politics.  Good examples of good 
"art" that deals with politics without turning into propaganda is Wag the Dog 
and Primary Colors.  I won't name my colleagues by name, but I've seen a lot 
of "performance art" which would be better editorial (with a lot of editorial 
"dramaturgy" to make their ideas and arguments more complete) or standup 
comedy rants.