Re: RAT, The dramaturgy of...

[Dan Dietz <ddeitez@jump.net>]

"ANY, GET YOUR GUN" being the supreme distillation of George W's firearm
policies here in TX (and coming soon to This Your America).

Dan

DgSWEET@aol.com wrote:

> My anger (or what I can muster) is at the dominant media in a town that pays
> more attention to who is paying for advertising in their paper than the
> indigenous production.  It's incredly short-sighted, even from a booster
> perspective.  At a time when everyone has access to the same movies, the same
> CDs, the same Internet content, what makes living in a particular town
> attractive is what is unique to it, and that is what is the product of that
> specific town and the expression of that culture.  For all attention to be
> directed to ANY GET YOUR GUN and SHOWBOAT is annoying as hell.  Not that
> people shouldn't have a chance to enjoy landmarks of our theatrical heritage,
> but that people should be aware that the heritage is still alive and being
> made in small spaces down the street from their homes.  We need both.  We
> need the fun of the big stuff and the stimulation of the new and provocative.
>  Media that don't understand this are doing their communities and audiences a
> disservice.  (They are also doing local business no good.  The way you get
> talent to come work in your town is to offer them something special in the
> town they can't get elsewhere.  They can get CATS anywhere.)
>
> Jeff Sweet

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