Re: RAT, The dramaturgy of...

[DESILEF@cs.com]

In a message dated 1/17/01 2:30:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
fluffysingler@prodigy.net writes:

<< I'd like to reframe the "fuck the audience" idea.  I suspect that many of 
us
 feel it, but more as "fuck the dominant culture."  Don't we all hate it when
 things like Cats and Riverdance and Annie Get Your Gun are not only the only
 offerings in town, but the only ones that get mentioned, sell tickets, etc. 
 Isn't that what we're really reacting against here? >>

The "dominant" culture is basically the capitalist culture. One reason shows 
like CATS do so well is that regular people can't afford ticket prices. 
Broadway today largely exists for NY businesses that take out-of-town guests 
to the theatre, and the most important feature of a show being used for 
client entertainment is that it NOT OFFEND. 

diane