Re: RAT, The dramaturgy of...

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In a message dated 1/18/01 4:15:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
fluffysingler@prodigy.net writes:

<< I'd like to hear from people--almost EVERYONE has mentioned self-indulgent
 theatre.  What does that really mean to each of you?  What constitutes
 self-indulgent in your world? >>

Pieces in which performers moralize at the audience.

Autobiographic pieces in which the central character is a victim and everyone 
else is a fool or a villain.

Pieces in which the artists signal that they are the keepers or a rare flame 
and the audience needs to bow down to be worthy.

Pieces which go more than 90 minutes at a time without a bathroom break.

Pieces that have a high adjective count.