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Re: RAT: The Next Generation



--- Cathryn616@aol.com wrote:
> I was just wondering if some of you can 
> e-mail me your thoughts on my generation 
> (people in/right out of college).
>  
> ... if you think there is a generational gap
> in the theatre--please also give an example


Cathy,

The concept of a generation gap feels like a sidetrack to me.  I am
comfortable enough asking questions that might (or might not) highlight
differences: What are you listening to?  What do you have in your
pockets?  Where did you get those shoes?  How do you explain the
election of Dubya to visitors from a distant planet?  What is your
favorite TV commercial?  Do you believe you will outlive your parents? 
Is it okay to be rich?  Who do you trust?  If someone offered you a
free clone of yourself, would you take it?

And so on and on.  Differences are interesting and abundant.  But is
there a master difference (or two, or four) between all of you and all
of us?  Perhaps--I would look forward to hearing about it/them, cuz I
can't really articulate what it might be.

[A little of where I'm coming from: I was a grad student in the early
nineties, a full generation older than the average undergraduate
theatre student.  I don't know if the Class of '03 is different than
the Class of '93, but I'm assuming that my experience with the latter
would help me to understand the former.]

Wally Z
Invisible Cities

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