Re: RAT Hey Brad!

["Allison Narver" <anarver@chesnutt.com>]

Sure, I'd love to hear about NYC fringe...
Tell all.
Love,
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Ezra Buzzington <jonoh1@juno.com>
To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com <rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: RAT Hey Brad!


>>Secondly, tell me more about why your theater group wasn't let into 
>>the
>>fringe festival.  What was the political nature of the piece and why 
>>did it
>>threaten the fringe board?
>
>Dear Allison,
>  I know this wasn't addressed to me but, well, I just can't help
>spreading the truth around. The reason the company (as opposed to the
>particular show) frightened the majority of members on the first seattle
>fringe festival board was because the company's tactics were 
>"oh-so-scary".  Yeah, right.  Boo.
>   Having come from the radical sixties myself (I'm 45)  and having
>tasted my own blood more than a few times in prostest (or support) of
>various causes, and having already logged over ten years in NYC before I
>ever ventured into the realm of the frighteningly  politically correct
>pacific northwest, I personally  found the company's guerilla tactics
>more charming than threatening. And I loved the idea that this quaint,
>little city that had been floating in its' own juices for far too long
>suddenly had a company brave enough to shove shit in the face of the
>status quo. Regardless of how radically  "precious" I found the work
>personally. A lot of people were shocked. Shocked, I tell you, shocked! 
>Well, it doesn't take much.
>  Now, most adults know how boards work. They vote and such. It was put
>to a vote. Big surprise, an arts organization in seattle, washington
>decided to play it safe. The company lost. But, the festival lost far
>more in my view. Integrity. And me. Things it can never regain. This was
>one of many stupid decisions made on the part of the first board of the
>seattle fringe festival. And only one of the reasons I was proud leave.
>Care to hear about new york fringe?
>Jonathan Harris
>
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