Re: RAT RE: New Thread

["Glen -Skip- Newell" <skipworthy@hotmail.com>]

Cousin Rob says-
>
>Nick, if I may, I'll take this one.  (Sheesh, can't believe I'm trying to
>explain Nick.)
>
>
>
>--agenda theatre can be very good.  but usually it sucks pretty bad.  when 
>i
>heard the "goody two shoes theatre" espression i thought of the "Rocky 
>Road"
>sketch on SNL.  "Up With People" and "The Freedom Jam"  and almost all
>childrens theatre in the world.  (If you don't like that last sentence,
>please note i did say "Almost all"  There's a children's theatre group in
>Houston "Express Theatre" with a Multiculturalist Agenda that does VERY 
>good
>children's theatre.)

Rob, I wholeheartedly agree. I never EVER suggested that involvment meant 
'agendizing' or even that Theatre with a Point was necessarily a 'Bad'. My 
position ( in general) is that theatre is (can be)a very powerful medium, 
and we ought to at least consider using our 'power' to do something good 
from time to time. If I am a manager of a theatre, I'm going to be very 
clear and knowledgeable about what goes on in the neighborhood I'm in, not 
just for good PR, but because I am directly affected by, and am an effect to 
it.



>
>-I've called Nick many things.  But Flanders is the last thing Nick is.

Are you sure ? What's the real difference between one form of Dogma and 
another ? What makes the rant of one madman different from another? (BTW- 
I'm not calling Nick a madman) I've heard lies pour from the mouths of the 
supposedly sane leaders of men, and the most beautiful truths flow from the 
mouths of people who didn't even have any idea what they were saying. To 
whom should we listen (or is that off the subjest entirely ? )

>  3) Am I the only one who thinks Homer is as bad an example to follow
>  as Flanders ?
>
>-yes

Okay- Homer is everyman. He is the modern version of the accidental hero. 
Does this mean we should allow ourselves to grow fat and mediocre ? Or does 
it just mean we should seek happiness where we can reach it ? Maybe it means 
we should find an always forgiving, blue-haired  mate and settle down and 
make subversive theatre while our own children become criminals and 
outcasts. ( By the Way, Lisa is MY hero...)


>
>  4) By the way- 'good' art is measured by it's effect...your right
>  about that. But must we beat the crap out or our audiences to make a
>  point.
>   >>
>
>-yes.  wait, no.


Point Taken...

Skip


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