Re: hey, what's new in RATdom?

["chris mac" <cmacdona@adobe.com>]

Hey Jonathon:

Don't jump all over Bobby. He/she has a valid point, and the information
about "INFRARED" was really good.

Rather than tell Bobby off in a public forum, perhaps you should have been
more politic.

This discussion list is for everyone, and if Bobby wants more earnest
conversation about theater, or specific productions, who are you to say "you
have a great deal to learn about theater." Give me a break. Besides, anyone
who can use panegyrical in a sentence can't be all bad.

RAT brethren, let's not shoot from the hip just because someone disagrees
with our point of view. This list can be tiresome, brilliant, frustrating,
and enlightening (often in the same e-mail). For instance: I never would
have heard about Sarah Kane had it not been or the RAT list.

Let's keep our attitudes in check.

Respectfully...ChrisMac
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>From: jonoh1@juno.com
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>Subject: Re: hey, what's new in RATdom?
>Date: Thu, Dec 16, 1999, 10:11 AM
>

>>
>>Theatre.  May I suggest that this list could be of some use for
>>discussion of theatre.  I've been on for 3-4 years, and we never, ever
>>
>>talk about theatre.
>
> I don't think you've been paying attention.  What an impressive waste of
> time.
>
>
> We only talk about ourselves, with a vague reason
>>
>>that it has something to do with theatre, because, we also have an
>>ancillary interested in theatre, but obviously not as profound and
>>insightfull as our interest in ourselves, our sophmoric politics and
>>our
>>stunning realization of our own self-brilliance, which no one else can
>>
>>possibly understand...
>
> Speaking "ourselves" only, of course?
>
> This is bogus. I suggest that if someone doesn't like what they've been
> reading for the last 3-4 years they might have the good sense to get off
> the list. And I totally disagree. The people on this list, IMHO, devour
> the theatre in wonderfully, dangerous, sometimes self-indulgent and
> ocassionally stupid ways. Not to mention baffling. But it can also
> inspire brilliance. And if you think that "talking about theatre" is
> simply gushing over a particular production or artist you've met, you
> have a great deal to learn about the theatre. Life issues apply. Settle
> down and find the delete button.
> Respectfully,
> Jonathan Harris
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