RE: RAT Less Work! More Filling! / Sylvain

["sharon mac menamin" <saoirse9@hotmail.com>]

from MFarkash's posting:

"Do great work and offer real, not bogus nudity..."

what's "real nudity" vs. "bogus nudity"?  pasties ok?  otherwise you can't 
serve alcohol.  sounds like you ought to haul your ass on over to the body 
shop on sunset (full nudity, 2 non-alcholic drink minimum @ $5 a pop, after 
$10 to walk in the door, must tip every gal if you want to sit by the stage, 
quite the expensive evening in very short order) instead of a thee-ay-ter.

"...cool N.Y.-style mystery plays"

more clarification here, MFarakash.  what the hell are cool ny-style mystery 
plays?  shit, i thought the plane i boarded yesterday was bound FOR lax & 
FROM jfk...hmmmm...

"...(never mind that theatre people who complain most about 
non-multicultural
casts historically have cast their own plays with anglos)"

really?  was this some touring company from the rsc?  or is there now an 
english theatre troupe now based in the city of angles? (not a typo)

Sharon "I ain't no anglo, them's fightin' woids" MacMenamin
Sacred Goddamned Fool  ;)
Hollyweird, CA


>From: MFarkash@aol.com
>Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>CC: MFarkash@aol.com
>Subject: RE: RAT Less Work!  More Filling! / Sylvain
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 20:42:55 EST
>
>
>   --------
>   RAT audience development in 4 easy steps.
>
>
>      How to succeed in theatre
>
>   1. Secure a permanent space with air conditioning and indoor plumbing.
>     1A.  Create a theater company with multicultural components and a 
>variety of ages (never mind that theatre people who complain most about 
>non-multicultural casts historically have cast their own plays with anglos)
>       1C.  Intimidate the Times into at least a cautious review following 
>an intimidating public panel.
>    2.  Do great work and offer real, not bogus nudity, and cool N.Y.-style 
>mystery plays, not shrill, overly sentimental sketches.
>    3.  Use large casts made up of many different people and tell them to 
>tell   their friends; browbeat your cast and insist it's their fault the 
>houses aren't larger.
>   4.  Never repeat yourself.
>   5.  Remember to tell yourself: It's only a big, cosmic joke at the core.
>
>Farkash

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