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| Posted by: | BroadwayLouBlaze 03:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - ryhog 12:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| I was warned this was addictive. I feel foolish for even responding to this. But....guess I am hooked. But I really am going to try and stop after this. Okee dokee.....here goes, 1.not asking for points. Huh? Do I need points?Not sure where that comes from. But ok. Just clarifying that no ...not part of show...part of the industry. That seems to bother you in some way? 2."design" of review comment. Of course, I am not suggesting that critics sit around and ponder ways to hurt a shows financial status. But... And this will set you off for reason... I know a lot of these folks. Sat around at bars with them....had actual dialogue...and guess what...that is often what they do. Maybe it has nothing to do with the finance of the show but.....they say things for certain reasons. Sure mostly these guys are just writing what they think/feel. But...this is a real head turner, do you really not believe that they are are not aware of what they are saying....when they they say it, where in the review it appears. huh???? I am sorry...it simply happens all the time. I am sorry if you do not believe that. A good example is Brantley pan of ROCKY HORROR. The last sentence...an absolute swipe at Jordan Roth. Read it and maybe it will help u understand what I am saying about the couch potato stupor. WOW....though I doubt it. And yet AGAIN...you mention my being in the business. What is with that??? Ok...you need to call me naive. So that is supposed to sting???? i mean I am just talking about things I have seen happen. and lets see, you are telling me they did not..i guess. But twice you do the industry thing. I mean did someone fire you from this business. Do you want a career and don't have one? What the hell is going on here. Wow...forgot...I was told not to do that. If I am going to post something...I was warned..." Do not let them know you are in the business. They just can't stand it." This is trip. LOL!!! 3. Ok...babe.....u are just all over the place there. But let me try...the part about knowing the difference between enthusiasm and stupor. I completely agree. Guess who else knows the difference Ben Brantley. That's the problem I have with his opening statement. He knows even accounting for the plants in the audience, that they were not in a stupor. Oh and commenting on the audience reaction is not exactly "expressing your feelings" by the way. Nor does it have anything to do with the creation or execution of a shows book, score,set, costumes, lights, direction, etc. which is of course why a critic is at the theater to begin with. Oh tiger...come get me. Tell me what I don 't know. Oh oh oh....but more importantly, please, please , please, tell me what you know. LOL!!! I know this kind of nonsense goes on here. I just Can't believe I am wasting a Saturday afternoon doing this. Again...I really want to stop. But this is fun. We'll...but , I don't know Ryhog... Sorta sad. | |
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| Posted by: | BroadwayLouBlaze 05:25 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - BroadwayLouBlaze 03:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| Okay..will not be sad. This whole thread has pretty much run itself into ground. Later. | |
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| Posted by: | ryhog 03:57 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - BroadwayLouBlaze 03:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| your post has a lot of "the lady doth protest too much" going on, but I'm just gonna ignore that. nothing in my first item had to do with any industry status. No clue where you got that idea. It had to do with your thinking that shows need leniency because of how "brutal" it is to get a show up. That's just an invitation to mediocrity. I have no idea if you are in the business or not-you said you were "close" whatever that means. You were the one who kept mentioning it. Lots of folks here are in the business, lots are not. I don't care if you are or not and dont think most people do. It's not about you, not about me. It is about ideas, opinions and facts. Are critics aware that their words can end up punishing a show (or helping it)? Sure. Do they sometimes really fucking hate some show (just like you or I do)? You bet. Do I think Brantley wrote what he wrote where he wrote it for the reason you suggested? Nope. I am not a fan of critics "reporting" on audiences and wish Brantley hadn't and didn't. I think (as someone else wrote) we all come away with different impressions of audience reactions. Do I think Brantley made his up for the reason you state? No. I saw a different performance, and my sense was that the audience's attention ebbed and flowed. I would not have called it a stupor, but we can all focus on what we want, and take away from it what we want. And when a show is a deadly dull as I found this one, until the eleventh hour, I think it is easy to sense that feeling around you. If, instead, it excited you, you might feel that energy more. Whatever you choose to do, have fun, and don't be sad. | |
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| Posted by: | LegitOnce 03:36 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - BroadwayLouBlaze 03:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| I know a lot of these folks. Sat around at bars with them....had actual dialogue...and guess what...that is often what they do. Maybe it has nothing to do with the finance of the show but.....they say things for certain reasons. You do realize you sound like you're drunk, don't you? | |
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| Posted by: | BroadwayLouBlaze 03:41 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - LegitOnce 03:36 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| Lol. | |
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| Posted by: | LegitOnce 03:30 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: RETHINKING SOME OF MY ORIGINAL POST - BroadwayLouBlaze 03:19 pm EDT 03/15/14 |
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| "Sorta sad" is right. | |
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