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re: Um, you missed my whole point.

Posted by:	ryhog 01:01 pm EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	Um, you missed my whole point. - Delvino 10:28 am EST 01/17/15

Everything you say is true, but there is yet another aspect to this: sometimes, talented people without a lazy bone in their body, create something that just does not resonate with a significant audience. This happens over and over, and can relate to a story (The Last Ship) or to songs (anything by JRB) that lack widespread acceptance. The reason show business is harder than it looks is that nothing is every enough-not talent, not industry, not pure dumb luck. It takes a certain alchemy to make great theatre, and even that alchemy does not necessarily persist over time.

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re: Um, you missed my whole point.

Posted by:	Delvino 02:28 pm EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	re: Um, you missed my whole point. - ryhog 01:01 pm EST 01/17/15

That is the best stated case for the unavoidable mystery in all collaborative artistic achievement that I've read in a while. Repeatedly, we attend the presentation of new work by the most respected, admired and beloved -- the point of awe -- artists who work in the theater. When the newest offerings don't measure up, we are crestfallen and momentarily baffled. It's never a question of ambition, or effort, or application of talent. Sometimes, it simply doesn't happen.

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