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| re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - What your theater season should be | |
| Posted by: summertheater 11:08 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - Singapore/Fling 07:26 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| Your theater season should be: Mame, Corpus Christi and Burning (by Thomas Bradshaw). All have their critics (Mame for reasons mentioned here, Corpus Christi as Catholics found it highly offensive when it was shown at Manhattan Theater Club, and Burning as it contained extended full nudity and multiple graphic simulated sex scenes at The New Group/Acorn Theater). You should call your theater season "Freedom of speech". When we start to censor, our right to show any of these 3 shows can be taken away. Censorship is never the answer, but education, dialogue and free speech should be instead. |
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| re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - What your theater season should be | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:14 pm EDT 08/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - What your theater season should be - summertheater 11:08 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| "You should call your theater season 'Freedom of speech.' When we start to censor, our right to show any of these 3 shows can be taken away. Censorship is never the answer, but education, dialogue and free speech should be instead." To clarify, curtailment of freedom of speech in the usual context does not apply here -- at least, not yet! -- as it has to do with government censorship. It does not apply to theater companies or producers deciding on their own not to produce a particular show because they fear some of their audience might find certain elements of it dicey or offensive, even if you or I disagree with their decision. |
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| re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - What your theater season should be | |
| Posted by: bearcat 02:34 pm EDT 08/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - What your theater season should be - summertheater 11:08 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| as a Catholic, I found Corpus a bit "offensive": (portrayal of Virgin Mary...) but I am glad I saw it. If only with the play were better and cohered better; there were some stunning moments: the "possessed" scene, the "Our Father" but it seemed like McNalley rushed with the final script and lifted pages directly from the Gospels in Act II tho at some points, he expressed much sympathy, and personal insight into the story I am also intrigued by other artist's take on the story-I just see Corpus as a missed opportunity and really not that good to get repeatedly produced as time continues (remember the "apostle" who at the beginning said something like: I am not the best looking guy here, but I can land a joke better than anybody or something like that) that was great |
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