| Alexis Soloski schools playwrights about the rape plays she'd like to see. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:32 am EST 11/28/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:31 am EST 11/28/17 | |
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| "I don’t want to be in the business of telling playwrights what they should and shouldn’t write, what they can and can’t. And I hope I understand the difference between documentary and fiction. But I’d like to see playwrights tell some other stories, some better stories, stories that more thoughtfully reflect what women and men experience. But because of the stories I’ve already absorbed, because I also prefer snaking plots and complicated psychology, I worry that I won’t like those other stories. " Others may strongly disagree -- I am expecting it -- but I find this piece appallingly wrongheaded, ethically. She explains the deeply personal basis for her bias (I'm both sympathetic, even moved, and also silently screaming "TMI"), and then goes on to ask for other plays. Other "stories." Of course she has a right to. But as a critic, and one for the NY Times, she is certainly pushing an artistic agenda, even if it's tethered to a sociopolitical one that's timely and persuasive. And to that point, by the way: I probably agree 150% with what she says. I simply find it inappropriate in a critic. |
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| Link | Why Plays About Sexual Assault Are Too Murky for Our Own Good |
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