| re: Why does criticism on this board have to be constructive? | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:27 am EST 12/15/21 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:20 am EST 12/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Why does criticism on this board have to be constructive? - KingSpeed 08:05 am EST 12/15/21 | |
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| I agree. And if we even tease out the process of collaborative artists, some of whom even (gasp) read these boards: the emotional temperature of the audience response is what is needed. Anyone who's been through workshops, staged readings, and listened to endless talkbacks know: what is sought as feedback is a specific human response, a measure of how material lands. Prescriptive comments have been frowned upon by talkback moderators for years. Ask playwrights, any playwright, what they want to hear: if someone got it. What was clear, what wasn't. Let the artists do the repair work. So if we operate within that industry construct -- and nobody says we must -- just saying "I loved it/it didn't work for me/made me upset/angry" is useful to creators. Why isn't it enough for members of this board? That said, I find myself defensively and prescriptively addressing problems (see Flying over Sunset*) because I like to engage in what went wrong discussion. Not everybody does (not everybody gives a damn what I think would solve act 2 of anything, that's okay), and not everybody is interested in fixes. *Random: I recall several spirited discussions of Great Clements, the play starring Judith Ivey at LTC a coupla seasons back. Some of us tried to correct its deficiencies, others just weighed in where they felt it jumped the tracks. It's one of the better chats we've had here. I remember it because it was so specific. But not everyone volunteered dramaturgical advice. |
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