| re: work by any combo of "nonwhite, nonstraight, non cisgender males" IS VALID ALSO |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 05:06 pm EDT 03/17/22 |
| In reply to: work by any combo of "nonwhite, nonstraight, non cisgender males" is valid also - Chazwaza 04:48 pm EDT 03/17/22 |
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Encores! would not be the place for it, but I would very much be interested if someone wanted to bankroll Billy Porter spearheading a new theatre piece, inspired by THE LIFE, about prostitutes and pimps in the Times Square of the late 70's/early 80's. Have him assemble a team and create something entirely new that, ultimately, may or may not bear much resemblance to THE LIFE. Have him acknowledge THE LIFE and its creators in a program note while talking about how he was inspired by them to tell this story in a different way that speaks more and better to him.
I came up in a theatre tradition that said that the director and actors were there to serve the writer(s)' vision and serve the play. And I've always felt that, if you don't like the play, do another play that you do like. Or write you own play and say exactly what you want to say in it. This whole idea of "We're going to rewrite the play and make it say what WE want it to say" just strikes me as wrong.
If red happens to be your favorite color, would you repaint the Mona Lisa's dress to be red...or might you instead look for another piece of art that already features red? Or paint your own painting and use as much red as you so desire? |
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