| I am an inspiring teacher, thanks for noticing | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 12:12 am EDT 03/20/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Life...and the Death of Encores - BruceinIthaca 10:55 pm EDT 03/19/22 | |
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| Oh, Mean Bruce is back, nice to see you again. I actually am an inspiring teacher of theater arts, so that part of your comment is true. We get two major arguments on this board as to why revisions/re-imaginings/rewrites are so terribly, terribly wrong. One tends to be, "oh, the creators didn't want this or wouldn't be behind it", but in this case, all of the creatives signed off on this through the entities that have been entrusted with preserving their work. The other argument tends to be, "oh, now people will think that this is what XYZ wrote and it's not", but in this case, few people (if any) are still producing The Life as it was written, and I don't think anyone's going to produce this version outside of these five days, and everyone who watches it right now knows precisely the ways that it is not what was original written - and they were forewarned in advance, so no one should be suprised when they arrive at the theater. So by both those measures, this is a harmless production which has provided a great platform for some phenomenal performers to tell a trans story with a trans actor on a big, New York City stage, which to me - and I would think to you, based on your publication history - can only be a net positive. |
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