| reality check from the sidelines | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:36 am EDT 03/20/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am an inspiring teacher, thanks for noticing - keikekaze 02:32 am EDT 03/20/22 | |
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| I have not posted in this thread because tbh I am not interested in the show or encores but it's actually your argument here that is specious. You are perfectly free to wish that living people would not fuck with dead people's work product but the fact is that, one way or another, the creatives DID sign off on this. A creative has every right in the world (and, thanks to the Sonny Bono Act, for an obscenely long time imo) to micro-control, through their heirs and assigns, every aspect of the exploitation of their work, but once they do that or don't do that, the heirs and assigns stand in the shoes of the creatives. So when you and others jump up and down about this, let's all understand that we/they are expressing an opinion about what we/they like and don't like, and nothing more or less. (And fwiw let's remember that 99.9% of the approvals of living playwrights et al are made on delegation.) Likewise, how many people and for what duration something is going to be seen does indeed affect approvals by both the living and the dead. Many writers are willing to let changes be made in small scale presentations that would not be granted in first class rights. Plus, it is well to remember that no violence is done to a play by letting someone change it. The original is still there for the future. It's not akin to painting on a Picasso. And in this particular case it would seem beyond unlikely that Porter's effort will ever see the light of day again. Because something "wrong" may have been done, but not something unlawful. Finally, when you say what you say in your last paragraph, you are doing nothing more than expressing an opinion; you have no authority and the people who do have spoken. And fwiw, if it is not clear, I don't think a play needs to become a museum piece of interest only to a dwindling audience as if it is too precious to adapt. |
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