[rocky] Professionalism killed the Rocky star

[jrising]

There was a fantastic discussion at the Rocky party about the state of the cast. The vocal consensus was this:

There's an undercurrent of over-professionalism at the show. In small but definite ways, the drive for professionalism stifles some of the fun of the show and makes working at it a chore. Because the show isn't as much fun, it isn't as good, and the audience has noticed. Both directors, theater 3, and Acid's absence were blamed for these problems.

It's so tough to disentangle real harmful effects from nostalgia. So, tell me: do you agree? Have we gained the world and lost our soul (or raised the bar and broken our backs)? The drive for screen accuracy can push us to do better, but if it drives out jokes and connecting with the audience-- if our performance just duplicates the film-- do we want it? The cast members used to work up the audience waiting outside before the show. Does anyone do that now? We have such a great group, and we can fix these problems, but maybe not without big changes.

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[turtle9.livejournal.com]

I know that I have not been at the show for a long time and have not been active with the show in any means. However, the cliques that Adrienne talks about is and has always been at the show, but had never affected the show like it did when I was there. The cliques where mostly for the after parties, not who got on stage or who could get away with what. When I was head of costumes, I wanted to fire someone from my crew. But I was not allowed to and told that she had to stay on my crew so that she could learn her part. Part of being on a crew was to help the crew not sit around a watch the movie to get screen accurate.

One person does not change the show, but many people do. In the past few years, you have had people that had been apart of the show leave for one reason or another. This will change the show, the feeling of the crew, and how the show is run.

I know that this is rambling and might not make sense, but it is late and I am tired.

[asavitzk.livejournal.com]

Who told you to keep someone you didn't want? I don't recall that but it may just be because I'm old now

[turtle9.livejournal.com]

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