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jrisingThere 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.
Feel free to post anonymously or email me separately.
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.
Feel free to post anonymously or email me separately.
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:57 am (UTC)Something that has made me feel quite frustrated is having complained to the right people about certain things/people that/who haven't been contributing to the betterment of the show for one reason or another and having the problem be left as it is. It frustrates me even more because I know I'm not the only one who has voiced concern over a certain issue.
We are encouraged to go to the directors with our problems, but it is discouraging when the matter isn't even addressed or discussed any further. Perhaps better communication from the directors to the people voicing concern would be an easy solution. I would be happy to talk about this privately with Alex or Gary, as I'm always comfortable talking to them about things, but I must first say that I've already talked to both Karla (when she was head of tech) and Gary about it and haven't heard anything about it since.
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Date: 2007-05-23 04:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-23 05:02 am (UTC)