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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.
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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 03:26 pm (UTC)Re: a whole POST?! about THIS?!
Date: 2007-05-23 06:00 pm (UTC)Why are you even here? Youre not with the show, you dont like the show, and its obvious you dont like most of the people at the show. Youre the only one who hasnt contributed anything but bile to this entire thread.
Re: what's that saying about glass houses?
Date: 2007-05-23 07:47 pm (UTC)Re: what's that saying about glass houses?
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Date: 2007-05-23 03:32 pm (UTC)And the ones of him at the helm of the Titanic.
And that government blooper reel where he staggers onto the studio stage with no pants on and ruins the "moon landing" footage.
And to be fair, and I love Jim dearly, but all that smallpox he caused wasn't too cool. ;)
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