[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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[overstim.livejournal.com]

That was a constant issue with preshow meetings. I always wanted a stock of simple, funny preshows that most people kenw by heart that could be put up at any time. I also felt MOST preshows should be taht way- never more than one big piece a month. big elaborate preshows should be agreed upon by a group of people taht will perform them the entire month, and reheared on their own time. if its not polished and ready to go by saturday night- it doesnt run, simple as that. one of the aforementioned simple preshows goes up instead. better tha an elaborate, long, hard to follow preshow done poorly. or, horror, TWO.