tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post5494895393961888647..comments2024-01-17T03:39:48.664-05:00Comments on Full of IT: Public EnemyIT Awards Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07261232921332130350noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-69496185586714445502010-09-30T11:25:18.248-04:002010-09-30T11:25:18.248-04:00Brendan,
Thanks for your response to the post, an...Brendan,<br /><br />Thanks for your response to the post, and congratulations for working under such a threatening and oppressive regime. I haven't ever done this, and it's extremely admirable.<br /><br />Theatre that truly fights against injustices as you describe is extreme and noble. It's the kind of theatre on which Mr. Fugard, who started this whole dialogue, cut his teeth as aJames Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195858313267740338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-62957972579872617222010-09-27T18:33:16.788-04:002010-09-27T18:33:16.788-04:00Does context matter, in terms of this discussion o...Does context matter, in terms of this discussion of political theater? Seems like most of the examples are in USA and the UK, in English-language productions.<br /><br />I wanted to bring attention a different kind of political theater: Belarus Free Theater, based in Minsk. I have worked with them in Belarus, and I helped co-produce the Norwegian premiere of their play "Discover Love"Brendan McCallhttp://www.ensemblefreetheaternorway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-64561220644221529912010-09-10T16:53:36.908-04:002010-09-10T16:53:36.908-04:00Daniel:
Thanks for your thoughts. The point of t...Daniel:<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts. The point of the piece was that we need to take our political plays to the people who are causing injustice instead of sitting around patting ourselves on the back, being self righteous. If left wing theatre needs to head to the heartland, where right wingers reside, conservative theatre-makers, likewise, need to stand up in the heartland of those James Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195858313267740338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-16270597760149946392010-09-09T12:23:06.602-04:002010-09-09T12:23:06.602-04:00Wow, this was a really good post. I just bookmarke...Wow, this was a really good post. I just bookmarked this blog, purely on the strength of this post. <br /><br />I am a conservative person in theatre, and I have always felt my political & social views to be completely unwelcome. I am forbidden by the culture of theatre to bring up my thoughts, or to chime in on a conversation.<br /><br />The question that I always want to ask is this: if we Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-51293810596740346012010-09-07T13:40:56.133-04:002010-09-07T13:40:56.133-04:00I think politics and art go hand in hand. There is...I think politics and art go hand in hand. There is a great site (www.madehereproject.org/activism) that talks about how politics influences art and how art influences politics and it interviews some of the artists that you have mentioned, Taylor Mac especially. Artists use their creativity to define their places in the world, while building and sometimes healing a community. They are bold Anne Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873427830657235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-84296292062019880912010-09-01T14:29:00.454-04:002010-09-01T14:29:00.454-04:00Thanks, Mariah. All too often I feel playwrights ...Thanks, Mariah. All too often I feel playwrights aren't confronting their audiences. <br /><br />As Eduardo Machado said, "I beg you let us stop being afraid of the audience. They are supposed to be afraid of us." <br /><br />When audiences question themselves - whether it is political, emotional or moral - theatre truly works.James Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195858313267740338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946414928332818297.post-81036232124720523742010-09-01T12:56:13.056-04:002010-09-01T12:56:13.056-04:00THIS. This is what I'm talkin about!
To be fa...THIS. This is what I'm talkin about!<br /><br />To be fair, I think preaching to the choir has its place; the choir can get complacent, and a good political play CAN snap you out of it and get you to go home and google the issues and maybe sign up for a mailing list that will keep you a bit more involved. This doesn't happen all the time or even most of the time, but it does happen.<br />Mariah MacCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002795665284532498noreply@blogger.com