10 Things I love about the ITA
Tue, 3 Feb 2009, 11:46 amjmuzz26 posts in thread
10 Things I love about the ITA
Tue, 3 Feb 2009, 11:46 amI work in finance - an industry which is having the guts kicked out of it at the moment.
My day is full of doom and gloom news and frankly, if I didn't have a positive outlook, it'd be razor blades and warm baths (I'm sure some of you wish I'd embraced that path).
On top of that you open the newspaper and it's war, depression, teenage drug deaths, and sporting results that have gone the wrong way.
Theatre is my escape and the last thing I need is logging onto a website and seeing more doom, gloom, horror and pessimism surrounding the thing I love.
So....I think I've let the harbingers of doom and gloom have their say about the ITA. I have entertained their ideas - dismissed most of them because of the emotive way they were promulgated and in some instances thought "Y'know, that's a good point".
But I'm sick of negativity for now.
Here's your challenge.
Let's build a list of 10 things we LIKE about the ITA.
Good positive stuff so we can emerge from the morass of depressive comment that has held sway here in recent times.
Just 10. Make 'em good, make 'em factual, but above all - make 'em bright.
Seeing as I've started the thread I heartily endorse that in the spirit of positivity we moderate ANY negativity out of existence. You wanna do that? Start your own bloody thread!!
O.k, I'll kick it off......
1) I'm grateful that this website exists as an ITA initiative because it keeps me in touch with what's happening in community theatre here in Perth.
Over to you guys....
Can't help your ill feeling
Fri, 6 Feb 2009, 06:42 pmWhat's made you ill David - have your comments of last week proved indigestible?
What's your beef? Does your stomach churn just because someone tries to send a warm fuzzy the way of an organisation made up of VOLUNTEERS (yep, unpaid and unappreciated by a minority of people)? If that's the case - I'm sad for you man.
Y'see, I don't give a damn about awards - really don't. I could live happily without the Finleys or awards at Dramafest or what have you. I have no interest in getting professional recognition and I simply hope that people come and enjoy the show and if they do, perhaps mention it to me afterwards.
That's it. YOU on the other hand seem to be the one who's uppity about the whole awards concept. Don't tar me with your brush buddy - that's YOUR bag, not mine.
And I'm unsure how suggesting people say positive things about the ITA translates to brownie points as far as awards go. Can you elaborate on that one?
Mind you, having seen an adjudication of a performance I did a few years back in kalgoorlie, slavish praise of the ITA, the adjudicators and the world at large may be my only chance at winning one ;)
I suck as an actor - I'm the first to admit it - it worries me not a jot.
But having been part of a past ITA committee I know what a thankless bloody task it is and I think kicking people (metaphorically)who are volunteering their time to run things for other people's benefit is poor form old son.
Now, given you appreciated my feedback on your performance last year (did I mention I know who you are?), why is that so hard to understand?
Swallow a healthy dose of pride - that should help your illness.