Banks Needs Eye Test
Sat, 17 Feb 2001, 04:39 pmGrant Malcolm12 posts in thread
Banks Needs Eye Test
Sat, 17 Feb 2001, 04:39 pmOkay, so perhaps this heading is not news for some people, but if you were after additional proof, you need look no further than Banks' recent review for Barking Gecko's Mice.
A great write up for Gillian Alexy, the young actor beginning to make her way in her chosen profession. Great to see such encouragement! But how unfortunate that Banks could find only one wholly inaccurate word to describe Tracy Woolrych - "newcomer".
Newcomer? Doubtless this was a talented cast, it features Barking Gecko stalwart, Craig Williams, "a veteran performer with Barking Gecko". But to summarise a performer of Tracy's experience as "newcomer" portrays a profound lack of any idea of what is going on around this town. Tracy possibly has more breadth of experience than any other actor in the company - including Craig Williams!
But then if you will only attend funded theatre productions and turn a blind eye to the existence of the other unfunded 90% of the industry, i guess we can only expect to see further displays of ignorance.
Time you got that one eye tested, Ron, before it goes bad too.
Cheers
Grant Malcolm
PS. In case George Dent happens to be reading...
i've written to Banks on a number of occasions over the past year, have never received a response and never appeared in print. A letter to the editor similarly disappeared without trace.
If you print trash here, someone will post and tell you and everone else so. At The West it clearly aint so easy to be heard.
A great write up for Gillian Alexy, the young actor beginning to make her way in her chosen profession. Great to see such encouragement! But how unfortunate that Banks could find only one wholly inaccurate word to describe Tracy Woolrych - "newcomer".
Newcomer? Doubtless this was a talented cast, it features Barking Gecko stalwart, Craig Williams, "a veteran performer with Barking Gecko". But to summarise a performer of Tracy's experience as "newcomer" portrays a profound lack of any idea of what is going on around this town. Tracy possibly has more breadth of experience than any other actor in the company - including Craig Williams!
But then if you will only attend funded theatre productions and turn a blind eye to the existence of the other unfunded 90% of the industry, i guess we can only expect to see further displays of ignorance.
Time you got that one eye tested, Ron, before it goes bad too.
Cheers
Grant Malcolm
PS. In case George Dent happens to be reading...
i've written to Banks on a number of occasions over the past year, have never received a response and never appeared in print. A letter to the editor similarly disappeared without trace.
If you print trash here, someone will post and tell you and everone else so. At The West it clearly aint so easy to be heard.
RE: Myth of the Great Divide
Fri, 2 Mar 2001, 09:19 ammmm...
> The mythical Great Divide between professional and
> non-professional theatre.
> ...
> I don't believe anyone is assisted by the perpetuation
> of this artificial construct .
Australia Council: Planning for the Future (Feb 2001)
"The crucial task for the Australia Council is to establish mechanisms of support for the arts that will celebrate the achievements and insight of the past and, at the same time, support innovation and develop new opportunities. To do this the Council will need to work beyond the traditional dichotomies - 'high arts versus community arts; commercial or subsidised versus amateur; established arts and artists versus the young and new - that have often inhibited successful outcomes."
Cheers
Grant
> The mythical Great Divide between professional and
> non-professional theatre.
> ...
> I don't believe anyone is assisted by the perpetuation
> of this artificial construct .
Australia Council: Planning for the Future (Feb 2001)
"The crucial task for the Australia Council is to establish mechanisms of support for the arts that will celebrate the achievements and insight of the past and, at the same time, support innovation and develop new opportunities. To do this the Council will need to work beyond the traditional dichotomies - 'high arts versus community arts; commercial or subsidised versus amateur; established arts and artists versus the young and new - that have often inhibited successful outcomes."
Cheers
Grant
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