Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amstinger28 posts in thread
Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amThis website is very neatly divided up into separate fora (or forums if you must) plus there is a facility for registrants to maintain personal blogs. Lately, it seems to me that the divisions are becoming somewhat blurred. For example, someone starts off expressing some personal thoughts on his own blog which generates into a debate about pro-v-am theatre and then gets into a review of his latest play. In another case, someone posts a perfectly useful (if a bit biased) review on the Revies forum, then a cast member responds (inappropriately I maintain) in a long boring post about the sacrifices he had to make for his art or some such self-serving twaddle, more appropriate to a blog.
Then of course there are an increasing number of posteurs sending cheerios to each other on general fora. Please don't - it is not really all that interesting for the rest of us - and don't forget that includes everyone on the World Wide Web!
As for trolls - remember the story of the three billygoats gruff...nuff said!-)
responding to reviews
Fri, 17 Oct 2008, 01:02 pmI read through recent posts too. I can see at a glance that many of them are nothing to do with me - too technical, too esoteric in some other way or just too far away so it doesn't take long.
I probably went to see Suddenly At Home because of that blog and I'd have gone to see Beauty and The Beast if I'd had time, as a result of comments here. So for me it must vary.
I was nervous when I saw this initial post because I made a blog about Wicked, but I didn't see myself as a 'reviewer' and didn't want to give that apparent weight.
I've seen other shows since then and have also started a number of replies to other posts, but I'm actually feeling quite inhibited now and concerned about posting the 'wrong thing' or the 'right thing' in the 'wrong place'. I'm grateful that none of the individual posts actually criticised could be traced back to me - especially the 'self-serving twaddle' message, but I confess I did write messages in some of those threads mentioned and wondered if I shouldn't have and I was part of the criticism.
I'm already breaking my resolution to be just a 'reader' from now on, but will just say I'm grateful for the reviews/critiques and other interesting insights posted, whether about a performance or performing and I read them wherever they are, but I try to avoid the negatives.