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New Poll - To crit or not to crit

Mon, 21 July 2003, 03:37 pm
crgwllms18 posts in thread
I don't know whether this suggestion was prompted by a recent production...?

"You see a show;you have friends in it. You think it was crap. Do you congratulate everyone and publish nothing? Yes/No. "




There are probably other options not catered for in this poll, but which may bear discussion here.


The Poll-tergeist

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Re: New Poll - To crit or not to crit

Mon, 21 July 2003, 06:19 pm
I posted this just before the new poll under the Reviews area...so I'm reprinting here 'cause I think it applies to Craigs poll... enjoy!

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Hello,

Just something that occured to me recently, given the very *average* standard of journalism that passes for criticism in this town (Perth) - with 1 or 2 notable exceptions.

Anyway, my statement for comment is this:

"Critics need to have a solid understanding and/or their own interpretation of a piece of theatre in order to write an even-handed assessment of it as a successful performance."

In one way, I can see that it would be easier to review, say, an established work but that new work would be difficult to assess.

On the other hand, wouldn't a solid understanding of the script or, at least, an active insight into the processes of putting on a piece (ie. consideration of a director/producers/casts vision) be a way of assessing whether or not that vision had been achieved?

Looking forward to some debate on this... ;o)

Warmly,
Jason Seperic

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