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Sun, 23 Jan 2005, 08:03 pm
Walter Plinge6 posts in thread

I find it very strange that the Finley Best Director award went to a play in which one of four adjudicators participated. If an adjudicator cannot direct a play, how can they be in one ???

This comment is made remembering that at the beginning of the year it was promised that all four adjudicators would see each play, so how can you objectively watch a play while you are in it!

Re: taking Cynic seriously

Mon, 24 Jan 2005, 01:12 am
Cynic wrote:
>
>
> I find it very strange that the Finley Best Director award
> went to a play in which one of four adjudicators
> participated. If an adjudicator cannot direct a play, how can
> they be in one ???
>
> This comment is made remembering that at the beginning of the
> year it was promised that all four adjudicators would see
> each play, so how can you objectively watch a play while you
> are in it!



Perhaps Cynic and the ITA would consider this thought: I reckon there is NO BETTER place to objectively judge the best director than from within the play itself!

Now I'm sure the ITA adjudicators got paranoid about accusations of favoritism, and so when it came time to tally their preferences they probably didn't let the adjudicator who participated have any votes count in regard to the play they were in.

I think this is possibly a mistake. Who better to know whether the director was good at getting their vision across, at working with actors, at organising the rehearsal process and at adapting to changes in a collaborative creative process, than an actual participant who was being directed by them?
Without this inside information, all the adjudicators have to go by is viewing the end product - how can you be certain that what you see on a given night is the director's input, and not the creation of willful actors taking things into their own hands?

My suggestion, in the interest of complete objectivity in future Finley Awards, is that an adjudicator should participate in EVERY production, to properly witness the director's process. Preferably all four (or at least three) adjudicators in each play, to make it completely fair.

Cheers
Craig

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