A Time to Critique?
Thu, 24 Feb 2000, 04:12 pmLeah Maher10 posts in thread
A Time to Critique?
Thu, 24 Feb 2000, 04:12 pmYou know what I think is a real pity? Well I'll tell you;
I think the "reviews" section of this site could be the most important one of all, but it never seems to be used! As community organisations without huge budgets we rely on word of mouth to get people to our plays, surely we can do each other the service of letting the world know if we've seen something really good!
Of course we would need to have an honor system whereby we save the promotion of our own play for pages like this one (GO SEE THE LAST SUPPER AT BLAKYAK< DON RUSSELL CENTER< MURDOCH RD THORNLIE!!) Ahem, excuse me. But it's about time we started acknowledging each others acheivements.
If you loved it let us know. If you hated it, well bear in mind that creative people can often be incredibley thin skinned and choose your words carefully.
Viva la review!!
LEAH
I think the "reviews" section of this site could be the most important one of all, but it never seems to be used! As community organisations without huge budgets we rely on word of mouth to get people to our plays, surely we can do each other the service of letting the world know if we've seen something really good!
Of course we would need to have an honor system whereby we save the promotion of our own play for pages like this one (GO SEE THE LAST SUPPER AT BLAKYAK< DON RUSSELL CENTER< MURDOCH RD THORNLIE!!) Ahem, excuse me. But it's about time we started acknowledging each others acheivements.
If you loved it let us know. If you hated it, well bear in mind that creative people can often be incredibley thin skinned and choose your words carefully.
Viva la review!!
LEAH
RE: A Time to Critique?
Tue, 29 Feb 2000, 09:58 amI think that the main reason that the reviews section is not used, is because Perth Independent theatre is too incestuous.
People think that if, for example they say Kimberley's direction of a play is dreadful, then they might blow their chances of getting a role in my next show. Conversely they might be seen as "sucking up" if a review is glowing. Similarly how would it feel playing Juliet opposite a Romeo you have accused of being wooden in his leading role in West Side Story ?
I think I 'get away with it' doing Stage Whispers because it is vaguely removed and because people know I need to turn in a certain number of reviews each month. As far as I've noticed there are only two people not talking to me (there may be more I haven't noticed :) )
Anyway.....What about a GO SEE section with a set format where you give three good reasons to go see a show that you have enjoyed. The format would make it easier, because by its nature it is brief....the more people that post, the greater perspective you get.
People think that if, for example they say Kimberley's direction of a play is dreadful, then they might blow their chances of getting a role in my next show. Conversely they might be seen as "sucking up" if a review is glowing. Similarly how would it feel playing Juliet opposite a Romeo you have accused of being wooden in his leading role in West Side Story ?
I think I 'get away with it' doing Stage Whispers because it is vaguely removed and because people know I need to turn in a certain number of reviews each month. As far as I've noticed there are only two people not talking to me (there may be more I haven't noticed :) )
Anyway.....What about a GO SEE section with a set format where you give three good reasons to go see a show that you have enjoyed. The format would make it easier, because by its nature it is brief....the more people that post, the greater perspective you get.