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?
Thu, 2 Mar 2000, 11:32 amOR.... what if we review each other's plays ANONYMOUSLY?
That way we can be perfectly honest (and by that I mean balanced in our comments, not bitchy). We can share CONSTRUCTIVE criticism with our peers. And who better to tell us truthfully how we're doing than our peers?
If the reviews are anonymous, nobody gets hurt or advantaged/disadvantaged in any way. Romeo need never know that his Juliet was the one who wrote that he was wooden (AND SUGGESTED HOW HE IMPROVE) in West Side Story.
In principle I believe reviews SHOULD BE constructive, that is what they are for. We're the ones that keep community theatre alive and if we all help each other to improve perhaps our companies will develop wider reputations and we'll all get bigger audiences!!
That way we can be perfectly honest (and by that I mean balanced in our comments, not bitchy). We can share CONSTRUCTIVE criticism with our peers. And who better to tell us truthfully how we're doing than our peers?
If the reviews are anonymous, nobody gets hurt or advantaged/disadvantaged in any way. Romeo need never know that his Juliet was the one who wrote that he was wooden (AND SUGGESTED HOW HE IMPROVE) in West Side Story.
In principle I believe reviews SHOULD BE constructive, that is what they are for. We're the ones that keep community theatre alive and if we all help each other to improve perhaps our companies will develop wider reputations and we'll all get bigger audiences!!