David Meadows
Mon, 11 Mar 2002, 10:44 pmWalter Plinge10 posts in thread
David Meadows
Mon, 11 Mar 2002, 10:44 pmI do not live in Perth, or know anyone involved in professional theatre there, but I feel that I would like to express an opinion on the myriad posts of the above Mr Meadows. Now maybe all the polite people who responded to your various posts cannot come out and say this: as a total outsider I must state that I have rarely seen anyone express such a simplified black and white view of the world. Moreover your treatment, sir, of those who express a dissentind view can be rude anf offhand.
Now you may in fact be a lovely man who wouldn't say boo to a goose, but you come across in your posts as a blinkered, arrogant intellectual snob. Professional v amateur; "safe" theatre v controversial ....there is good and bad on all sides and one should be careful about these ridiculous swingeing generalisations. If you want a defence of simple entertainment for instance, then see Preston Sturges masterpiece "Sullivan's Travels"
If you are the same man as the actor playing Hamlet then I advise you consider the lines
"there is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so..."
Now you may in fact be a lovely man who wouldn't say boo to a goose, but you come across in your posts as a blinkered, arrogant intellectual snob. Professional v amateur; "safe" theatre v controversial ....there is good and bad on all sides and one should be careful about these ridiculous swingeing generalisations. If you want a defence of simple entertainment for instance, then see Preston Sturges masterpiece "Sullivan's Travels"
If you are the same man as the actor playing Hamlet then I advise you consider the lines
"there is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so..."
RE: David Meadows
Tue, 12 Mar 2002, 12:55 amWalter Plinge
>I do not live in Perth
I won't hold that against you.
>Now maybe all the polite people who responded to your various
>posts cannot come out and say this...
Au contraire. Certainly Ms Chesterton would (and frequently does) kick my behind if I say anything with which she disagrees.
>your treatment, sir, of those who express a dissenting
>view can be rude and offhand.
Oh really? I thought it was succinct and politely worded. Oh, wait a minute... you mean it isn't sycophantic and apologetic? Oh well, in that case, yes, you're right.
>you come across in your posts as a blinkered, arrogant, intellectual snob.
Got me in one.
>Professional v amateur
Brilliantly obfuscating projections, perpetrated by my dastardly e-opponents.
>"safe" theatre v controversial
Over-simplification, nemesis o'mine. Safe can be controversial, and controversial safe.
>There is good and bad on all sides, and one should be careful about these
>ridiculous sweeping generalisations.
Yes, Sebastian. One should.
>If you are the same man as the actor playing Hamlet then I advise
>you consider the lines:
"there is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so..."
Believe it or not, I construct my entire outlook on life from these words.
Actually, to be completely honest, I live by the Hindu variation:
"We do not see things as they are, but as _we_ are."
D.M.
P.S.: BTW, no need to thank me for fixing the myriad of spelling errors and incorrectly applied words in your post.
I won't hold that against you.
>Now maybe all the polite people who responded to your various
>posts cannot come out and say this...
Au contraire. Certainly Ms Chesterton would (and frequently does) kick my behind if I say anything with which she disagrees.
>your treatment, sir, of those who express a dissenting
>view can be rude and offhand.
Oh really? I thought it was succinct and politely worded. Oh, wait a minute... you mean it isn't sycophantic and apologetic? Oh well, in that case, yes, you're right.
>you come across in your posts as a blinkered, arrogant, intellectual snob.
Got me in one.
>Professional v amateur
Brilliantly obfuscating projections, perpetrated by my dastardly e-opponents.
>"safe" theatre v controversial
Over-simplification, nemesis o'mine. Safe can be controversial, and controversial safe.
>There is good and bad on all sides, and one should be careful about these
>ridiculous sweeping generalisations.
Yes, Sebastian. One should.
>If you are the same man as the actor playing Hamlet then I advise
>you consider the lines:
"there is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so..."
Believe it or not, I construct my entire outlook on life from these words.
Actually, to be completely honest, I live by the Hindu variation:
"We do not see things as they are, but as _we_ are."
D.M.
P.S.: BTW, no need to thank me for fixing the myriad of spelling errors and incorrectly applied words in your post.