tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post115854673944292188..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Autobiography of RedAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158964022031568672006-09-23T08:27:00.000+10:002006-09-23T08:27:00.000+10:00Ok, less brusque and impatient, Chris. But I still...Ok, less brusque and impatient, Chris. But I still disagree here - simply because I don't think you can read Carson like this, ie, without taking into account the meta-metaphors of the text, if you like. Whatever she is, she is never lazy. Doesn't the image "children poured around him" uneasily foreshadow lava, the theme of volcanoes that permeate the text, so that if you think about it, it givesAlison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158928353078182802006-09-22T22:32:00.000+10:002006-09-22T22:32:00.000+10:00Are you referring to how she works with various le...<I>Are you referring to how she works with various levels of language, shifting between the colloquial, the poetic, the critical and so on...? </I><BR/><BR/>Nah, I find her "scraps of meat" mash-up writings invigorating. But she does need an editor, an Ezra Pound. It's her occasional dud metaphors in the 'proems'. She aims high, which is good, but sometimes misses her mark completely. So in Chris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158912888039741132006-09-22T18:14:00.000+10:002006-09-22T18:14:00.000+10:00I watched it all the way over on the left, and act...I watched it all the way over on the left, and actually really liked that the older he got the further away from me he got. Found it a really interesting take on growing up, on becoming who we are. Liked that some of the audience got to know him as an adult and some of us knew him as a child and lost contact with him as he got older. Like old childhood friends...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158797011653753862006-09-21T10:03:00.000+10:002006-09-21T10:03:00.000+10:00You have a higher opinion of Anne Carson than I do...<I>You have a higher opinion of Anne Carson than I do, Alison. I find her terribly inconsistent. At one moment breathtakingly evocative, aspiring, inspiring. Then, the next moment, banal beyond belief.</I><BR/><BR/>Yawks, Chris! That's a brusque and impatient reading. I'm not sure what you mean...Are you referring to how she works with various levels of language, shifting between the colloquial, Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158783006471606782006-09-21T06:10:00.000+10:002006-09-21T06:10:00.000+10:00You have a higher opinion of Anne Carson than I do...You have a higher opinion of Anne Carson than I do, Alison. I find her terribly inconsistent. At one moment breathtakingly evocative, aspiring, inspiring. Then, the next moment, banal beyond belief. So, I though Luke did an great job ironing out the peaks and troughs. <BR/><BR/>I was mightily impressed with the look of the piece, but wished I had sat in the front row. (It hurt my bloody Chris Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215203610745043810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158703955560250422006-09-20T08:12:00.000+10:002006-09-20T08:12:00.000+10:00That was certainly my experience, Jill! I guess Lu...That was certainly my experience, Jill! I guess Luke Mullins will be around your way in the next few months, given the Fairfax Award, and who knows? Maybe there will be a chance to see this show.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1158683875148828552006-09-20T02:37:00.000+10:002006-09-20T02:37:00.000+10:00I have seen Luke perform in two different producti...I have seen Luke perform in two different productions Stuck Pigs has presented in New York, and for one I saw several of the performance dates. (I worked at that festival.) Each time, I was enthralled. He is versatile, for sure, but in my mind what sets him apart is his ability to initiate, develop, and play upon that very erotic dynamic with the audience of which you write. From your analysis itJillWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629797458851050922noreply@blogger.com