tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post4486102932354915950..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Melbourne Festival review: Ganesh Versus The Third ReichAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-49050120134822960792013-03-06T22:51:59.752+11:002013-03-06T22:51:59.752+11:00just saw the show for the first time in geelong. e...just saw the show for the first time in geelong. extraordinary, obviously. won't wax lyrical about it here as i'm not sure anyone's still around to hear me (*voice echoes in the empty online chamber*) - but if there is, who are you "Bill"? Is is Bill Zappa? his response was one of the most articulate expressions of the Kantian beautiful I've ever read...!<br /><br />benbenimadimbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233937920765060588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-39893987540154409622011-10-13T00:35:04.319+11:002011-10-13T00:35:04.319+11:00I've probably confused people because I was re...I've probably confused people because I was referring to something so obvious that most people wouldn't have given it a second thought. The double entendre I was referring to is just the double entendre that explicitly underpins the whole how.<br /><br />On the one hand, there is the battle depicted in the epic narrative (Ganesh journeying to Nazi Germany to retrieve the swastika), and onChris Kohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-54674342697491328632011-10-12T10:40:04.498+11:002011-10-12T10:40:04.498+11:00Feels like a rather long bow... Mr Kohn, you have ...Feels like a rather long bow... Mr Kohn, you have to explain it to us! There are people cudgelling their brains all over Melbourne!Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-69988645970427218012011-10-12T10:08:56.214+11:002011-10-12T10:08:56.214+11:00Maybe a pun on 'verses'? Only thought of t...Maybe a pun on 'verses'? Only thought of that after your own typo in the Rhinoceros post, Alison! Would be neat, though - Ganesh 'versing' events of history, storifying, refashioning myths... would be entirely appropriate (another pun).Born Dancin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526760383290674186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-28058933581053247032011-10-12T07:52:03.743+11:002011-10-12T07:52:03.743+11:00Hi Sarah - I can't believe there won't be ...Hi Sarah - I can't believe there won't be other opportunities to see this. I hope you can. And Chris, Emily's not the only one wondering about the second meaning of the title...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-79011961468582598222011-10-12T07:00:25.469+11:002011-10-12T07:00:25.469+11:00Waaaah - I can't believe I didn't get to M...Waaaah - I can't believe I didn't get to Melbourne to see this! Thanks Alison for your commentary which I came looking for... Here in Wollongong I've been completely oblivious to any controversy but Back to Back and Bruce Gladwin are the best and so thrilled to read your post Alison and everyone else's comments. <br /><br />Sarah MillerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-48496590926562334042011-10-11T23:01:13.318+11:002011-10-11T23:01:13.318+11:00Thanks so much for helping unravel my thoughts on ...Thanks so much for helping unravel my thoughts on this magnificent piece of theatre Alison. There's so much to understand and think about. <br /><br />And <br /><br />*gulp* <br /><br />errm... Chris? What's the second meaning...?!Emily Sextonhttp://www.hyperpublics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-26182241814950845862011-10-11T09:18:44.805+11:002011-10-11T09:18:44.805+11:00Great review Alison. Brilliant show for all the re...Great review Alison. Brilliant show for all the reasons you've expressed. It's taken me a couple of days to really grasp the second meaning of the title. Genius conceit for a show, masterfully realised. Final act was perfect distillation of the ideas.Chris Kohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-79652017030285894542011-10-10T20:09:40.378+11:002011-10-10T20:09:40.378+11:00" ... garlic naans ... " ā excellent! Ma..." ... garlic naans ... " ā excellent! Make sure these agitators don't track you down via your ISP Anon and git ya under the Racial Vilification and Discrimination Act.Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409350618909242278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-33038268981230103312011-10-10T18:28:54.520+11:002011-10-10T18:28:54.520+11:00Good point, Anon, on what might have happened if t...Good point, Anon, on what might have happened if the calls have banning had succeeded. (Not that I can see how they could have.)Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-86320450769595556642011-10-10T16:26:43.069+11:002011-10-10T16:26:43.069+11:00Posters remorse on the garlic naan comment. I apol...Posters remorse on the garlic naan comment. I apologise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-17465623468868218692011-10-10T16:06:54.576+11:002011-10-10T16:06:54.576+11:00What an incredible work. Profoundly beautiful in i...What an incredible work. Profoundly beautiful in its humanity. I really felt I had witnessed theatre making at its most raw, honest and potent. So much going on. Bruce Gladwyn is genius!<br />This is what a Festival is about. Interesting to read all of the great local acts this year are not really festival pieces however, and are self -presenting. It seems the local content has really saved what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-87183522359751726012011-10-10T09:43:19.806+11:002011-10-10T09:43:19.806+11:00Thanks Bill for your post, which fills out some of...Thanks Bill for your post, which fills out some of the aspects I missed. Especially for mentioning the embraces between the cast, and the show's tenderness. I'm finding myself moved by the passionate responses here.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-45368488285720090782011-10-09T22:44:48.870+11:002011-10-09T22:44:48.870+11:00*It* gave me a fright I should have typed.
Yes, I...*It* gave me a fright I should have typed.<br /><br />Yes, I recovered ā but it was quite a shock at first. I wondered where on earth I had ended up!Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409350618909242278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-75367431396255437332011-10-09T21:40:01.452+11:002011-10-09T21:40:01.452+11:00Thankyou for your review Alison.
I went along to ...Thankyou for your review Alison.<br /><br />I went along to the Malthouse believing the show was sold out, but hoping for a piece of luck. I got in. I was beside myself afterwards, but one of the things I thought about was how hard it has been for me to go to see a piece of theatre sometimes. Its because its so rare to be spoken to. Iām just a person in the audience, and though I have great Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-55172939482151555702011-10-09T18:22:24.898+11:002011-10-09T18:22:24.898+11:00A long overdue makeover. Glad you like it, and hop...A long overdue makeover. Glad you like it, and hope you recovered from any shock.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-34032692267248209962011-10-09T17:44:45.754+11:002011-10-09T17:44:45.754+11:00Love the new look! I gave me a fright!Love the new look! I gave me a fright!Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409350618909242278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-66891294445890801692011-10-08T15:07:13.033+11:002011-10-08T15:07:13.033+11:00Best piece of theatre I have seen in years and fel...Best piece of theatre I have seen in years and felt very touched as I walked out of theatre. Have been musing on it ever since the show.<br />Run out of superlatives.........Jillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-7522240243139905112011-10-08T14:27:13.651+11:002011-10-08T14:27:13.651+11:00Oh, and Elaine. (You just snuck in while I was pos...Oh, and Elaine. (You just snuck in while I was posting!)Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-53945335539679275072011-10-08T14:26:30.004+11:002011-10-08T14:26:30.004+11:00Thanks, Daniel and Amanda. Yes, what a show.Thanks, Daniel and Amanda. Yes, what a show.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1946060237758739712011-10-08T14:20:49.485+11:002011-10-08T14:20:49.485+11:00Thank you for this review which expressed how I fe...Thank you for this review which expressed how I felt about this incredible play - it has stayed in my mind all week. A wonderful experience.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196808763274037097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-18286467390580680442011-10-08T13:00:58.249+11:002011-10-08T13:00:58.249+11:00Great review, Alison! It really helped me to clari...Great review, Alison! It really helped me to clarify all the thoughts about the play which I had swirling about in my head since seeing it last night. I can't think when I last saw a play which affected me so deeply. Back to Back are amazing.Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-41374935959219341762011-10-08T12:14:34.658+11:002011-10-08T12:14:34.658+11:00A brilliant summary. I'm glad to finally read ...A brilliant summary. I'm glad to finally read a review that isn't focussed on the surrounding controversy, but instead by the way Back to Back has challenged, subverted and eventually extended the expectations that an audience may have entering a theatre. There's so much more to it than the fable of Ganesh and his quest to reclaim the swastika. A powerful, incredible piece of theatre.Daniel Coghlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521517255496865547noreply@blogger.com