tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post6379256412953889542..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: SummitryAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-32007152101813825162008-04-02T06:55:00.000+11:002008-04-02T06:55:00.000+11:00Thanks Maddie and Tim! I sure will do my best. And...Thanks Maddie and Tim! I sure will do my best. And it's certainly going to be interesting.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-24243399638043788072008-04-01T11:50:00.000+11:002008-04-01T11:50:00.000+11:00Hi Alison,Congratulations on your Summit gig.It is...Hi Alison,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your Summit gig.<BR/>It is great for the artistic community that an articulate, well-informed and thoughtful artist will be there batting for us all.<BR/>Madeleine Flynn and Tim HumphreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-52506938286179921512008-03-31T17:38:00.000+11:002008-03-31T17:38:00.000+11:00I think the term was "grant fed", summoning images...I think the term was "grant fed", summoning images of a fat pig greedily snuffling at the trough. Of course, as Bolt and his ilk know well, in order to get a grant, all you have to do is write "poet" on your forehead and stick your hand out...easy, innit?Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-11824973783957423752008-03-31T16:25:00.000+11:002008-03-31T16:25:00.000+11:00Having just experienced the greatest acting I have...Having just experienced the greatest acting I have ever had the pleasure to see on a Sydney stage the other night in "The Year of Magical Thinking", no doubt Bolt would refer to her as a "tax-payer funded actress." In fact I think he has. All I can say is, my tax dollars well spent - thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-10910831204780447162008-03-31T15:38:00.000+11:002008-03-31T15:38:00.000+11:00"Alison Croggon: Tax-payer funded poet", is the cr..."Alison Croggon: Tax-payer funded poet", is the cry from Mr Bolt.<BR/><BR/>How delicious.<BR/><BR/>As I wrote previously, with all this abuse being hurled from his messy little corner, maybe Bolt should be our <A HREF="http://artsjournalist.blogspot.com/2008/02/maybe-andrew-bolt-should-be-arts-rep-at.html" REL="nofollow">arts rep at 2020</A>.<BR/><BR/>He certainly has... what would you call it...Nicholas Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765213293334506905noreply@blogger.com