tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post2102559647376648371..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Pascall Prize speechAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-89968623490894285382009-06-19T07:34:59.084+10:002009-06-19T07:34:59.084+10:00Not gracious, Michael (although thanks) but true. ...Not gracious, Michael (although thanks) but true. Conversation is very fine, indeed... but you can't have it in an empty room, and blogs are energies that work best as networks, rather than as singular stopping places. Very hard to do alone, so I understand George's frustrations. I should be very sorry if you stopped all the same, George; I always read you, even if I don't always Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-85650438248208181642009-06-18T22:54:39.360+10:002009-06-18T22:54:39.360+10:00Indeed. I haven't seen a New York season broch...Indeed. I haven't seen a New York season brochure mentioning blogs as "important resources," particularly. So consider yourselves lucky, Michael!<br /><br />Me, I'm just about ready to pack it in. Conversations are fine, though one-sided conversations don't deserve the name, and perhaps the blogosphere was never the place for that larger conversation anyway. No matter how George Hunkahttp://www.georgehunka.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-18356257871063296712009-06-18T10:59:18.250+10:002009-06-18T10:59:18.250+10:00What a gracious gesture Alison. Reading the blogs...What a gracious gesture Alison. Reading the blogs is as important (and more important for many) than reading the papers now. I'm still reeling from that Malthouse season brochure a couple of years ago where all our blogs were mentioned as important resources.On Stage And Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123174160610622544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-3661205502471555712009-06-16T09:48:33.623+10:002009-06-16T09:48:33.623+10:00Thank you all very much. Yes, I've sometimes w...Thank you all very much. Yes, I've sometimes wondered about that myself, George, old friend; it was great fun in the early days, when there was so much more conversation across the international blogs. (Though mind you, with David you provide precisely that cross-Atlantic/Pacific possibility right now!) I guess in general life gets busy and sometimes it's hard to keep up even with Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-84953380257074034652009-06-16T02:46:14.814+10:002009-06-16T02:46:14.814+10:00Alison, just wanted to add my congratulations on b...Alison, just wanted to add my congratulations on both the award and a speech full of grace notes. As print journalism and blogging are seen as competitive rather than, as you suggest, complementary, the award for both branches of your theatre writing is very encouraging. And the way in which TN refutes the notion that criticism (especially in blog form) is necessarily an ephemeral, even trivial Davidhttp://www.artsjournal.com/performancemonkey/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-73866766390001922792009-06-15T23:00:41.505+10:002009-06-15T23:00:41.505+10:00Once again, Alison, congratulations on both the aw...Once again, Alison, congratulations on both the award and your graceful acceptance speech. That you were given the award for both your work in the Australian and your work on TN is testimony to your critical acumen and your textured prose. As one of the first to welcome you into the theatre blogosphere back in those heady days, I'm glad to see that you've gotten the recognition you George Hunkahttp://www.georgehunka.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91279741416578493952009-06-15T13:16:37.899+10:002009-06-15T13:16:37.899+10:00My favourite bit is this:
On Theatre Notes, peopl...My favourite bit is this:<br /><br /><i>On Theatre Notes, people can disagree with what I say, or extend it further, or correct my mistakes. Criticism becomes more properly what it is: a conversation. It’s this conversation in all its permutations – in magazines and newspapers, in letters columns, at dinner tables, in theatre foyers, on blogs – that makes a culture. Without it, we just have a lotJanahttp://www.guerrillasemiotics.comnoreply@blogger.com