tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post4745270929805888437..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Melbourne Festival review: Whiteley's Incredible Blue, FoleyAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-38527310406046010502012-01-02T20:58:27.078+11:002012-01-02T20:58:27.078+11:00Hi Indigo Riby - not odd at all. Thanks for the th...Hi Indigo Riby - not odd at all. Thanks for the thoughtful response.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-4022089009588195622012-01-02T18:02:41.164+11:002012-01-02T18:02:41.164+11:00Obviously this is a bit old, but I still wanted to...Obviously this is a bit old, but I still wanted to post it!<br />Emma French<br /><br /><br />I like the work of Barry Dickins, and I love the way the writing in this play carousels from the lyrical to the mundane to the dark to the wryly self-depricating to the archly clever to the nonsensical. ''My mother's womb was painted by a wombat.'' is not bad writing; it is just a Indigo Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461883200355123688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-80824628192575589742011-10-18T22:32:06.046+11:002011-10-18T22:32:06.046+11:00For Anne-Marie, my contribution to the discussion,...For Anne-Marie, my contribution to the discussion, for what it's worth: http://twobluefish.blogspot.com/2011/10/whiteleys-incredible-blue-not-review.htmlLee Bemrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707770188310080355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-81146178648431850682011-10-15T12:36:25.889+11:002011-10-15T12:36:25.889+11:00I went last night. I've never seen a 45downsta...I went last night. I've never seen a 45downstairs audience whoop before. The bliss of being part of a group for whom a polite clap would have been an insult. <br /><br />I was a +1, so I don't have to write about it - and was allowed to enjoy without the critical hat on (what colour is that one?). <br /><br />I was totally with it from the beginning. I loved hearing Barry play with wordsAnne-Marie Peardhttp://sometimesmelbourne.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-28897588129412727582011-10-15T08:06:39.397+11:002011-10-15T08:06:39.397+11:00Gracious. Just read your review, Cameron. Needless...Gracious. <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/theatre/what-the-dickins-is-wrong-with-new-whiteley-play-20111014-1lp5s.html" rel="nofollow">Just read your review, Cameron</a>. Needless to say, I couldn't disagree more: and I guess in the end it's about differing sensibilities. I suspect our differences devolve on your scepticism about Meyrick's statement that the artists &Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-49228172952566335742011-10-14T16:56:33.545+11:002011-10-14T16:56:33.545+11:00I'll look out for your review. I'll take u...I'll look out for your review. I'll take up the cudgels for Dickins on this one: to my mind this script earns the right to speak directly about beauty - the "B-word", as art critic Dave Hickey calls it - and God knows that few people have the courage to do that.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-71598490757897439382011-10-14T16:51:42.271+11:002011-10-14T16:51:42.271+11:00Hmmmmm sounds a great review... but I don't re...Hmmmmm sounds a great review... but I don't really get it! :)Ashleehttp://www.odusee.com.au/catalogues/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-48772857665908119362011-10-14T16:06:21.102+11:002011-10-14T16:06:21.102+11:00At the risk of playing to the gallery of people wh...At the risk of playing to the gallery of people who think we're the David and Margaret of the Melbourne theatre scene ... Whiteley's Incredible Blue "almost an essay on the proposition of the difficulty and necessity of beauty"?<br /><br />I have to disagree with you there, Alison. <br /><br />More after my review appears in tomorrow's Age...Cameron Woodheadhttp://cameronwoodhead.comnoreply@blogger.com