tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post5691976621540853770..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: MIAF: The WrapsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-480729171052279462006-11-07T20:04:00.000+11:002006-11-07T20:04:00.000+11:00No worries Claire - good to see you here! Keep dis...No worries Claire - good to see you here! Keep disagreeing!Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-65094317851300018702006-11-07T19:41:00.000+11:002006-11-07T19:41:00.000+11:00Alison, I agree if you dish it out you must be pre...Alison, I agree if you dish it out you must be prepared to take it as well, and I certainly can appreciate your opinion. I just disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-15536889731878986482006-11-07T16:51:00.000+11:002006-11-07T16:51:00.000+11:00Claire: a number of points. First of which is one ...Claire: a number of points. First of which is one I abide by, as a critic who as found herself under the gun more than once: if you're prepared to dish it out, you must be prepared to take it as well.<br /><br />Secondly, what is a broadsheet like the Age doing if it employs someone as a critic who is (even if "refreshingly") so clearly inexperienced and naive about the artform he proposes to Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-62596722915627050112006-11-07T14:05:00.000+11:002006-11-07T14:05:00.000+11:00As Cameron has only been reviewing theatre for a s...As Cameron has only been reviewing theatre for a short time, (if I'm correct he has had this regular gig at The Age for approx. a year?) I expect his knowledge of its traditions, history etc is still being developed, and perhaps this causes those more informed on these subjects to react adversely to his work.<br /><br />Woodheads critics often seem to enthusiastically bludgeon him for his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-64378856637912251732006-11-07T10:22:00.000+11:002006-11-07T10:22:00.000+11:00Hi Claire - I expect you're right that I am being ...Hi Claire - I expect you're right that I am being a little unfair. I suppose I should adhere to higher standards than the person I am critiquing...<br /><br />On the other hand, if Cameron <i>did</i> like the theatre, wouldn't he inform himself about the artform, its tradition, history, contemporary practice? If he did so, he would understand that his mainstream/fringe distinction is complete Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-29972174005861962552006-11-07T02:34:00.000+11:002006-11-07T02:34:00.000+11:00I believe Cameron is referring to (what he feels i...I believe Cameron is referring to (what he feels is,)Edmunds 'predilection for exposing us to non-mainstream art' when he concludes 'Edmunds seems blind to the fact that the non-mainstream is just as likely to be excruciating as its opposite.' Far from puzzling I find Woodheads meaning clear; that just because theatre is non-mainstream does not give it any intrinsical benefits over its mainstreamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-76884517164583186842006-10-31T12:32:00.000+11:002006-10-31T12:32:00.000+11:00I was a bit puzzled by that too, Ben, and read it ...I was a bit puzzled by that too, Ben, and read it the same way - that really, Cameron doesn't like theatre much at all. It's the sneers that really get me, I suppose. Bolt's and Craven's ideas of the festival are, in fact, curiously similar.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-39494522152692588502006-10-31T11:55:00.000+11:002006-10-31T11:55:00.000+11:00Gawd. I'm still trying to work out what Mr Woodhea...Gawd. I'm still trying to work out what Mr Woodhead means by "Box office figures aside, Edmunds seems blind to the fact that the non-mainstream is just as likely to be excruciating as its opposite." Does this mean that Mr Woodhead finds all theatre excruciating, the poor love? Or that if he is to be excruciated, he would prefer the mainstream kind?<br /><br />Really, Mssrs Craven, Usher and Ben Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654820455368893078noreply@blogger.com