Sentences 10-14
The series continues:
10) At its best, theatre is a form of communal self-betterment, pulling us and pushing us, exposing us, and maybe, if we’re lucky, healing us.
11) Gorilla theatre – rarely seen of late – any ideas?
12) If you strive for financial security and you want a career in the theatre, you are likely to be disappointed.
13) Theatre has been “in trouble” for 10,000 years.
14) Theatre resists the universality of mass media, and withers under the glare of glossy magazine spreads.
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Gorilla theatre is much more rarely seen than guerilla theatre, which is also rare these days. I sincerely hope there will be a resurgence in both, perhaps simultaneously…
King Kong: The Musical, perhaps?
Girl Detective is right (any relation to the Guerrilla Girls?) . . . that’s that typo you swear to yourself you’ll never make. But there it is. In black and white. We’ll leave it up for a while so that we may bask in the shame of our oversight . . . and correct it in the “official” 101 list.
Loving it.
Funny! And thanks!
Good additions. Re: #13: People rode horses for millenia as well, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t get their ass kicked when the car came along. Theatre will always survive, sure — but it may survive as the entertainment version of the horse and buggy.