Comments on: Why is theatre imporant – survey results https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 By: Michael Wheeler https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:27:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1182 anon:

2 points for insulting me iambicly.

ian:

if you keep that joke up we will end up creating that show.

]]> By: Anonymous https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:37:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1181 Wheeler, bite me, sirrah.

Ian, you’re on.

]]> By: ian mackenzie https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:04:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1180 Wheeler’s the director Anon – but thanks for including me. You should let him and Simon Rice direct you in a standup ballet comedy performance of The Merchant of Macbeth. I’ll work the door.

]]> By: Michael Wheeler https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:14:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1179 Can’t we do something Shakespearean? I really want to reach out to the new generation of theatregoers.

]]> By: Anonymous https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:51:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1178 Hi Ian! I'm only responding to MscIvor's rather glib words. I like your paraphrase much better.

Oh, and I would be happy to appear in a ballet / standup comedy performance piece … if you & Wheeler will direct me.

]]> By: ian mackenzie https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:45:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1177 OK Anon. But isn’t the spirit of the statement more along the lines of “we need theatre to help us get out of our own heads so we can see how the cultures and histories and societies around us are shaping our world so that we can be in a better position to help alleviate the suffering of the other creatures we share this place with?”

I know. I know. Fuck hope. You and George Carlin.

And for the record, I would LOVE to see you on stage.

]]> By: Anonymous https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1176 FYI, I have NO DESIRE to see myself on stage or screen. Thanks anyway.

Excessive love of one’s own reflection is called narcissism.

]]> By: ian mackenzie https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:05:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1175 I don’t know about you guys, but I need $100,000,000 high concept Jerry Bruckheimer films starring Piper Perabo and John Goodman to see myself.

]]> By: Anonymous https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:12:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1174 Bingo. As King Lear pleaded: “O, reason not the need!”

]]> By: ben https://praxistheatre.com/2008/08/why-is-theatre-imporant-%e2%80%93-survey-results/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:55:00 +0000 https://praxistheatre.com/?p=145#comment-1173 You’re right anonymous, we don’t need theatre. No one does. Nor does anyone need film, tv, the internet, or mirrors. None of these things are necessities. Therefore they are not important. Unfortunately that’s all they do, is remind us of who we are. Show us “ourselves”. Pretty dumb, hun?

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