Margaret – Check out this post by National Arts Centre company member and theatre blogger Kris Joseph on how in a best-case scenario this sort of work can lead to a different relationship between audience and theatre artist. Hopefully we can encourage a new relationship that occurs beyond the 2 hours that everyone is in the same place as part of a final performance.
http://www.krisjoseph.ca/2009/10/27/porosity/
Laura – Your work sounds fascinating. Not to be cryptic – but please come check this website for a big announcement on Monday that may interest you….As for bias, I have plenty. As does BellGlobeCTVmedia, as does The National Post, as does your local community newspaper. The only problem I’ve ever seen bias make for art and communication is when people act like they don’t have one.
]]>As an example of this challenge in Tim Buck 2, we needed to find a way of giving the audience the history of Section 98 of the Canadian Criminal Code. In an effort to compact as much information into as little time as possible, we created “Section 98 in 2 Minutes or Less”, where we used a somewhat modernized version of “chalk drawings”, an aesthetic of the period we were exploring, to deliver important information in an entertaining yet informative way.
Let’s throw Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show into the debate: when I watch the show I don’t feel like I have to be completely up to date on American politics and politicians in order to be both educated and entertained. However, we know that there is a team of researchers in the background putting this information together. Your thoughts?
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