[NEOPAL]Mike and Ike Discuss Dissolving Fear
JonahWhorfin at aol.com
JonahWhorfin at aol.com
Sat Apr 8 01:11:56 PDT 2006
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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY SHOULD NOT BE READ BY ANYONE UNFAMILIAR=20
WITH MIKE AND IKE. THOSE THAT ARE PROBABLY WON=E2=80=99T READ IT EITHER.=20=
AND IF=20
THEY DO, THEY WON=E2=80=99T LIKE IT.=20
Mike: (English accent) Greetings and salutations. He=E2=80=99s not Mike.=
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Ike: (Southern accent) He ain=E2=80=99t Ike.=20
M: Yes, after another court mandated hiatus, we are back. Briefly.=20
I: Prob=E2=80=99ly get another half a year after this.=20
M: We will be actually reviewing something shortly, but first, we would=20
like to comment about two subjects that are near and dear to both our heart=
s: =20
death and theatre. Yes, it=E2=80=99s true. Attendance has been slowly dwin=
dling for =20
quite some time. People aren=E2=80=99t buying as many season tickets. Man=
y =20
theatres aren=E2=80=99t seeing as many full houses as they used to. We ours=
elves haven=E2=80=99t=20
seen a play in almost a year.=20
I: The Aurora banning caught on.=20
M: We don=E2=80=99t count because we usually snuck in anyway.=20
I: True. As many have already said on this list, we need to get butts bac=
k=20
in the seats. And last night, after a couple bong hits and watching Buckaro=
o=20
Banzai, we figured out how to.=20
M: Some of you may be quite angry with what we are about to say.=20
I: Which is good. Been awhile since we pissed anybody off.=20
M: But you have to remember, we love theatre.=20
I: You do.=20
M: When it is at its best, the Heaven=E2=80=99s open and for two, two and=20=
a half=20
hours we can see the face of God.=20
I: And that is why I frakkin=E2=80=99 hate metaphors.=20
M: It is in the spirit of that exultation, and those that bring it to us,=20
that we offer the following.=20
I: Stop doing crap.=20
M: ISAAC!=20
I: It=E2=80=99s a broad generalization but I like it.=20
M: Send the hate mail to _mikethelimeyandikethehick at yahoo.com_=20
(mailto:mikethelimeyandikethehick at yahoo.com) Let=E2=80=99s not bother Fre=
d and start that=20
controversy again.=20
I: First off, pick some new damn plays! Don=E2=80=99t even have to be ne=
w. Newer=20
works! In fact, I call on the Northeastern Ohio, and call community=20
the-aters to put a five year moratorium on Neil Simon and Shakespeare.=20
M: Disney, multimedia whores that they are, do one thing brilliantly.=20
I: Hire sex offenders at their parks and cover it up.=20
M: They supposedly stopped that.=20
I: Oh, okay.=20
M: Every time they have released any of their classic films=E2=80=94first=20=
on tape,=20
now on DVD, they release them for a short time and then, as they say it, th=
ey=20
put them back in the vaults. And then, like the Devil and Keyser Soze=20
Poof! They=E2=80=99re gone. When they bring them back out, many years la=
ter in a new=20
collector=E2=80=99s edition with new special features that will cost more t=
han when=20
you bought it five years ago=E2=80=94=20
I: Whores.=20
M: --a funny thing happens. People buy it. They haven=E2=80=99t watched=20=
it in=20
quite some time, they see the name, they haven=E2=80=99t watched the film i=
n quite some =20
time. The new special features are just the icing on the cake.=20
I: Now this metaphor I like. And I don=E2=80=99t wanna hear the old ches=
tnut that=20
newer plays don=E2=80=99t bring in the audiences. Guess what? The older on=
es don=E2=80=99t=20
either! Not anymore. Everone=E2=80=99s sayin=E2=80=99 something new has ta=
be tried to=20
boost attendance. Start with the shows. =20
M: At least for awhile. Then people might want to see these classic shows=
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to actually see them, and not to compare them to how they were done at the=20
other theatre last year.=20
I: Which brings us to point two: Now we know that the-ater is a business=
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and unfortunately, since there are so bloody many around here=E2=80=94=20
M: Not an attack, just an observation.=20
I: To you. Anyway, since there are so many it is somewhat of a competitiv=
e=20
business, but can you guys possibly talk to each other so you don=E2=80=99t=
do the=20
same show at the same time. A year or so ago, it was The Laramie Projects.=
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This year it=E2=80=99s Ape-Con 06!=20
M: Oh yes. Here is our review of Inherit the Winds. It=E2=80=99s bloody=20
depressing that a play written in the 50=E2=80=99s about an incident in the=
20=E2=80=99s is=20
controversially relevant in the aughts.=20
I: Those that do not learn from history are destined to give =E2=80=9CDate=
My Mom=E2=80=9D=20
high ratings.=20
M: This multiple multiple productions thing doesn=E2=80=99t happen very of=
ten but=20
when it does MY GOD PEOPLE! There is nothing wrong with different =20
interpretations. That=E2=80=99s one of the joys of the theatre. But not t=
hree or four in the=20
same basic area the same year! You avoid it most of the time; avoid it all=
=20
of the time. People who are not =E2=80=9Cinto=E2=80=9D theatre, and you al=
l know what I=20
mean, do not look at the same show on three schedules at the same time and=20=
say to=20
themselves, =E2=80=9COooh! I can=E2=80=99t wait to see how different artis=
ts bring their=20
different viewpoints to this work.=E2=80=9D They look at it and they say,=20=
=E2=80=9COh, for =20
the love of God. This is just stupid!=E2=80=9D=20
I: We ain=E2=80=99t lyin.=E2=80=99 We=E2=80=99ve heard it.=20
M: And finally, our last point, and here is where the flames should really=
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start flying.=20
I: Stop doing crap.=20
M: No one wants to admit this--and again we are not just talking about thi=
s=20
area, we=E2=80=99re talking everywhere--but we all know it=E2=80=99s true.=20=
There is a lot=20
of bad theatre out there.=20
I: There=E2=80=99s also a lot of bad television and movies out there. A =20=
lot. For=20
every thing that is truly exceptional, there=E2=80=99s a hundred steaming m=
anatee=20
turds. And people like =E2=80=98em. It=E2=80=99s sad, but it=E2=80=99s tru=
e, so you=E2=80=99d think that=20
people wouldn=E2=80=99t mind bad plays but it don=E2=80=99t work that way.=20
M: Even people who don=E2=80=99t go to the theatre often know that it is s=
upposed=20
to be a different and unique experience. We all remember when we were=20
children and that warm feeling that we got when our parents read us a bedti=
me=20
story. Did you ever feel that way watching cartoons? No. =20
I: People aren=E2=80=99t going to go out for crap when they can sit home a=
nd get it=20
for free.=20
M: And a piece of poetry gets dragged into the toilet.=20
I: Just makin=E2=80=99 sure everyone=E2=80=99s still awake. =20
M: Now there are some people out there, and we have heard this more than=20
once, who place the blame entirely on the audience, and say that since so m=
any=20
people seem to enjoy obviously asinine pieces of entertainment, that they=
=E2=80=99re=20
just not smart enough to =E2=80=9Cget it.=E2=80=9D We=E2=80=99re just goin=
g to ignore the amazing=20
pretentiousness of that statement and just answer it by saying if you make=20=
it=20
good, they will come, and they will get it. Because everyone remembers thei=
r=20
parents reading them The Pokey Little Puppy.=20
I: God, what a schmaltzy way to end this. Now we=E2=80=99re sorry if this=
piece=20
wasn=E2=80=99t that funny. But then, most people will say our reviews aren=
=E2=80=99t that=20
funny either, so who gives a flip.=20
M: We=E2=80=99ll go back into hiding now.=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman">WARNING:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </=
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FOLLOWING COMMENTARY SHOULD NOT BE READ BY ANYONE UNFAMILIAR WITH MIKE AND=20
IKE.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>THOSE THAT ARE PROBABLY=20=
WON=E2=80=99T=20
READ IT EITHER.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>AND IF THEY D=
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THEY WON=E2=80=99T LIKE IT.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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oman"=20
size=3D3>Mike:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(English accen=
t)=20
Greetings and salutations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He=
=E2=80=99s not=20
Mike.</FONT></P>
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oman"=20
size=3D3>Ike:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Southern accen=
t) He=20
ain=E2=80=99t Ike.</FONT></P>
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oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, after anothe=
r court=20
mandated hiatus, we are back.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Briefly.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prob=E2=80=99ly g=
et another half=20
a year after <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">this</I>.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will be actual=
ly=20
reviewing something shortly, but first, we would like to comment about two=20
subjects that are near and dear to both our hearts:<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>death and theatre.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, it=E2=80=99s true.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Attendance has been slowly dwindli=
ng for=20
quite some time.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People aren=
=E2=80=99t=20
buying as many season tickets.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPA=
N>Many=20
theatres aren=E2=80=99t seeing as many full houses as they used to.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We ourselves haven=E2=80=99t seen=20=
a play in=20
almost a year.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Aurora bannin=
g caught=20
on.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We don=E2=80=99t=20=
count because we=20
usually snuck in anyway.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>True.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As many have already said on this=20=
list,=20
we need to get butts back in the seats.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nb=
sp;=20
</SPAN>And last night, after a couple bong hits and watching Buckaroo Banzai=
, we=20
figured out how to.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of you may b=
e quite=20
angry with what we are about to say.</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Which is good.<SP=
AN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Been awhile since we pissed anybod=
y=20
off.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But you have to r=
emember,=20
we love theatre.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You do.</FONT></P=
>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When it is at its=
best,=20
the Heaven=E2=80=99s open and for two, two and a half hours we can see the f=
ace of=20
God.</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And that is why I=
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frakkin=E2=80=99 hate metaphors.</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is in the spir=
it of=20
that exultation, and those that bring it to us, that we offer the=20
following.</FONT></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stop doing=20
crap.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ISAAC!</FONT></P>
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oman"=20
size=3D3></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It=E2=80=99s a br=
oad=20
generalization but I like it.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send the hate mai=
l to=20
</FONT><A href=3D"mailto:mikethelimeyandikethehick at yahoo.com"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D3>mikethelimeyandikethehick at yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let=
=E2=80=99s not=20
bother Fred and start that controversy again.</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First off, pick s=
ome new=20
damn plays!<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Don=E2=80=99t eve=
n have to be=20
new.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Newer works!<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, I call on the=20
<st1:place>Northeastern Ohio</st1:place>, and call community the-aters to pu=
t a=20
five year moratorium on Neil Simon and Shakespeare.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Disney, multimedi=
a whores=20
that they are, do one thing brilliantly.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hire sex offender=
s at=20
their parks and cover it up.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They supposedly s=
topped=20
that.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oh, okay.</FONT><=
/P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every time they h=
ave=20
released any of their classic films=E2=80=94first on tape, now on DVD, they=20=
release them=20
for a short time and then, as they say it, they put them back in the=20
vaults.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And then, like the De=
vil=20
and Keyser Soze Poof!<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They=
=E2=80=99re=20
gone.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When they bring them ba=
ck=20
out, many years later in a new collector=E2=80=99s edition with new special=20=
features=20
that will cost more than when you bought it five years ago=E2=80=94</FONT></=
P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whores.</FONT></P=
>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>--a funny thing=20
happens.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People buy it.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They haven=E2=80=99t watched it in=
quite some=20
time, they see the name, they haven=E2=80=99t watched the film in quite=
some=20
time.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The new special feature=
s are=20
just the icing on the cake.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>N=
ow this=20
metaphor I like.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I don=
=E2=80=99t wanna=20
hear the old chestnut that newer plays don=E2=80=99t bring in the audiences.=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Guess what?<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The older ones don=E2=80=99t eithe=
r!<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not anymore.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Everone=E2=80=99s sayin=E2=80=99 s=
omething new has ta be=20
tried to boost attendance.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>St=
art=20
with the shows.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT=
></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At least for awhi=
le.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then people might want to see thes=
e=20
classic shows to actually see them, and not to compare them to how they were=
=20
done at the other theatre last year.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Which brings us t=
o point=20
two:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now we know that=20
the-ater is a business and unfortunately, since there are so bloody man=
y=20
around here=E2=80=94</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not an attack, ju=
st an=20
observation.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To you.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anyway, since there are so many it=
is=20
somewhat of a competitive business, but can you guys possibly talk to each o=
ther=20
so you don=E2=80=99t do the same show at the same time.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A year or so ago, it was The Laram=
ie=20
Projects.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year it=E2=80=
=99s Ape-Con=20
06!</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oh yes.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Here is our review of Inherit the=20
Winds.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It=E2=80=99s bloody de=
pressing that=20
a play written in the 50=E2=80=99s about an incident in the 20=E2=80=99s is=20=
controversially=20
relevant in the aughts.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those that do not=
learn=20
from history are destined to give =E2=80=9CDate My Mom=E2=80=9D high ratings=
.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This multiple mul=
tiple=20
productions thing doesn=E2=80=99t happen very often but when it does MY GOD=20=
PEOPLE!<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is nothing wrong with differ=
ent=20
interpretations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That=E2=80=
=99s one of the=20
joys of the theatre.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But not=20=
three=20
or four in the same basic area the same year!<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You avoid it most of the time; avo=
id it=20
all of the time.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People who a=
re not=20
=E2=80=9Cinto=E2=80=9D theatre, and you all know what I mean, do not look at=
the same show on=20
three schedules at the same time and say to themselves, =E2=80=9COooh!<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I can=E2=80=99t wait to see how di=
fferent=20
artists bring their different viewpoints to this work.=E2=80=9D<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They look at it and they say, =E2=
=80=9COh, for=20
the love of God.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is just=
=20
stupid!=E2=80=9D</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We ain=E2=80=99t=20=
lyin.=E2=80=99<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We=E2=80=99ve heard it.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And finally, our=20=
last=20
point, and here is where the flames should really start flying.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stop doing=20
crap.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No one wants to a=
dmit=20
this--and again we are not just talking about this area, we=E2=80=99re talki=
ng=20
everywhere--but we all know it=E2=80=99s true.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: y=
es"> =20
</SPAN>There is a lot of bad theatre out there.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There=E2=80=99s a=
lso a lot of bad=20
television and movies out there.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </S=
PAN>A=20
lot.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For every thing that is=20=
truly=20
exceptional, there=E2=80=99s a hundred steaming manatee turds.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And people like =E2=80=98em.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It=E2=80=99s sad, but it=E2=80=99s=
true, so you=E2=80=99d think=20
that people wouldn=E2=80=99t mind bad plays but it don=E2=80=99t work that w=
ay.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E=
ven=20
people who don=E2=80=99t go to the theatre often know that it is supposed to=
be a=20
different and unique experience.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </S=
PAN>We=20
all remember when we were children and that warm feeling that we got when ou=
r=20
parents read us a bedtime story.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Did you ever feel that way watching cartoons?<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People aren=E2=
=80=99t going to go=20
out for crap when they can sit home and get it for free.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And a piece of po=
etry=20
gets dragged into the toilet.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>J=
ust=20
makin=E2=80=99 sure everyone=E2=80=99s still awake.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacer=
un: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now there are som=
e people=20
out there, and we have heard this more than once, who place the blame entire=
ly=20
on the audience, and say that since so many people seem to enjoy obviously=20
asinine pieces of entertainment, that they=E2=80=99re just not smart enough=20=
to =E2=80=9Cget=20
it.=E2=80=9D<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We=E2=80=99re ju=
st going to ignore the=20
amazing pretentiousness of that statement and just answer it by saying if yo=
u=20
make it good, they will come, and they will get it.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because everyone remembers their p=
arents=20
reading them The Pokey Little Puppy.</FONT></P>
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New Roman"=20
size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>I:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> God, what a schmaltzy wa=
y to end=20
this. </SPAN>Now we=E2=80=99re sorry if this piece wasn=E2=80=99t that=
funny.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But then, most people will say our=
=20
reviews aren=E2=80=99t that funny either, so who gives a flip.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman"=20
size=3D3>M:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We=E2=80=99ll go=20=
back into hiding=20
now.</FONT></P>
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size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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