[NEOPAL]Re: decline of live theater

[Joshua Hunyadi]

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Interesting post but what's wrong?...
    Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:56:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: za za <ohiozaza at yahoo.com>
To: neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com
Subject: [NEOPAL]another reason for the decline of live theater?

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There is a very real struggle taking place these days, not just for 'eyeballs', but for 'neurons' themselves. 

Homophobia, the rise of belief in 'intelligent design' and the decline in people's  understanding of the nature of science, election fraud, the passive acceptance of the hateful right-wing agenda, 'wal-mart' consumerism, a growing preference for individual podcasts vs live theater, these are all examples of the same class of phenomena. People are being systematically trained to be passive consumers, live theater requires thought.

Steve Kramer
  The first and last sentence are right on with the exception that perhaps "live theater [should] require thought."  Everything else is rubbish and has no place here.  They do not relate and show very little thought - interesting considering supposed argument.
   
  Perhaps this IS the reason for a decline.  Theater people thinking they are smarter than everyone else when they are not - and then bringing their Pavlovian-trained political agendas to an intelligent audience.  Please provide "proofs" for your weak arguments.  Mocking the right wing, intelligent design, and even Walmart for that matter should involve more than terse commentary.  If you read up on both sides - professional ethical arguments - not blog commentaries..., you will see some very valid points that must be debated, not brushed aside.
   
  I bet your complaining is as boring as your theater.
  -Art reflects life reflects art-
   
  For the record, I am an avid theater fan and participant.  Theater is for everyone.  Please don't cheapen it.
   
  Joshua Hunyadi

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Interesting post but what's wrong?...<BR>  <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">  <div>Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:56:24 -0700 (PDT)<BR>From: za za <ohiozaza at yahoo.com><BR>To: neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com<BR>Subject: [NEOPAL]another reason for the decline of live theater?<BR></div>  <div>[...edited for brevity]</div>  <div><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>There is a very real struggle taking place these days, not just for 'eyeballs', but for 'neurons' themselves. <BR><BR>Homophobia, the rise of belief in 'intelligent design' and the decline in people's  understanding of the nature of science, election fraud, the passive acceptance of the hateful right-wing agenda, 'wal-mart' consumerism, a growing preference for individual podcasts vs live theater, these are all examples of the same class of
 phenomena. People are being systematically trained to be passive consumers, live theater requires thought.</FONT></FONT><BR><BR>Steve Kramer</div></BLOCKQUOTE>  <div>The first and last sentence are right on with the exception that perhaps "live theater [should] require thought."  Everything else is rubbish and has no place here.  They do not relate and show very little thought - interesting considering supposed argument.</div>  <div> </div>  <div>Perhaps this IS the reason for a decline.  Theater people thinking they are smarter than everyone else when they are not - and then bringing their Pavlovian-trained political agendas to an intelligent audience.  Please provide "proofs" for your weak arguments.  Mocking the right wing, intelligent design, and even Walmart for that matter should involve more than terse commentary.  If you read up on both sides - professional ethical arguments - not blog commentaries..., you will
 see some very valid points that must be debated, not brushed aside.</div>  <div> </div>  <div>I bet your complaining is as boring as your theater.</div>  <div>-Art reflects life reflects art-</div>  <div> </div>  <div>For the record, I am an avid theater fan and participant.  Theater is for everyone.  Please don't cheapen it.</div>  <div> </div>  <div>Joshua Hunyadi</div>
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