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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The "divine right" to submit reviews to NEohioPAL is
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>On that page it says, "Topics include but are not
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I just thought you should know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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href="mailto:jarrellje@gmail.com">Jim Jarrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 25, 2010 10:04 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NEohioPAL] If We Want To Read Critiques, We'll Ask Your
Opinions</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I absolutely CANNOT take it anymore...to everyone who feels
compelled to fill our email inboxes with unsolicited theatre
reviews...<BR><BR>By what divine right do you suppose you are given the
authority to pollute our inboxes with your unsolicited opinions? Good or
bad, if any of us on the NEohioPAL list wanted your opinions, we would ask for
them or we would go pick up the magazine or newspaper the should be published
in. <BR><BR>Before I get accused of being defensive over someone's
opinion, let me point out that I just recently moved back to Northeast Ohio
after a 10-year absence and I have not yet appeared on a local stage again to be
critiqued by anyone. So, my words aren't mixed with the bitter taste of a
director/performer scorned (nor am I one of the BFFs rushing to their defense).
Ill-tempered though they may be, my words ARE mixed with shock and awe that
people have the audacity to think they have the right to send hundreds of people
(some they may not even know) their unsolicited opinions straight to their email
inbox. As if that weren't bad enough, the opinions are filled with errors
and give the impression that they are written for no other reason than to
embarrass anyone and everyone associated with the theatrical production in
question. <BR><BR>I'm all for "freedom of speech." By all means,
please, exercise your right to have your own opinion. Everyone is entitled
to have their opinion, whether I agree with them (or anyone else agrees with
them) or not. What I don't agree with is polluting my inbox with your
opinions if I don't ask for them (especially if they're poorly written
plagiarisms - as one recent diatribe was). If you want to express your
opinion, do it responsibly. Write something of quality that a newspaper or
magazine would be compelled to publish...and if you cannot manage that, there
are any number of a zillion free websites where you can start and write your own
blog. Even KJK has a blog, for goodness sake! It can be
done!!<BR><BR>Then, once you have found a PROPER home for your unsolicited
opinions, you should feel free to share with the listserv a LINK to your opinion
so that we may have the CHOICE to visit it or ignore it. But, please, if
we don't ask for your opinion, don't force it upon us. Especially not
these embarrassing expressions that denigrate into online "flame" wars.
It's just not cute.<BR><BR>Respectfully,<BR><FONT color=#888888>Jim
Jarrell</FONT><BR>
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