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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Christopher:
Thanks for your common sense answer to Jim Jarrell (whoever he is). However, I
have a not-so-common-sensical answer for him. What he wrote is a load of
codswallop! What arrogance! Hey Jim, have you heard of this new thing called a
delete button? Learn how to use it. I can show you how. Cuz I know I'll be
using it on anything you post. You just returned from wherever after ten years?
If you think we're so bad, for Pete's sake do us all a favor and go back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Linda
Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Christopher Toth
[mailto:cjtonline@hotmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 25, 2010 8:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jim Jarrell<br>
<b>Cc:</b> NEohioPAL<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NEohioPAL] If We Want To Read Critiques, We'll Ask Your
Opinions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
"divine right" to submit reviews to NEohioPAL is bestowed on the
"About NEohioPAL" page at </span><a
href="http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal"
title="http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal
CTRL + Click to follow link"><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On that
page it says, "Topics include but are not limited to: auditions, job
opportunities, production openings, The Cleveland Theatre Collective, classes,
workshops, <span style='background:#FF6600'>reviews & editorials</span>,
AEA news, SAG/AFTRA news & cut-rate or free tickets."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I just
thought you should know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:jarrellje@gmail.com"
title="mailto:jarrellje@gmail.com
CTRL + Click to follow link">Jim Jarrell</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Friday, June 25,
2010 10:04 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:neohiopal@listserve.com" title="neohiopal@listserve.com">neohiopal@listserve.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> [NEohioPAL] If We
Want To Read Critiques, We'll Ask Your Opinions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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>
<span style='color:#888888'>Jim Jarrell</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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