<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Hello Jim Jarrell and all who share his opinion: Please get over yourself and your misinformation as to how newspapers and magazines operate. They do not publish something because they feel compelled by writing quality or content to do so. It may have been like that 25 years ago or so. No more. Besides, 90 percent of the info that comes to me from neohiopal is "polluting" my mailbox. And ALL of it is unsolicited. Calm down and here's a suggestion...duhhh, when you see "review" in the subject line, you could always delete before reading and spare yourself the agony of encountering free (and invited by neohiopal) thoughts of a theatre lover. Be well,</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Wachunas. blogger, journalist, appreciator of neohiopal<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 6/25/10, Christopher Toth <I><cjtonline@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Christopher Toth <cjtonline@hotmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] If We Want To Read Critiques, We'll Ask Your Opinions<BR>To: "Jim Jarrell" <jarrellje@gmail.com><BR>Cc: "NEohioPAL" <neohiopal@listserve.com><BR>Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 8:17 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The "divine right" to submit reviews to NEohioPAL is bestowed on the "About NEohioPAL" page at </FONT><A title="http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>On that page it says, "Topics include but are not limited to: auditions, job opportunities, production openings, The Cleveland Theatre Collective, classes, workshops, <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff6600">reviews & editorials</FONT>, AEA news, SAG/AFTRA news & cut-rate or free tickets."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I just thought you should know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:jarrellje@gmail.com
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://us.mc654.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jarrellje@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jarrellje@gmail.com">Jim Jarrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 25, 2010 10:04 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=neohiopal@listserve.com href="http://us.mc654.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=neohiopal@listserve.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:neohiopal@listserve.com">neohiopal@listserve.com</A> </DIV>
<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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