tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post1362691456618055787..comments2023-09-29T04:00:21.951-07:00Comments on followspot: The Pillowmanfollowspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05390128032621439981noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-86683412802344902042007-04-18T17:58:00.000-07:002007-04-18T17:58:00.000-07:00Just was reading thru all the posts and you know I...Just was reading thru all the posts and you know I think I would have to agree that there really needs to be some tact in our critisism of each other. Some of you say "bring it on" but I'm sure if you had a slamming comment about you that was posted on this blog, you might be a little hurt or pissed. We all have egos and as strong as we may think we are I don't think we are completely immune toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-29866969168978211322007-04-11T19:18:00.000-07:002007-04-11T19:18:00.000-07:00i found tim's physicality inconsistent.i found tim's physicality inconsistent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-33130837002751145152007-04-09T11:27:00.000-07:002007-04-09T11:27:00.000-07:00i agree that there is a shocking shortage of direc...i agree that there is a shocking shortage of directors in town.<BR/>there are but 3 great ones and none of them works at PCS.<BR/>hence should we ever really question why their shows always seem to be lacking?<BR/>no -- rather we should be pleased when they rise to mediocrity.<BR/>the fact that their ticket prices are the highest in town is surely to be their final downfall.<BR/>of course, they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-43493441266432205892007-04-04T00:25:00.000-07:002007-04-04T00:25:00.000-07:00I've read enough reviews of music, theatre, and fi...I've read enough reviews of music, theatre, and film to know that one person's opinion is no more than one person's opinion. I have a brain and can think for myself. Sense and Sensibility was nominated for Oscars, and I walked out of it. Most people in the world seem to be in love with Harry Potter books, and I find them to be middlin' fantasy-at BEST. People worship Nirvana, and I find them Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-20820949459897330462007-03-27T09:01:00.000-07:002007-03-27T09:01:00.000-07:00i have two matters to address. first to 3-18 7:18 ...i have two matters to address. first to 3-18 7:18 PM.<BR/>your argument about adrenaline doesn't hold water at all. you are trying to say that adrenaline can make a 150 man stronger than a 200 pound man. you forget that they BOTH have adrenaline. in this case the smaller man is INJURED. now, if someone were trying to smother YOU, do you suppose you might have a LOT of adrenaline pumping? andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-18636034575623790992007-03-25T22:27:00.000-07:002007-03-25T22:27:00.000-07:00granted. however, perhaps i was speaking more abou...granted. however, perhaps i was speaking more about the psychological damage done to the artist re their confidence, et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-29413555147132460072007-03-25T21:33:00.000-07:002007-03-25T21:33:00.000-07:00Anon 6:16: You crack me up. I agree with you whole...Anon 6:16: You crack me up. I agree with you wholeheartedly about being a responsible blogger who offers constructive, rather than destructive, criticism.<BR/><BR/>But I think you give this blog way too much credit (sorry, Followspot!). I can't imagine any director or casting director relying on the opinion of a blogger or his/her readers -- or even a review in the Oregonian, for that matter -- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-1003772480349752102007-03-25T18:16:00.000-07:002007-03-25T18:16:00.000-07:00here's a couple of observations i think might be o...here's a couple of observations i think might be overlooked.<BR/>first is: i know what it's like to sit the in audience and see someone get cheers and think, well they have a perfect life, clearly, they need to be taken down a notch (and i'm just the person to do it!)<BR/>however, what we forget in our self-centered delusion is that EVERYONE has problems. no one i know has all the money they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-71399958708823838522007-03-25T01:33:00.000-07:002007-03-25T01:33:00.000-07:00for a brief moment there was posting (see above 3-...for a brief moment there was posting (see above 3-21-07 10:55) that was removed by the administrator for taking to task folks who say "mean" things about actors, basically calling the bloggers worthless pieces of crap.<BR/>well, here's another perspective: (if it doens't get censored)<BR/>here's why, as an actor, i don't mind the negative postings.<BR/>face it, you can't get the truth from your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-2579548988005518672007-03-23T09:58:00.000-07:002007-03-23T09:58:00.000-07:00I went clsoing weekend. Saturday. The only good ...I went clsoing weekend. Saturday. The only good thing was Tim True he died at intermission so I left.<BR/><BR/>The Bill Irwin wannbee was a joke. Damon?? Total characture nothing believable ever came out of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-80255968286567711122007-03-21T13:33:00.000-07:002007-03-21T13:33:00.000-07:00I'm removing the above posts after all, because it...I'm removing the above posts after all, because it's already obvious where this discussion will lead, and it's not about "Pillowman" ....followspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390128032621439981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-47724207061913662342007-03-21T12:46:00.000-07:002007-03-21T12:46:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-52391967548166399162007-03-21T12:24:00.000-07:002007-03-21T12:24:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-78835199092024858872007-03-21T10:55:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:55:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-78985708704214476882007-03-19T15:37:00.000-07:002007-03-19T15:37:00.000-07:00There's a terrific interview on NPR (in the archiv...There's a terrific interview on NPR (in the archives) with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro in which he talks about his love of horror (as well as fantasy, et. al.) for its transgressive power, it's inherent challenge to any sense of orderDavid Millstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572137506121239769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-73339990982949408752007-03-19T14:20:00.000-07:002007-03-19T14:20:00.000-07:00"Those people were expressing truths the system co..."Those people were expressing truths the system couldn't allow. Katurian was trying to express things most people don't want written."<BR/><BR/>Unfettered expression of the unconscious is a threat in a closed system as it cannot be controlled. Perhap's K.'s parents, in a horribly misquided way, were trying to subvert the system.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if that's in the play...I'm just saying that'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-89307499497859214262007-03-19T12:27:00.000-07:002007-03-19T12:27:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, it's precisely because I've studied...Unfortunately, it's precisely because I've studied artists' repression in the USSR that this play pissed me off. Bulgakov's play Servitude's Hypocrite is a wonderful portrait of an artist struggling under totalitarian repression, because it shows us the reasons that Moliere needed to create art. This production said Katurian's screwed-up biography was the reason he produced and needed to keep Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-90821316106538516222007-03-19T08:55:00.000-07:002007-03-19T08:55:00.000-07:00Perhaps reading Milan Kundera or some of the other...<I>Perhaps reading Milan Kundera or some of the other Eastern Bloc writers under Soviet domination might give you a little better appreciation for the seriousness of the creative act in a totalitarian world.</I><BR/><BR/>Or perhaps not. If this is what the author wanted us to get from it, maybe it was not dumbed down enough for people like myself who go to a show <I><B>for the sake of the show</IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-87863823163096779982007-03-19T07:53:00.000-07:002007-03-19T07:53:00.000-07:00Spoken like a true ethnocentric American. Perhaps...Spoken like a true ethnocentric American. Perhaps reading Milan Kundera or some of the other Eastern Bloc writers under Soviet domination might give you a little better appreciation for the seriousness of the creative act in a totalitarian world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-6860610940525806222007-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:002007-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:00Saw it Sunday matinee, left at intermission. I rea...Saw it Sunday matinee, left at intermission. I really loved Allen Nause, but I'd had enough of a whiny Katurian shouting about art. Crucial mistep for me was treatment of the "parents tortured Michael until Katurian killed them" subplot; it was simply dumped on us, turning all the subsequent discussion away from a dance around what actually happened into campy gothic crap. Similarly, Michael/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-85426420444796864862007-03-18T19:48:00.000-07:002007-03-18T19:48:00.000-07:00i guess my point is: i didn't SEE the adrenaline e...i guess my point is: i didn't SEE the adrenaline either.<BR/>it was lame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-67530178334595926872007-03-18T19:18:00.000-07:002007-03-18T19:18:00.000-07:00how are we to believe that the 150 pound actor who...<I>how are we to believe that the 150 pound actor who is supposed to be nursing cracked ribs can overpower and kill the 200 pound actor?</I><BR/><BR/>Adrenaline; if you have never experienced the true effects of it, of course this doesn't make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-71558123397111895662007-03-18T15:50:00.000-07:002007-03-18T15:50:00.000-07:00You've got the answer right there.The story is sup...You've got the answer right there.<BR/>The story is supposed to be lame. Tupolsky is a bad story teller. He throws the hearing aid thing in to cover for the gaping loophole that Kat points out. I found it funny.<BR/>That's actually one of those moments where I found myself laughing by myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-37042273580254421172007-03-18T13:01:00.000-07:002007-03-18T13:01:00.000-07:00can someone explain this to me?in the script, one ...can someone explain this to me?<BR/>in the script, one of the characters tells a story about a deaf person about to be hit by a train. <BR/>a bystander sees the situation and takes steps to save the deaf person.<BR/>another character asks, "how does he know he's deaf?"<BR/>the person answers haltingly, "he can see his hearing aid"<BR/>now in the context of the play, the story is supposed to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524728.post-68344521328394901932007-03-18T13:00:00.000-07:002007-03-18T13:00:00.000-07:00a pale clone of the recent b’way production.1. if ...a pale clone of the recent b’way production.<BR/><BR/>1. if the room the play is set in is supposed to be an imposing <BR/>cell-like holding room, why is it lit to show the seams in the flats? <BR/>and why does the door look and sound like a child could kick it in?<BR/><BR/>2. why are the actors yelling their lines, even in casual conversation? <BR/>we can hear you.<BR/><BR/>3. how are we to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com