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twwwwwisting in the wind.
Posted Jan 29, 2003
well, everyone is in a terrible fankle over this war business,no? i must say, it does rather feel like good old tail brain bush is pushing us relentlessly towards armageddon. do you suppose it's an attempt to deflect not from his party's sleazy domestic scandals but rather from his total ineptitude in general? i feel he is just enough of a brainstem to consider it a good idea to eclipse his most unremarkable presidency with something memorable, regardless of how terrible it may be. let's face it, he's not likely to go down in the history books as a man who did great things,now is he? so why not start a good old war to be remembered by....only i doubt he can spell 'war'. so what to do about it? well, apparently there have been demonstrations here, but it isn't making a blind bit of difference, is it? of course, someone may try to kill him, it wouldn't be the first time an american president has been offed - i find it most interesting, mind, that the last one to die was actually on the side of the good guys, and i doubt if anyone would dare to attempt it; there seems to be a general frenzy in the old patriotism stakes from over the water after that most dreadful thing, sept. 11th,however, at what cost, i have to ask, does blind patriotism come in at?
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Latest reply: Jan 29, 2003
reality reality oh really.
Posted Jan 25, 2003
o see the powers that be at channel four have regurgitated yet another reality tv show in the form of 'the salon'. god it's getting dull, isn't it? just how many 'ordinary people' can we come to 'love ' as we vicariously delight in their triumphs and feel sympathy over their troubles. it's good business, no doubt about that, it's cheap television with a high return, a guaranteed winner...i can't help but think of the radical playwright howard barker when he discusses the glass confessional that has been installed in a chapel in paris, an extreme example of his argument that we are living in an age of transparency, where knowledge rather than privacy is de rigeur. he makes these dark complex pieces of work - difficult tragic theatre that is really very compelling - he sets out to explain nothing...after all, how many explanations do we need from our art, when our whole life is saturated with transparency, voyeurism and explanation.
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Latest reply: Jan 25, 2003
Throbbing Great Eggplant
Posted Jan 15, 2003
Having secured my post-grad. place at one of the finest drama schools in the country, i thought i'd better start reading again.Not that i'm intimidated ny the fact i'm going to the school laurence olivier attended or anything, but i am generally bricking it, yes i'll admit it. (excited too mind, it's a bit of a dream come true and all that. i thought i'd begin working my way through the huge pile of unread theatre books i have by reading Theatre @ Risk by Michael Kustow. well THAT cheered me up i can tell you. i wouldnt mind, but it's all true. This guy was one of the commisioning editors for channel four when it first started. remember that? it was so radical, televising innovative and challenging theatre from all over the world, made by the likes of Peter Brook. What do we have now, then? that's right, endless rehashes of frankly tired camp humor from the Graham (OH LOOK AT MEEEE I'M GAY) Norton show and yes, even MORE big brother? CHeeerist almighty. Ok, we do have BBC Four for cultural screening, but it just doesnt take the same risks. It is, as Kustow rightly points out, an indiciment of our declining interest in public funded theatre, and the shift in our culture towards all things screen orientated - computers , television and film. but he is also right when he asserts we cant get what we can get from the experience of live theatre from these mediums: for one thing, the ground-breaking work that becomes the mainstream of tomorrow is done in the theatre. the voice of dissent we will not hear on TV comes from theatre - the mirror we hold up to ourselves is theatre.The reality is that without the hotbed of creativity that our theatre industry should be (which means more money and new audiences must be brought in to revive the ailing industry) then the world of radio, tv and film will be a MUCH poorer place - but more importantly, we will be much poorer as a society. And i'll be out of a job. god THAT IS a worry.
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Latest reply: Jan 15, 2003
sleeping and pumping all the way to cockneyworld
Posted Jan 5, 2003
There's something to be said for breastfeeding other than the most obvious benefit - RAPID weightloss. no only joking the ahem endless benefits to one's angelic offspring, of course is the most important thing oh yes my hmmm. but then there's the tit problem to condend with. Off i go tomorrow for a jolly down to London, armed only with a briefcase some good foundation and a breastpump to catch, perhaps, perhaps not, my first night's total sleep on the sleeper since having my darling. How often will i leak all over my fellow theeetah people during the day? we can only wait and see how many mad dashes to the toilet i get through to aleviate the throbbing. One thing is for sure, i'm going to wake up on tuesday morning with ROCK SOLID 40 ft. vertical tits. Let's hope i'm not sharing my cabin with anyone obsessed with bazookahas.
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Latest reply: Jan 5, 2003
don't you just HATE that?
Posted Jan 4, 2003
when you have to explain why you are giving money to a beggar to your child? and then subsequently explain the nature of poverty and capitalism (using bunny and the bad carrots as an allegory of course) let me tell you, it DIDN'T happen in my day.
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Latest reply: Jan 4, 2003
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