tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post113795690625884037..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: On Exploring, Instead of ArguingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138123576409862992006-01-24T12:26:00.000-05:002006-01-24T12:26:00.000-05:00The problem, in Asheville and elsewhere, is gettti...The problem, in Asheville and elsewhere, is gettting people in to see Beckett. Once there (a la <I>Krapp</I> last Jan at NC Stage), the audience is riveted by the images - the melancholy and loss is tangible. I believe this also had much to do with the space and the performer, as well as script. <BR/><BR/>Julie Gillum is exploring much the same approach to art with her work at WWC with Butoh dance. The image is the narrative. It is arresting.oldphorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08218851053043166120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138042160127319092006-01-23T13:49:00.000-05:002006-01-23T13:49:00.000-05:00What I think is interesting is that almost all con...What I think is interesting is that almost all contemporary drama is post-Beckett, but is very aware of it. One becomes conscious of NOT imitating him. He blazed his trail so completely, that any step that looks too much like him becomes instant imitation.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.com