tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post113806937094609793..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: Narcotized StuporsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138118035784507792006-01-24T10:53:00.000-05:002006-01-24T10:53:00.000-05:00(wipes brow)As usual, there is no simple answer. I...(wipes brow)<BR/><BR/>As usual, there is no simple answer. It is a pile of goat's intestines for artists to condemn and condescend to "common" people. <BR/><BR/>It is also bullocks to suggest that we should hold the hands of the audience and treat them as if there is nothing wrong with the world.<BR/><BR/>As usual, the only guide is one's instincts. It all depends on the script.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138077708614090452006-01-23T23:41:00.000-05:002006-01-23T23:41:00.000-05:00or at least (and maybe more constructively,) we mu...or at least (and maybe more constructively,) we must question.MattJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024391912705232207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138074876810737462006-01-23T22:54:00.000-05:002006-01-23T22:54:00.000-05:00There is also, I would suggest, the guilt that the...There is also, I would suggest, the guilt that the artist him or herself might bear. Is that not worthy of condemnation? We all like to see ourselves as victims, but honestly, we must recognize our capacity to act as victimizers as well.<BR/><BR/>In which case, we still must answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138074299133632622006-01-23T22:44:00.000-05:002006-01-23T22:44:00.000-05:00I can see how taking the attitude that They with a...I can see how taking the attitude that They with a capital T are narcotized could lead to a position of superiority by the artist that if perceived by the audience would distance them significantly. <BR/><BR/>But is condemnation synonymus with alienation? <BR/><BR/>Can an artistic endevour compartmentize it's condemnation?Devilvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425758108288436683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138074071909879552006-01-23T22:41:00.000-05:002006-01-23T22:41:00.000-05:00Ah Devilvet, you're coming in late. The whole blog...Ah Devilvet, you're coming in late. The whole blogosphere has been arguing with Mr Walters about this... It's true though... it's not the only choice.DLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971226704327883196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138073563326765072006-01-23T22:32:00.000-05:002006-01-23T22:32:00.000-05:00Hi Scott - I'm not sure that those who are not awa...Hi Scott - I'm not sure that those who are not awake to (say) the suffering of others can really posit themselves as victims. <BR/><BR/>And some things need to be condemned, because they (by default) condemn others in very real and material ways - think 1930s Germany. It's not the "spirit" that is being condemned, after all, if condemnation is indeed what's going on, but whatever imprisons it.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-1138072743606837802006-01-23T22:19:00.000-05:002006-01-23T22:19:00.000-05:00Leave the puppy by the puppy chow and it will eat ...Leave the puppy by the puppy chow and it will eat till it's stomach is distended. <BR/><BR/>What's wrong with condemnation? <BR/><BR/>"If that art wakens the spirit only to condemn it...that seems wrong, somehow."<BR/><BR/>What about If that art condemns the absence or bastardization of the spirit in hopes to awaken.<BR/><BR/>Also, the idea than profound art is based in empathy is problematic. I'm willing to say that most narrative depends upon the audience empathizing with or against the antagonist, but if your saying that artist and the application of one's art has to be done in an empathic way to it's audience...well that is a choice, but not the only choice.Devilvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425758108288436683noreply@blogger.com