tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post8333071889406628256..comments2024-02-27T16:59:54.089-05:00Comments on (The New) Theatre Ideas: More on ParticipationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-17186780455409114172011-06-23T20:41:40.220-04:002011-06-23T20:41:40.220-04:00No, they don't -- it is commodified the same a...No, they don't -- it is commodified the same as theatre. But remember: this is a study being done on "participatory arts."Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-57979067704462938402011-06-23T20:37:20.882-04:002011-06-23T20:37:20.882-04:00At the football game, do they allow you to get on ...At the football game, do they allow you to get on the field and play with the equipment while the game is in progress?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-88566220217745204432011-06-23T19:38:25.877-04:002011-06-23T19:38:25.877-04:00If I'm at the football game, part of the crowd...If I'm at the football game, part of the crowd, am I participating?Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-30697012154812815262011-06-23T19:36:17.729-04:002011-06-23T19:36:17.729-04:00That's not a very good comparison. When watch...That's not a very good comparison. When watching sports on TV you have no effect on the event at all, you are not even there. Now, just taking the first example cited, the boombox carriers in "Unsilent Night" do effect the performance and, in fact, their interaction constitutes the "performance." They may not be the prime creators of the work, but they certainly "participate" in the standard definition of the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-92142954351200221362011-06-23T13:43:48.758-04:002011-06-23T13:43:48.758-04:00Because it is based on the dictionary... I don'...Because it is based on the dictionary... I don't "participate" in sports by watching it on TV or walking around with a radio. And WolfBrown was pretty explicit, too.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16876687.post-45287918515557784292011-06-23T13:03:52.264-04:002011-06-23T13:03:52.264-04:00Like you said, it's hard to pin down a definit...Like you said, it's hard to pin down a definition of it. What makes your definition more valid than others? (Not disagreeing, just asking).Brianhttp://www.brianseitel.comnoreply@blogger.com