Get You Facts Straight
Something has been bothering me for a week or two now. It's great that we have a whole clan of budding Trey Graham's being born on the internet. More review perspective is great for theatre. The thing is, most of them don't know the rules regarding altering scripts.
I admit that this crossed my mind because several reviews for Bright Room suggested that the director didn't cut enough. Here's the thing, your not suppose to cut without the permission of the author. And once you've asked permission, and they say no, you really can't cut.
Most Washingtonian Theatre Folk will remember the "Kit Marlow" incident at Studio a few years back, that's the way it goes if you get caught. So this is just a friendly reminder that if you are going to review a play and you want to talk about how long and redundant it is, make sure it's a new work before you take that issue up with the director. Criticize the play write all you like, they do tend to be long winded, and weird...man they're weird.
posted by Thehairyape @ 9:44 AM
2 Comments:
As has long been the tradition you can cut dead playwrights without estates work to crap.
I think that you are right Grady some critics get some theater term from some damn class they took like cuts or pacing and make it their word. I bet if you look at certain reviewers the same wonky jargon comes up again and again.
I imagine so. It's really just rude to criticize someone else, and not have any knowledge other than your opinion. Did I say rude? I meant dangerous.
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