Superfluities Redux
On culture and theatre, by George Hunka
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Thursday, 22 November 2007
While others in the blogosphere on this American holiday might be muttering about Times theatre critics, I cast a look back on the critics America used to have and wonder where they've gone:
When, as a teenager thinking about making a career as a dramatist, I read this criticism, I found critics who believed in a theatre and drama of profound significance to contemporary culture and society; at the same time, they considered 3,000 years of an art form that had over its history touched the deepest wellsprings of human fear and desire. These critics knew that history intimately, too, and engaged with it critically and with enthusiasm. They were as educative, and as inspiring, as reading the plays and playwrights they most carefully and brilliantly considered.
Theatre in America now doesn't produce such critics. ...
I offer no comment there on the new plays that these critics may (or may not) be asked to review; that's another can of worms. But for more on the current situation, there's my latest Guardian (UK) theatre blog post here.
Posted at 9.54 am in /Miscellaneous
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