Superfluities Redux
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 Bricks and mortar"The theatre is about plays and actors, not maintaining buildings," says Jim Hacker, fictional Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, about London's National Theatre in this 1988 clip from Yes, Prime Minster. Besides being very funny, it has some relevance to a few blogospheric conversations about the establishment of theatre in communities outside of New York, as well as the wisdom of government subsidy for the arts and the personalities and egos at play. The clip begins with Hacker in conversation with fictional NT artistic director Sir Simon Monk about Hacker's proposed cuts to the NT's subsidy on the eve of a special dinner celebrating the arts, but the relevant bits begin at about three minutes in:
The Guardian's Andy Field has other thoughts on the NT today. Posted in /Videos |