Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hatton, Oona

Titel

“Hey, asshole: you had your say”: The Performance of Theatre Criticism

Ist Teil von

• Theatre topics, 2014-06, Vol.24 (2), p.103-124

Ort / Verlag

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

ProQuest_Literature Online_英美文学在线

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Like most traditional reviews, Parrish appraises specific cast members, directorial choices, and design elements of the production, as well as the script. [...]by prefacing her response with reference to Shrew's treatment of women and LaBute's reputation as a playwright, Parrish establishes a degree of familiarity with both classic and contemporary drama. [...]after five days of inactivity, the conversation concludes with a barbed post from a commenter named Parker: Mr. LaBute is just upset because Chicago Shakes does not provide the same level of statutory rape options that Profiles Theatre offers him when he writes his shitty one acts for them to perform. [...]I believed there was something important about the physical starting point for this cyber-conversation, not only because Chicago was the site of the Shrew production, but because several commenters referenced the local theatre community. [...]In June 2013, a poster identifying her-/himself as "neil labute" responded to the Time Out New York review of reasons to be happy, writing that "actually i have taught writing courses at various universities and workshops and my lesson plan invariably begins by having students read the collected works of George Steiner, who was clever enough to remind us that 'a critic casts a eunuch's shadow.' some shadows, of course, are more portly than others but their effect on mankind is basically the same. brief and passing. keep enjoying the free tickets while they last" (see the comments section in Cote [2013]).