Waste post
Firstly, if you haven't read my opinion on a play i watched some time back, do so at the following link:
http://typolis.net/karn/stories/8023/
The piece is called 'Bad Theatre'.
I've been involved in theatre for the last 7 years in Bangalore and i started out in theatre only because of a workshop conducted by a well known and established theatre group. I owe a lot to that one workshop - and the subsequent plays i did with that theatre company - all that has shaped me into the person i am today.
Having said that - I stick by what i said in the post. I think the main issue is not what i said, but that fact that - I - said it. I've been known to not have an opinion (in the past). As you can tell, that isn't the case anymore.
I ran into one of the actors of that play earlier this evening. I was at RS to watch a play from Bombay (which, incidentally, was pretty good....i kept zoning out when the hindi bits started, but all in all - great energy, production value and some really cool innovation on stage with props and body) and i ran into her before the start of the show. She told me how the cast read my 'critique' at their cast party and people weren't happy with my opinions on the subject (and from what i could tell - she was putting it mildly). It really is ok - like i said at the start of my piece, i stick by what i said. I probably haven't won any brownie points and ....stretching it....might not get to work with this particular group again - but if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.
There's more to life than discussing Karn Malhotra's opinion of a play.
http://typolis.net/karn/stories/8023/
The piece is called 'Bad Theatre'.
I've been involved in theatre for the last 7 years in Bangalore and i started out in theatre only because of a workshop conducted by a well known and established theatre group. I owe a lot to that one workshop - and the subsequent plays i did with that theatre company - all that has shaped me into the person i am today.
Having said that - I stick by what i said in the post. I think the main issue is not what i said, but that fact that - I - said it. I've been known to not have an opinion (in the past). As you can tell, that isn't the case anymore.
I ran into one of the actors of that play earlier this evening. I was at RS to watch a play from Bombay (which, incidentally, was pretty good....i kept zoning out when the hindi bits started, but all in all - great energy, production value and some really cool innovation on stage with props and body) and i ran into her before the start of the show. She told me how the cast read my 'critique' at their cast party and people weren't happy with my opinions on the subject (and from what i could tell - she was putting it mildly). It really is ok - like i said at the start of my piece, i stick by what i said. I probably haven't won any brownie points and ....stretching it....might not get to work with this particular group again - but if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is.
There's more to life than discussing Karn Malhotra's opinion of a play.
