I don’t buy everything David Mamet says in his book “True and False,” but this is Truth: “Here is a bit of heresy: Our theater is clogged with plays about Important Issues; playwrights and directors harangue us with right-thinking views on many topics of the day. These are, finally, harangues, they aren’t drama, and they aren’t fun to do. The audience and the actor nod in acquiescence, and go to their seats or go on stage happy to be a right-thinking individual, but it is a corruption of the theatrical exchange. The audience should go out front and you should go onstage as if to a hot date, not as if to give blood. No one wants to pay good money and irreplaceable time to watch you be responsible. They want to watch you be exciting. And you can’t be exciting if you’re not excited; and you can’t be excited if you’re thinking about nothing more compelling than your boring old concentration, self performance, and good ideas.”
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 15:01:33 +0000
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