tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383723894600809078.post904663435348972269..comments2014-06-18T11:27:10.888-07:00Comments on The Life of Tash: WasteTashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02543526739060378752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383723894600809078.post-8383193961610429632008-10-03T07:21:00.000-07:002008-10-03T07:21:00.000-07:00Hey Mammy! like we've already discussed at great l...Hey Mammy! like we've already discussed at great length elsewhere(this reply is mainly for the benefit of anyone actually who reads this blog)I hear ya, but I don't agree with everything you've said - mainly as this is more of a rant than a review :D<BR/>How the heck do I add you as a friend on this thing? I've been trying to figure it out for the past half hour...maybe I'm just dumb.<BR/>xTashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543526739060378752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383723894600809078.post-79216340217370598642008-10-01T09:23:00.000-07:002008-10-01T09:23:00.000-07:00[ah, i figured out this blogger account thing!]i g...[ah, i figured out this blogger account thing!]<BR/><BR/>i get that you were cramped. [and i've been to the almeida .. the old and the new spaces .. i get it .. but that's really not review worthy ..] .. and i get that there are viewing obstructions .. but note that the almeida's own web site and seating chart on line helps you figure this out i recall . .they're pretty up front about it.<BR/><BR/>but this review is about plot and not the production.<BR/><BR/>and .. i'm ranting back at you kid .. its not fair (nor is it professional) to 'review' anything you leave 1/2 way through. ain't done. you are entitled to say: i was insufficiently entertained to stay through the whole thing. but for crissake you have no business reviewing an entire production, even informaally .. you haven't given the grace to watch from start to finish.<BR/><BR/>from this review .. i get that you [1] didn't know what you were getting into before you entered (we've all been there .. surprised by history when you expected or, more to the point, were more in the mood for, farce [2] you didn't pay attention to lobby displays or didn't purchase the program .. or both .. so didn't do that kind of audience 'studying up' that is possible to help get you in the world of the play ... <BR/><BR/>and gosh .. i guess i disagree with your point in our prior exchange about the wooden-ness or 'gay carefree' ness of this era of this play. check your cultural stereotypes my dear. the 20s were a dire time for many .. and even for those who supposedly had it all. perhaps reading the play itself would help here?<BR/><BR/>i guess i'm responding this way because i do sometimes review, i do see a lot of theatre (as you know), i LOVE the art form, and while you have had a strong reaction to this production and these particular performances on this night .. this comes off as snarky rant rather than a real attempt to engage with the play.<BR/><BR/>and, dear tash, you didn't stay through to the end. not kosher. certainly not kosher to do that then rant about what you saw ..a partial representation of what your fellow theatre artists have done. [p.s. you give away major plot points .. e.g. the "apparently at the end of the play" ... not very elegant and the kind of thing that aggravates me as a reader of reviews...]<BR/><BR/>end of *my* rant.marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426919176495684513noreply@blogger.com