tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post7723182312069461388..comments2023-10-26T01:34:49.324-07:00Comments on LitDept: Getting people to look at something they don't care about: TheatreMalachy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-83391740534195609252007-06-15T20:46:00.000-07:002007-06-15T20:46:00.000-07:00I wrote the first and last one.To see the work I'v...I wrote the first and last one.<BR/><BR/>To see the work I've done in advertising to date, check out my ad site - www.malachywalsh.com<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'd rather write plays, screenplays and television, but I also like eating on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>And there's nothing more fun than making something with words that actually says something to people.Malachy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-66839748610720341042007-06-15T19:23:00.000-07:002007-06-15T19:23:00.000-07:00Malachy,Great post. A great metaphor. And great ad...Malachy,<BR/><BR/>Great post. A great metaphor. And great ads. Any chance you wrote one or all of them?timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858652004565969643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-66613839285135250522007-06-14T17:42:00.000-07:002007-06-14T17:42:00.000-07:00And that is what small theatre must do if it wants...<I>And that is what small theatre must do if it wants to survive.<BR/><BR/>But the worst thing an ad can do is pretend it's something it's not.</I><BR/><BR/>Great post, Malachy. I think you're right on the money with this. And I think that what's cool about small theatre, and what makes it vital, is that when it's working, it's not in competition with TV, or the movies, or even with plays performed on a larger stage. The experience of the performance, especially the intensity, the connection, the intangibles, in a production in a 100-seat house, or 50-seat house, cannot be duplicated (and often not very well explained or written about).<BR/><BR/>This provides an interesting dilemma for the artist, of course, because our society pressures us (sometimes through the use of clever, successful ads) to want to be part of the larger consumer culture, and the inability to commoditize small theatre makes for some tough choices.<BR/><BR/>(I'm going to look at ads in a whole new way for a while.)Patrick Gabridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497038051641691987noreply@blogger.com