Two interesting performative links courtesy of playwright Jeffrey Sweet, who's been contributing to the Backstage blog lately.
One archiving some great footage from the history of Second City.
The other, a BBC radio play about Orson Welles filming Othello, starring that loveable ham and Welles biographer Simon Callow.
"performative links"????? playgoer: please do not participate in the spreading of the misuse of this ugly word. look up the meaning in j.l. austin: a performative is an utterance that enacts what it declares ("i pronounce you husband and wife" "it's a bet!" "let there be light" etc.) despite what too many academics trying to sound fancy-shmancy think, it is not a synonym for 'histrionic', 'performance-related', 'theatrical' or anything of the sort. you are such a nice writer. don't wreck your prose with jargon -- especially used incorrectly. it's bad enough to find this in academic journals. please spare us in the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct in shaming me, anonymous. Just a lazy attempt at a turn of phrase.
ReplyDeleteBut I'll let it stand--such are the perils of blogging. Writing without a net.