tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post115150829378364477..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: "Springer" Opera done in by protestsPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1151590471813048242006-06-29T10:14:00.000-04:002006-06-29T10:14:00.000-04:00It seems that we may need a kind of Arts Action St...It seems that we may need a kind of Arts Action Strike Force - an elite squad of people to go to places where such silliness is happening and mobilize people in opposition to the forces of silence and anti-art. They can be our equivalent to Special Forces. Equipped with a thorough understanding of public relations, resistance organizing, arts funding, theatricality and blogging, they can go in and take on the Fundamentalists (of whatever ilk) with lethal--at least ideologically lethal--force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1151531002254166892006-06-28T17:43:00.000-04:002006-06-28T17:43:00.000-04:00I've had the pleasure of reading "Behzti" recently...I've had the pleasure of reading "Behzti" recently, actually. The fact that the writing was so good made me even more frustrated at the scandal, and Birmingham's caving. It will probably impede its ability to be done here, which is a shame.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1151512500845108262006-06-28T12:35:00.000-04:002006-06-28T12:35:00.000-04:00And of course, it's not just the Christianists. Si...And of course, it's not just the Christianists. Sikhs in Birmingham managed to shut down the play <I>Behzti</I> after protests and disturbances outside the original venue. The author essentially <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1412341,00.html" REL="nofollow">withdrew</A> the play from circulation after facing death threats.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148540072557982068noreply@blogger.com