tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post116101843690384167..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Variety on "Corrie"Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1161031644783685372006-10-16T16:47:00.000-04:002006-10-16T16:47:00.000-04:00You know what's so disheartening about many of the...You know what's so disheartening about many of these reviews--especially Brantley's? It's not that they like they play or don't like the play: It's the whole "it's hard to see what all the fuss was about" tone. It's actually NOT hard to see what all the fuss was about, if you follow theater and are reasonably conversant in all of the issues that surrounded the NYTW/Corrie controversy, which is about the minimum one should expect from the chief drama critic of the times. It was about "contextualization", about the definition of censorship, about the pressures that boards put on artistic directors or that artistic directors preemptively put on themselves, about the use of the phrase "the Jewish community", about pro-Palestinian views in theater, about double standards, about breaking a commitment. All of which is pretty well worth the fuss, and none of which was predicated on it being a great play. Brantley's dismissal of the controversy just seems like a dismissal of "politics" altogether, from an apolitical writer who couldn't really be bothered to think about the issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com