tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post288303801995106050..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: David Hare: Man of the MomentPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-21313564122899111962009-06-23T12:32:40.520-04:002009-06-23T12:32:40.520-04:00It's an interesting paradox with Hare - he cri...It's an interesting paradox with Hare - he criticizes the powerful while fetishizing them. He's absolutely in love with corrupt, powerful characters. Watching or reading his plays, I feel a voyeuristic thrill if seeing inside the corridors of power more often than I feel outrage.<br /><br />You make a good point about giving the job to a less overexposed playwright, but while that playwright might bring a much-needed stylistic freshness to the commission, they might not have the access to power that Hare has cultivated throughout his career.macrogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763086848960021250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-23171773040981156972009-06-19T00:08:59.836-04:002009-06-19T00:08:59.836-04:00I dispute the facile assumption that writing a pla...I dispute the facile assumption that writing a play about a current/recent event makes it more relevant to the human condition. Maybe, maybe not. A play about, oh, I don't know, Albigensian heretics might prove just as timely and impactful. It's not the what, it's the how.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com