tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post3581838780629549725..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Caryl Churchill on GazaPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-17642676512928855772009-03-04T10:43:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:43:00.000-05:00ART'S TRIUMPHLord, as I crumple in defeatUpon the ...ART'S TRIUMPH<BR/><BR/>Lord, as I crumple in defeat<BR/>Upon the waning battlefield,<BR/>Amongst such wastrel souls to meet<BR/>Demise without a fruitful yield--<BR/><BR/>Yet here and there, so I observe<BR/>Moments of triumph, few and fleeting<BR/>As there are some who hold their nerve<BR/>Despite the odds which us are beating.<BR/><BR/>So it was in Jerusalem<BR/>Haruki Murakami came,<BR/>To meet civilians, and to them<BR/>Art´s fictions true so to proclaim.<BR/><BR/>Thus Caryl Churchill too released<BR/>In honest words without a fee<BR/>Her breath of truth, and so appeased<BR/>The angels of humanity.<BR/><BR/>Before my little light expires,<BR/>Yet in defeat, I witness this:<BR/>There are some acts my soul admires<BR/>As I slide closer toward abyss.<BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-6377130697573953752009-01-26T18:41:00.000-05:002009-01-26T18:41:00.000-05:00Though I would argue that this again belies the un...Though I would argue that this again belies the underlying assumption of the Rachel Corrie hubub, that pro-Palestinian theater is in any way difficult to produce in New York or London. I would agree that there are places in America that the pro-Palestinian politics is a problem, but New York is not one. London definitely has constant pro-Palestinian pieces, without much representation of anything sympathetic with Israel.Theater of Ideashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124743041051665112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-63192546053358054762009-01-26T14:43:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:43:00.000-05:00Sorry, I guess my intended sarcastic tone there di...Sorry, I guess my intended sarcastic tone there didn't come through. <BR/><BR/>I was alluding to the original NYTW cover story audiences shouldn't have to confront such controversial material when it's, you know, in the news.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-55578982278728905022009-01-26T14:29:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:29:00.000-05:00"Gee, do you think all performances of all these p..."Gee, do you think all performances of all these pro-Palestinian plays should be suspended while we all cool down from this Gaza thing?"<BR/><BR/>Absolutely not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com