tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post4779766357631462359..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: LaBute to US Playwrights: Stop Being "Pussies"Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-40757722545962412632008-01-19T02:30:00.000-05:002008-01-19T02:30:00.000-05:00Neil is big wind bag. His Plays are one note.Neil is big wind bag. His Plays are one note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-12702478201851626362008-01-18T18:13:00.000-05:002008-01-18T18:13:00.000-05:00Jeez. I never thought of LaBute as having any poli...Jeez. I never thought of LaBute as having any political sensibility (unless misogyny is an ideology). What bigger issues does he think his mean-spirited, aesthetically stunted plays are really addressing? Maybe he's not equipped to recognize engaged work. His essay, though hitting some points of truth, seems self-serving and disingenuous to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-6348695849486709402008-01-18T11:43:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for the links, Garrett. I would be remiss i...Thanks for the links, Garrett. I would be remiss if I didn't point out playwright Naomi Wallace's <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2242945,00.html" REL="nofollow">response </A> in the same publication.<BR/><BR/>And you bring up an excellent point. No matter how much one wants to celebrate, as Ms. Wallace does, the number of political plays being written in the US, that doesn't address the question of whether they're "good" in whatever aesthetic sense you'd like to posit -- from an artistic standpoint, from a standpoint of political efficacy, etc. Too, political questions aren't the only "big" questions that American playwrights should be asking. In the sheerly numeric sense, judging from Naomi's post, political plays are in fine health. But political plays, for a number of reasons, can be "tiny" too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com