tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post6601266147049372053..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: To Walk or Not to WalkPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-77828322700919926622009-12-29T09:40:17.138-05:002009-12-29T09:40:17.138-05:00The problem with this kind of thinking is that it&...The problem with this kind of thinking is that it's antithetical to what theatre is supposed to be about - "live presence," "community," etc. You can't have that and at the same time act as if you were flipping through channels on cable. At the same time, however, I admit I've occasionally walked out on shows at intermission - usually at Boston's American Repertory Theatre. But that's a special case - one of such compounded bad faith over so many years that no real relationship with the theatre is possible. Recently, I admit, I was sorely tested by a play by Jordan Harrison, but I hung in there, even though it gave me a migraine and briefly I thought I might throw up. In the end, I guess I don't walk out on incompetence - I see those performances through. But I might walk out on hypocrisy and bad faith - in short, on bad <em>moral</em>, rather than aesthetic, behavior.Thomas Garveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492010718011287860noreply@blogger.com