tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post7525252241574944716..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: "Rachel Corrie" Buffered in BeantownPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-23839062692536976472008-03-18T11:24:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:24:00.000-04:00in the case of My Name is Rachel Corrie the added ...in the case of <I>My Name is Rachel Corrie</I> the added issue that there is quite a bit of dispute over the circumstances of her death, both in terms of cause of death and in what precisely she was doing when she died.<BR/><BR/>The fact is that Corrie's "supporters" immediately seized upon a particular narrative account of her death for the purpose of propaganda (this play being just one such instance) despite many contradictions based on eye-witness testimony, video, photographic evidence and forensic reports. This makes it a different animal entirely from many of the other plays you mention.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-15356853473853571712008-03-10T11:18:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:18:00.000-04:00Garrett,Yeah, I was thinking how in the published ...Garrett,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I was thinking how in the published text Wally Shawn wrote an essay as addendum. That’s what I referred to as epilogue. The prologue I am referring to this amazing incident:<BR/>"At the original production of this play at The Public in 1986, there was reportedly such a vocal and disturbed response from some in the audience that Shawn wrote an essay "Notes in Justification of Putting the Audience Through a Difficult Night at the Theater," and handed it out to the audience."<BR/><BR/>http://www.artistsnetwork.us/news11/news553.htmlNick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-58325113592280985162008-03-10T09:42:00.000-04:002008-03-10T09:42:00.000-04:00Nick,You mean, in the published version? I've nev...Nick,<BR/><BR/>You mean, in the published version? I've never read the play, actually, only seen it.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I suppose that's a shame if Shawn feels the need to have to put a "disclaimer" on it. If that's what the prologue & epilogue are.<BR/><BR/>But, hey, that's for the printed version. You can either read it or not. I'm talking about live, on stage. A different effect, I think.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-42915660520299450552008-03-10T00:28:00.000-04:002008-03-10T00:28:00.000-04:00"Now boys and girls, that was just a play. We don'..."Now boys and girls, that was just a play. We don't really think that."<BR/><BR/>Garrett,<BR/><BR/>Don't you think Wally Shawn did essentially that when he wrote both a prologue and an epilogue to the play explaining why/how the character of Aunt Dan need not be expressing the beliefs of the playwright?Nick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-17526637502125094962008-03-09T16:27:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:27:00.000-04:00I should point out the Globe article reports on th...I should point out the Globe article reports on the debate as well, including seeking out some critical comments from longtime supporter of the play, Christopher Shinn, as well as comments from Corrie's parents, and people from ART who reportedly passed on the play.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.com