tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post114227701100222336..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Let's go back...Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1142278759684500042006-03-13T14:39:00.000-05:002006-03-13T14:39:00.000-05:00This reminds me of Slavoj Zizek's return to Freud ...This reminds me of Slavoj Zizek's return to Freud to explain the conflicting rationales of the Iraq war: <BR/><BR/>"We all remember the old joke about the borrowed kettle which Freud quotes in order to render the strange logic of dreams, namely the enumeration of mutually exclusive answers to a reproach (that I returned to a friend a broken kettle): (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you; (2) I returned it to you unbroken; (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you. For Freud, such an enumeration of inconsistent arguments of course confirms per negationem what it endeavors to deny - that I returned you a broken kettle..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1142278576849259762006-03-13T14:36:00.000-05:002006-03-13T14:36:00.000-05:00So NYTW uses the word "indefinitely." And it appe...So NYTW uses the word "indefinitely." And it appears the "contextualization" had already been scheduled. Which means this appears more than ever to be what Harold Pinter calls it: "self-censorship."<BR/><BR/>It also is interesting that Nicola seems to leave open the possibility to the Rickman person that the play might find a different New York home. This makes his insistence that NYTW asked for a "simple delay" seem like a flat-out lie. If he'd wanted a simple delay, why didn't he ask for one? Why did he tell the Royal Court it was "indefinitely postponed?" <BR/><BR/>The simplest answer is, he was artfully cancelling the show and never planned to do it again. Which makes his protests to the contrary once the story hit all the more appalling. <BR/><BR/>Think what David Hare could do with Nicola's conflicting statements alone. "Stuff Happens 2."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com