tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post115988574611242487..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Jonathan MillerPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159976387679009462006-10-04T11:39:00.000-04:002006-10-04T11:39:00.000-04:00I've always been ambivalent about Miller. I have ...I've always been ambivalent about Miller. I have found him witty and iconoclastic, but I've also found him to have very little respect for the text. If I'm not mistaken, he directed the BBC Shakespeare "Othello" with Anthony Hopkins, which was embarrassing. But he also did Olivier's "Merchant," which sounded amazing.<BR/><BR/>The boo-hooing is interesting. Peter Hall did the same thing at the end of his autobiography. An inflated sense of their importance?Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177922467901223790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159894112928686972006-10-03T12:48:00.000-04:002006-10-03T12:48:00.000-04:00Yeah, I suppose I shouldn't have expected much sym...Yeah, I suppose I shouldn't have expected much sympathy for Miller. Some biting replies here!<BR/><BR/>What can I say, the man has been an inspiration to me, but over the long career, notwithstanding the occasional duds. (Don't forget his "Long Day's Journey" with Jack Lemmon!)<BR/><BR/>But his Rigoletto and Cosi Fan Tutte were amazing evenings of music-theatre for me. Some (certainly not all) of the BBC Shakespeares he did are great ("Merchant"). And his book Subsequent Performances is a terrific history of Shakespeare & classics in performance and a compelling justification of his own work.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know, boo-hoo. I thought the quotes were funny more than anything else.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159893282813980642006-10-03T12:34:00.000-04:002006-10-03T12:34:00.000-04:00He directed King Lear at Lincoln Center a couple o...He directed King Lear at Lincoln Center a couple of years back. It was like getting a sawdust enema.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159893005024964862006-10-03T12:30:00.000-04:002006-10-03T12:30:00.000-04:00Sorry, that was Richard Jones. But Parabais's poi...Sorry, that was Richard Jones. But Parabais's point still stands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159892926903129242006-10-03T12:28:00.000-04:002006-10-03T12:28:00.000-04:00I agree.Also, didn't he direct that piece of shit ...I agree.<BR/><BR/>Also, didn't he direct that piece of shit TITANIC the musical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1159889782149608432006-10-03T11:36:00.000-04:002006-10-03T11:36:00.000-04:00WHen I read stuff like this I can't help but want ...WHen I read stuff like this I can't help but want to claw my own eyes out. Oh, Jonathan Miller has it rough, does he? Gosh, it must suck having to regularly put up shows with the resources of Lincoln Center. If only he had decided to direct a major musical-- which, of course, with him directing it, would've definitely been a hit by his own calculation-- he'd be rolling in it!<BR/><BR/>Miller isn't a child. He's been in this business for decades. Surely he must've realized long ago it isn't particularly lucrative. <BR/><BR/>We are not the victim of our own choices in life. Miller wants to treat the career path that he himself chose as if someone forced him into it.<BR/><BR/>A set change from his most recent opera could fund a downtown show (if not a season at soho rep). he has little right to complain.parabasishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476856869466695694noreply@blogger.com