tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post1787491269200333660..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: What's the Frequency, Broadway?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-49528007445601226532008-11-06T22:19:00.000-05:002008-11-06T22:19:00.000-05:00Way to use the ol' roadrunner vs. Wile E. Coyote d...Way to use the ol' roadrunner vs. Wile E. Coyote defense. <BR/><BR/>As a sound engineer, <A HREF="http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/thebusiness/081106/" REL="nofollow">I will be the first to tell you</A> that I can't wait to get rid of wireless microphones. Project, dammit! To the back of the house. I'm sick of dealing with the politics of "louder, softer."<BR/><BR/>But theaters have never been particularly safe places, and wireless communication is the only thing that makes spectacular shows like Cirque possible. I mean, 90% of the time you can hook up to a wired communication device and be just fine, but that other 10% can be really, really hairy.<BR/><BR/>There's also the argument... do we really need more cell-phone-like devices in the world? What concerns me about this VERY quick trend of the retailization of communication devices - which, make no mistake, is making a huge difference in the quality of life in developing nations - is that our global culture is not picking up the slack about being more responsible communicators as human beings. Oddly, cellphones and wireless communication devices are making us more likely to ignore or be distracted from more immediate and dangerous and rewarding forms of human contact - like theater. I feel like there's something deeper under the surface than the quiet indignance of a cell phone going off in a crowded theater.<BR/><BR/>Now where did I put that anvil? Oh CRAP...Nick Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616166732562821631noreply@blogger.com