Comments on: Red-state theatre http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/06/red-state-theatre/ Performance. Production. Theory. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Scott Walters http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/06/red-state-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Scott Walters Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=116#comment-171 Thanks for the shout out, Ian. Your readers are probably getting sick of hearing from me! Thanks for the shout out, Ian. Your readers are probably getting sick of hearing from me!

]]> By: mike http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/06/red-state-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-170 mike Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=116#comment-170 re #8 I have a friend who is quite a successful playwright in Toronto that I talked with about the whole, "preaching to the converted" problem inherent in a medium that plays almost exclusively to left leaning middle class professionals.<br/><br/>His semi-nihilistic response was, "Even the converted need their values reinforced from time to time". This is an excellent soundbite , but it would probably leave Barak Obama wanting for more of a sense of hope.<br/><br/>I think material that has a leftist perspective or agenda has to do a heck of a better job at being entertaining. 24 (the tv show) is an insanely entertaining piece of right wing propaganda. how many american cities have not suffered a major terrorist attack over the past couple of years? We watch because it is compelling anyhow. Colbert does a good job coming from the other side. Clearly this is left wing propaganda. We cannot help but watch beacuse he is the funniest man alive...where am I going with this...IF it's something people WANT to watch they will swallow your political persepective quite easily. If it's like eating your vegetables, not so much. re #8 I have a friend who is quite a successful playwright in Toronto that I talked with about the whole, “preaching to the converted” problem inherent in a medium that plays almost exclusively to left leaning middle class professionals.

His semi-nihilistic response was, “Even the converted need their values reinforced from time to time”. This is an excellent soundbite , but it would probably leave Barak Obama wanting for more of a sense of hope.

I think material that has a leftist perspective or agenda has to do a heck of a better job at being entertaining. 24 (the tv show) is an insanely entertaining piece of right wing propaganda. how many american cities have not suffered a major terrorist attack over the past couple of years? We watch because it is compelling anyhow. Colbert does a good job coming from the other side. Clearly this is left wing propaganda. We cannot help but watch beacuse he is the funniest man alive…where am I going with this…IF it’s something people WANT to watch they will swallow your political persepective quite easily. If it’s like eating your vegetables, not so much.

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