Comments on: 10 questions: Mike Daisey

By: laura

laura — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:23:00 +0000

this is such an inspiring interview! thanks mike:) keep pushing the boundaries. i feel very challenged by your work.

By: Ian Mackenzie

Ian Mackenzie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:08:00 +0000

“. . . theater’s weakness – dead words written by dead hands, propped up on stage.”

Oh, God. Please don’t let this sentence fall into the hands of our opponents.

By: Simon Rice

Simon Rice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:07:00 +0000

Why is theatre important?

“it is a humanizing process that happens live in a space all around you, speaking directly with narrative and story to the concerns as a human being navigating the world.”

This is beautiful! Thank-you!

By: Simon Rice

Simon Rice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:45:00 +0000

“There’s a strain of Puritanism in America that supposes that we should not actually speak aloud about the events of our life…”

This puritanical strain also stretches north of the border!

Great interview!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:01:00 +0000

Hey Mike,

I lived your interview. Especially your answer to #10. Just to inflate your ego, just last night, with no knowledge that this would be posted on my theatre company's website, i had a long conversation with a co-worker about you last night. All the way up in Toronto.

It started with us talking about many of the parallels we saw in NYC and Toronto with the problems that you addressed in your Empty Spaces article, with an emphasis on our heros working 70 hour weeks at what works out to minimum age and how increased funding always seems to make it to administration instead of the artists themselves.

Then I learned that you were the same guy who had the infamous water pouring incident. The general conclusion was that if nothing else you were making an impact. Neither of us have seen your work and we're talkin aboot ya in Canada. Thanks for your time and ideas.