Comments on: Toronto theatre blogs – the search continues

By: Praxis Theatre

Praxis Theatre — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +0000

Hey MK –

Totally. You should have been on the list. I'm working on an revised and updated list. And yours was already on it. Will post in the next couple of days.

Cheers!

By: MK Piatkowski

MK Piatkowski — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:06:00 +0000

This is what happens when I get behind on my blog reading. How come I'm not on the list?

if the person lives in Toronto, devotes themselves on someway to theatre, and writes about it on the internet, it would seem to qualify to me.

I fit the criteria. :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:38:00 +0000

I really respect the fact that J Kelly admits that his opinion isn’t the only one in the world, even when the other opinions come from (derogatory term deleted).

By: mike

mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:11:00 +0000

ever since our legendary split on the lopez issue, alison and i keep agreeing on stuff.

the quantification of the value of theatre is annoying. the NY Times is still the most weighty review you can receive on this continent precisely because they don’t assign a numerical value to their criticism.

you have to read the argument for a particular perspective on a production. no one ever says, “i don’t know, maybe i’ll see it. brantley gave it three stars.” they either know what he wrote and why he wrote it or not.

to completely contradict myself though, the way kelly’s set up his blog, it’s like the rottentomatoes of canadian theatre. you can access all the reviews of a show from one location and i like that a lot. 1 review is an opinion. 6 reviews is a trend.

By: alison

alison — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:22:00 +0000

Don’t you have some math to do, Kelly?

By: MooseGuts

MooseGuts — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:15:00 +0000

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By: J. Kelly

J. Kelly — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Alison wrote: “‘Paralyzingly unanswerable questions’, hm?

“A wise woman once sat me down and informed me that adjectives are not my friends. The paralysis is implicit in the unanswerability. Pick an adjective and go with it.”

‘Paralyzingly’ is an adverb, not an adjective. Ooh, the nitpicker gets picked!

By: mike

mike — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:08:00 +0000

alison is right. minotaur is awesome. saw it last week and its even better than it was in the fringe 2 years ago. you’ll be sad if you miss it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:13:00 +0000

No; “paralyzingly unanswerable” obviously was effective, because you’re all still talking about it. Had I used just the one adjective, my point would have passed unnoticed.

Anyway, I was just taking the piss, folks. I want to read Mike’s kick-ass job on Luminato, and I agree that people from outside of Toronto are people too, mostly.

By: alison

alison — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:58:00 +0000

"Paralyzingly unanswerable questions", hm?

A wise woman once sat me down and informed me that adjectives are not my friends. The paralysis is implicit in the unanswerability. Pick an adjective and go with it.

Ok, ok, I have more to say than just nitpicking about syntax. Comedy and musical theatre blogs would certainly count on my list. As for why limit it to Toronto, you (and I) live and write and make theatre in Toronto, and I assume the idea of the list is to try and create a blogging community of writers/performers/theatre whatevers, right? Isn't THAT the value, to have as many other people to engage with as possible?

Otherwise, what IS the point of such a list?

I like people who aren't in Toronto, too. Just FYI.

I also like changing the topic: go see Minotaur. It's scary.