Re: Pshychoderelict, Quad on stage, Astley haters banquet

[AnEnglishBoy <campbell@fix.net>]

Hat's off to the limited appreciative abilities of the general
audiences of theatre.

AnEnglishboy!

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Jeff House wrote:

> A few thoughts on some recent topics --
>
> Scott,
> Thanks for the giggles with your Astley Haters Ball.  Great bit :-D
>
> The reason Psychoderelict is weak is because it fails to connect with the
> audience in an emotional way.  It is a work of complete cynicism and is too
> personal.  Only those who are into Pete will have any understanding of the
> themes and conlficts.  Art about the difficulties of the artistic process is
> very diffucult to pull off.  (Nearly impossible IMO.)  Sure, there are some
> clever gimmicks.  But in the end, it just does not connect.  That being
> said, some of the songs are great.  Sorry Kevin Mc, I love "Now and Then".
>
> For Quad to work in the theater they need to emphasize the cool dramatic
> gimmick of the 4 characters within a character.  Every successful musical
> needs a gimmick to make the audience think it innovative.  One gimmick that
> people can grasp, and then make everything else bland.  Bland music, bland
> performances, bland costumes will all work great if they can pull off a
> neato torpedo 4-characters-in-one dramatic device.
>
> Jeff