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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 16:33:51 GMT
I don't review so much as casually blog, but I won't cover kids am dram either. Which in many ways is kind of a dumb distinction to have made 'cos the local youth theatre group consistently put on the highest quality productions of all the local groups, but they're learning in a way that the adult groups and also drama school students have already gone through, so it doesn't feel right from that perspective, and also I like going into their shows with a mindset of "I am supporting this group" rather than "I am judging this group".
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 22, 2019 17:37:41 GMT
God why would you?
David Sedaris wrote a hilarious pastiche of an NY Times-style review of a school Nativity play once.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 13:39:27 GMT
I don't review so much as casually blog, but I won't cover kids am dram either. Which in many ways is kind of a dumb distinction to have made 'cos the local youth theatre group consistently put on the highest quality productions of all the local groups, but they're learning in a way that the adult groups and also drama school students have already gone through, so it doesn't feel right from that perspective, and also I like going into their shows with a mindset of "I am supporting this group" rather than "I am judging this group". Same, same. HILARIOUSLY the response I got from the person who suggested me to said kids group leader above, was 'But they're hardly amatuer they're basically Sylvia Young standard' great! brilliant! I'm sure they are but I'm not judging a bunch of kids literally at SCHOOL any more than I'm rocking up to the local primary and asking them to make the donkey a bit more realistic in the nativity. |
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 23, 2019 16:37:11 GMT
'But they're hardly amatuer they're basically Sylvia Young standard' That's just begging for a review beginning "This barely amateur performance of ...", or perhaps "There are professional performances, there are amateur performances, and then there's this performance of ...". |
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Post by timothyd on Mar 24, 2019 10:35:19 GMT
I have had only one demand for a takedown regarding this review viewfromthecheapseat.com/2018/02/08/the-boring-room-vaults-festival/As an editor (I didn't write the review) I refused. There was nothing bad in there (though the producer claimed it had insulted the writer's name!?) and it was a fair review of a show that did badly across the board. In desperation, the complainer tried to argue the review anonymous and unfair. It isn't, it wasn't. The Stage gave it 1 star I wonder if he wrote to them complaining. To be fair to the company thats quite a poorly written review. The joke about the name and comparing the show to holding in gas (?!) for example. It also has two entire segments based on an assumption about a name in the programme while that assumption hasnt been verified with the company and could be wrong. As an editor I would have asked the writer to verify that before publishing because it comes across as quite a lazy write-up. The reviewer doesnt write much about the show itself and doesnt give any proper feedback. So I wouldnt exactly call that a fair review. In general if a review only bashes but dont give constructive critism or when a reviewer tries to be witty but fails I dont see much point in publishing it. When you compare a show to holding in gas you failed as a reviewer. |
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