A few days ago, while I was blissfully scrolling through Facebook from my mobile phone, I saw that my friend, mentor and guide in theater had posted the following as her status on Facebook:
Self-glorification is fine, don't get me wrong, but the problems start to occur when it is done at the expense of the theater, one's fellow actors, and the audience. This is an epidemic with students that has to be nipped in the bud. I've ached through many awful productions from school shows, to amateur dramatics, to really spectacularly awful professional shows that left me, as an audience member, desperately seeking the closest cup of tea for consolation. Admittedly, there are many factors that can result in an abortion of a production, but I believe that 99 percent of the time, the main problem is a lack of respect. I've made an awesome table that reduces this ridiculously in depth topic to a brief summary.
RESPECT is the keyword to excellence in the theatre individually and collectively!I could have whooped out loud, I was so happy. Such truth should be celebrated. So many times, we come into contact with people in the theater who have little or no consideration for others, and seek only to glorify themselves.
Self-glorification is fine, don't get me wrong, but the problems start to occur when it is done at the expense of the theater, one's fellow actors, and the audience. This is an epidemic with students that has to be nipped in the bud. I've ached through many awful productions from school shows, to amateur dramatics, to really spectacularly awful professional shows that left me, as an audience member, desperately seeking the closest cup of tea for consolation. Admittedly, there are many factors that can result in an abortion of a production, but I believe that 99 percent of the time, the main problem is a lack of respect. I've made an awesome table that reduces this ridiculously in depth topic to a brief summary.
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