tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post1387424049763684066..comments2024-02-22T01:36:48.427-08:00Comments on On Theatre and Politics - Matthew Freeman: HostilityFreemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-70451887050499869262009-04-02T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-02T11:50:00.000-07:00I will address this formally on my blog. I keep th...I will address this formally on my blog. I keep threatening this, but am too swamped to get to it. I will, though, and then you're gonna get it boy... ;-)<BR/><BR/>Preview: there is a difference between intending to offend, and being willing to risk offending.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465161646609405658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-16482304873564677762009-03-31T18:12:00.000-07:002009-03-31T18:12:00.000-07:00The opposite of hostility isn't thoughtfulness. I ...The opposite of hostility isn't thoughtfulness. <BR/><BR/>I simply don't believe that an artists dedication to a certain relationship with the community should be the hinge on which public funding swings. There is public good in an aggressive, pugnacious artistic community. It truly would be funding worthless art if that art we careful of the powers that be, and careful not to step on toes.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-35962357179657959502009-03-31T14:37:00.000-07:002009-03-31T14:37:00.000-07:00The opposite of hostility is not necessarily compl...The opposite of hostility is not necessarily complicity. Also, if artist wish to be funded by public vs. private dollars, then these questions of community must resonate. Who are you doing the work for otherwise? Whom is the audience you wish to reach?<BR/><BR/>If one has private funding, dissent is much easier to come by. Although, some of the best work I have seen finds a way to work in these questions of our community and it's attitudes or acts we dislike, in a non-hostile and thoughtful way.Austinhttp://www.rexaustinbarrow.com/noreply@blogger.com