tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post7611928358939527555..comments2024-01-20T16:46:43.636+11:00Comments on Kevin Jackson's Theatre Diary: Miss JulieGeorge Khuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220918958933755405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-91111345052475201762012-11-08T12:59:19.634+11:002012-11-08T12:59:19.634+11:00Dear Kevin,
I understand the point 'anonymous...Dear Kevin,<br /><br />I understand the point 'anonymous' is making. I also take your point about truths (and some are more subjective than objective), though I don't mean to play word-smith here...<br /><br />I saw the show last week, The plant was real, the walls were black, Kate is female, Strindberg is the playwright. <br /><br />I don't think its about the plant per-se (it's being used as an example). Everyone has an opinion, though you're one of the few that write about it publicly. Though, surely you have an obligation to speak the most 'shared' belief and not be presumptuous about things you don't know for certain. Maybe that's what comes across as bitchy? <br /><br />As a side note, I loved the production. Provocative, powerful and beautifully conceived.<br /><br />Sincerely, DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-69280693186431180772012-11-02T12:24:49.314+11:002012-11-02T12:24:49.314+11:00Dear Anonymous,
I guess our observation of the sa...Dear Anonymous, <br />I guess our observation of the same night performance and that you have seen something else to me, simply reflects the Rashomon syndrome, which is, that the truth is what the eye of the beholder wants/needs, and is dependent on the wants of each at that time. There is no truth except our own.<br /> In the Rashomon story by Kurosawa there is a rape but as told by the rapist, the victim and the observer there were three versions of the same event. Three truths.<br />So, we, at MISS JULIE, on the same night, saw what we believe to be true. Two truths!, then.<br /><br />Your reflections of the differences between our experience of the theatre that night, and your obvious objection to my writing of my own, is possible exciting input.<br />Just what is it that you saw so differently from me? Other than my mistaking of the flower, on whether it is plastic or watered every night, you have not really illustrated your point of view or discussed my other "countless" "other falsities".<br />I am passionate about the work in the theatre. Of storytelling, in general, whatever its form.That is why I keep this diary. That is why I blog it - to have some record of it.<br />I have never intended to it to be "bitchy". But, there is the Rashomon effect, again.My truth and your truth!<br />Thanks for reading my blog.<br />Kj.27Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-70496576630570469082012-10-30T23:39:32.384+11:002012-10-30T23:39:32.384+11:00Too often I find you make up details of the produc...Too often I find you make up details of the production... I was there on opening night too - and the plant was/is very real. Not a fake plastic one in the slightest. In fact, I was told it gets watered every night. There are several other falsities in this review and countless others. When you get it wrong, you simply come across as bitchy... picking at things to sneer at. This undermines your reviews. Food for thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-11140496188043025942012-10-27T00:08:16.902+11:002012-10-27T00:08:16.902+11:00Brendan Cowell as Miss Julie at Belvoir??
SICK!C...Brendan Cowell as Miss Julie at Belvoir?? <br /> SICK!COOL!<br /> Could only be topped by Toby as Ophelia...Johnnoreply@blogger.com