Friday, January 21, 2011
Moore: What we can learn from from "Assassins," "Talk Radio"
The Denver Post: "In times of sudden national tragedy, theater isn't the most immediately responsive of art forms. When something horrible happens like, say, the Sept. 11 attacks, it can take years for playwrights to gather and present their thoughts before a live audience.
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I agree with this, but it's also important to note that many people who see Assassins are more offended than anything else. I assistant directed this show in my Junior year at high school, and 1) my mother didn't want to see it because it was unpatriotic and 2) my father wasn't allowed to put the poster up at work because of the show's "un-American-ness". I love the show, and I think the message is really important, and continues to be significant whenever any type of assassination attempt arises, but I wonder about the power of theatre in convincing people of that. Theatre also has to battle the excuse "well, that's fiction" - some people will be determined to draw the line between play and real-life in such a way that does not allow them to learn from theatre.
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