Wednesday, October 17, 2007
In Service
Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh: "At its best, theater can immediately connect an audience with unknown and unseen parts of the world. On this level, In Service -- an evening of images and spoken words about the occupation of Iraq, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Bricolage Theatre -- does a remarkable job giving voice to a group conspicuous by its absence in corporate media."
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It is good to see that this production about the war in Iraq is being done without a slant. It is important for Americans to know what is going on over there without bias. By having the accounts come from actual people who experienced it, that bias is taken away. It makes the production more about the events rather than making it pro or anti war.
Although I agree with the above comment, that it is important to have un-biased information, but was the point of this piece simply to relay facts in the form of experiences? By not having a distinct bias, the director is still saying something. Although I didn't see the production, from the article (which didn't have any qualms with admitting bias), the piece seemed to be justifying the war. Maybe not in a political aspect, but by not analyzing or having a point of focus, they were indeed rationalizing the war. Any art about the war in Iraq is going to have a message and just because people were actually there, doesn't mean that they have a fair and balanced opinion of events. In fact, it is probably quite the opposite.
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