Comments for DramaLit Blog 1.0: BU School of Theatre http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb visit the new version of this blog: http://dramalit.wordpress.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:41:01 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Sarah Kane’s Skin by Cloteal http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/04/20/sarah-kanes-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Cloteal Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:41:01 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2814#comment-170 ~ Thanks Ilana! ~ Thanks Ilana!

]]> Comment on Radical Hospitality by sdecker http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/26/radical-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-169 sdecker Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:54:12 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2707#comment-169 Awesome, thanks Ilana, I'll take a look!! Awesome, thanks Ilana, I’ll take a look!!

]]> Comment on Radical Hospitality by Ilana Brownstein http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/26/radical-hospitality/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Ilana Brownstein Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:34:11 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2707#comment-168 Sonia -- as a result of your post, I got an email from the folks at Oracle Theatre in Chicago. They invite you (and others) to check out their own version of Radical Hospitality: http://www.oracletheatre.org/Tickets.htm Sonia — as a result of your post, I got an email from the folks at Oracle Theatre in Chicago. They invite you (and others) to check out their own version of Radical Hospitality: http://www.oracletheatre.org/Tickets.htm

]]> Comment on Tampons, Prostitutes and a Pregnancy Scare by Ilana Brownstein http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/27/tampons-prostitutes-and-a-pregnancy-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Ilana Brownstein Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:32:37 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2704#comment-167 Your reaction is super interesting. In fact, it's one of the things I've been thinking about a lot over the past few months as I've been living in the world of Hookman at Company One. The structure of the play tricks the audience into thinking that these vapid young woman stereotypes (boys, periods, parties, drinking) what the play is about, until it's slowly revealed -- through the use of the slasher film genre -- what's really going on. In the end, the girls are so much more. I've been fascinated by the different responses we've gotten from male vs female audience members. Your reaction is super interesting. In fact, it’s one of the things I’ve been thinking about a lot over the past few months as I’ve been living in the world of Hookman at Company One. The structure of the play tricks the audience into thinking that these vapid young woman stereotypes (boys, periods, parties, drinking) what the play is about, until it’s slowly revealed — through the use of the slasher film genre — what’s really going on. In the end, the girls are so much more. I’ve been fascinated by the different responses we’ve gotten from male vs female audience members.

]]> Comment on Tampons, Prostitutes and a Pregnancy Scare by sbmeyers http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/27/tampons-prostitutes-and-a-pregnancy-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-166 sbmeyers Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:01:51 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2704#comment-166 I have to say that I had similar thoughts and feelings during the show, Kate. I was laughing myself, but I also knew that I wasn't completely comfortable with the portrayals of women. I'm glad I'm not siting alone in those feelings. I am disheartened by the facts about women in film, and it makes me curious as to what men are talking about in films. My impulse is to say they're usually talking about women or sex with women. I could be wrong, but it makes me question if the emphasis in writing of speaking about the opposite sex is a universal problem for women AND men. What important issues then are contemporary characters talking about, especially in film? I have to say that I had similar thoughts and feelings during the show, Kate. I was laughing myself, but I also knew that I wasn’t completely comfortable with the portrayals of women. I’m glad I’m not siting alone in those feelings.

I am disheartened by the facts about women in film, and it makes me curious as to what men are talking about in films. My impulse is to say they’re usually talking about women or sex with women. I could be wrong, but it makes me question if the emphasis in writing of speaking about the opposite sex is a universal problem for women AND men. What important issues then are contemporary characters talking about, especially in film?

]]> Comment on Boxes by Ilana Brownstein http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/24/boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Ilana Brownstein Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2700#comment-165 Ok, so let's see your video! Ok, so let’s see your video!

]]> Comment on Boxes by sbmeyers http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/24/boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-164 sbmeyers Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:09:42 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2700#comment-164 Is it possible to still get involved with the box project or was that the last opportunity? It sounds amazing! Is it possible to still get involved with the box project or was that the last opportunity? It sounds amazing!

]]> Comment on CARRIE: Finding the Natural in the Supernatural. by sbmeyers http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/03/04/carrie-finding-the-natural-in-the-supernatural/comment-page-1/#comment-163 sbmeyers Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:29:55 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2655#comment-163 I saw this article and thought about this post. It's funny since Betty Buckley was just here working with some of us! http://www.playbill.com/features/article/160573-Tony-Award-Winner-Betty-Buckley-Looks-Back-at-Carrie-On-Stage-and-Screen I saw this article and thought about this post. It’s funny since Betty Buckley was just here working with some of us!

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/160573-Tony-Award-Winner-Betty-Buckley-Looks-Back-at-Carrie-On-Stage-and-Screen

]]> Comment on ‘Matilda’ the Musical by rro http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/02/21/matilda-the-musical/comment-page-1/#comment-162 rro Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:12:34 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2613#comment-162 I saw this when I was in London--literally the best new musical I've ever seen. It's so great. It's officially coming to Broadway in 2013 and I just really hope nothing is lost in the move!! I saw this when I was in London–literally the best new musical I’ve ever seen. It’s so great. It’s officially coming to Broadway in 2013 and I just really hope nothing is lost in the move!!

]]> Comment on Facing the Reality of Sexism in Playwriting by rro http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/2012/02/29/facing-the-reality-of-sexism-in-playwriting/comment-page-1/#comment-161 rro Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:09:38 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/ilanamb/?p=2636#comment-161 When I was a reader for The O'Neill's NPC this past semester I read all the scripts blind, because that's their policy, and I didn't feel that it in any way negatively impacted my experience of reading and judging the plays. I'd be curious to know what the gender breakdown was after reading this, but I guess it doesn't really matter. I totally agree with you, though, blind readings does seem like a solution. When I was a reader for The O’Neill’s NPC this past semester I read all the scripts blind, because that’s their policy, and I didn’t feel that it in any way negatively impacted my experience of reading and judging the plays. I’d be curious to know what the gender breakdown was after reading this, but I guess it doesn’t really matter. I totally agree with you, though, blind readings does seem like a solution.

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