The Great Divide
I came late to l’affaire Walters, and for the past week or so I have been doing what I can both to catch up on the relevant posts and subsequent comments and replies (anyone who reads this blog and does not follow other theatre blogs can start here if they wish. I will leave it up to you as to how far to go from there. Read the post and the comments). I’ve also been trying as best as I can to glean some sort of understanding of the human dynamics behind all the writing. Finally, I have been trying awfully hard to figure out my own relationship to all this information. Not having come to any firm conclusions about anything, about the best I can offer those who read these poor words are the following internal sensory observations I’ve experienced within me, my own relation and reaction to what I’ve read (N.B. – In the interests of full disclosure, readers must be advised that I write these observations under the following handicaps: A BA degree in English and Theatre; an MFA in Acting; 30 years working in non-professional and professional theatres of various sorts; membership in AEA; steady employment since 1974 as a teacher of high school religion, high school English, community college-level speech communication, broadcasting and theatre, and finally BA/BFA-level undergraduate theatre; a tenured full professorship; located in a rural, out-of-the-way economically depressed upstate NY city with little opportunity to see real theatre; married 31 years with three grown children and their concomitant responsibilities; over 50. An understanding of these handicaps I possess may allow the reader to perhaps better understand the following observations). Continue Reading »
