A Question of Quality
Dunkirk NY – I seem to have an issue lately with quality. Nothing pleases me. Between watching my rehearsals for La Bohème, the movie The Watchmen I just finished watching, and my department’s production of Charlotte’s Web I saw this afternoon, it seems I can find nothing to really like. The last two things I have watched which I can really say I liked and had high levels of excellence were Synecdoche, NY and Born Yesterday at the Shaw Festival. Synecdoche, NY had incredible vision and writing, and Born Yesterday had incredible technique. Apart from those two things, I really haven’t much in the way of quality. Except perhaps the brand of baseball being played by the Yankees and Angels lately.
I am concerned about this tendency within me to find the weaknesses in everything I see. Why, I wonder, do I come away feeling so dissatisfied with the kinds of events I am viewing or even directing? Others around me seem to feel that the mere fact of something’s existence is enough to make it a success. People, it seems, cannot clearly see mediocrity even when it’s right in front of their face, or if they can, they certainly don’t want to talk about it. The human desire for success at any cost seems to obscure the truth. Continue reading ‘A Question of Quality’ »
