critics and defenders of Rock Apocalypse

Thanks Neville, for the humbling compliment. I agree, I don't visit here anywhere as often as I used to, which is a shame because I enjoy the discussions I come across, and the people who I used to frequently encounter here. However as to being involved....well actually I am, slightly! I know Kate, and she asked me to read a prepared monologue for the project at the recent Blue Room launch...which inspired me to return to this forum to check out what it was all about. I don't know whether I am likely to be involved in the actual show or not. The parallels weren't lost on me (nor do I imagine on anyone else who puts two and two together) that I was at one time infamous here for posting many opinions, arguments and theatre criticisms. So the temptation to join the discussion in this particular topic and argue on behalf of a show I have an inside link to was (and still is) wickedly irresistible. That doesn't diminish my argument - to support a concept I find brave and interesting - as I still have no personal creative or vested interest for or against the project. For any who remember, my reputation would attest that I am only going to argue for an idea I think holds fair merit, and would equally criticize it if I thought it deserved it...regardless of who I know or how they may connect to me. And back to Walter Plingerest: As I said, I'm not defending the project yet, other than to take issue against those who cut it down before it's even been born. Whether it's good or not, and whether I'm involved or not are both yet to be seen. My only issue with you was your dismissiveness, with a comment that didn't really contribute an argument. Feel free to come back with a stronger, better supported point of view and I will take it on board. Like Thomas Jefferson I may not like what is being said (by you, or by Kate, or by anyone here), but I will defend to the death their right to say it. Well maybe not to the death...but I will at least bore everyone to death extolling their (and my) right of expression! ...Nice little distraction to jump on the spelling. Believe me, I use that technique a LOT, so it's about time someone threw it back at me. You can call me Graig if you want, it pretty well sounds the same. So if I prefer AmericanIZED to AngliCISED spelling it doesn't really matter as it all sounds the same (actually, the Americans always spell it how it sounds, whereas the Anglo Saxons for some unfathomable reason never do). Well done on picking up my errors . (That used to be my little trick, as I was once the biggest spelling-Nazi here). The main reason I perpetuate American spelling here is that the inbuilt spell check in all my web browsers gives me unsightly wiggly red error lines unless I do otherwise. The other reason is I find IZE much more aesthetically pleasing....and otherwise, what the hell is the letter Z for?? In fact, what is the letter C good for? Yours, Kraig. ~<8>-/====\---------