Wanted; chick play.
Mon, 3 Nov 2003, 02:52 pmLeah Maher18 posts in thread
Wanted; chick play.
Mon, 3 Nov 2003, 02:52 pmOK, I have 4 of the most talented girls in town, I have an amazing director, I think I might even have a venue, now all I need is a play. But do you think I can find one? Do you??!! Noooooooooooo.
Where are all the plays with female characters that are not exclusively concerned with men, insipient lesbianism or the death of ones mother? For Gods sake this town is replete with incredibly talented women who can't get a gig. Why is no-one writing decent chick plays?
Do I have to stoop to adapting a play with male characters? Do I have to commit crimes against art and try to write one myself? Do I have to give up and face another round of auditions where forty women audition for the one female role, and when the director rings to reject you he also asks if you wouldn't mind chasing down some of your male actor mates and asking them if they'd be interested because he can't fill the male roles?
Well??!!
Hmph.
Where are all the plays with female characters that are not exclusively concerned with men, insipient lesbianism or the death of ones mother? For Gods sake this town is replete with incredibly talented women who can't get a gig. Why is no-one writing decent chick plays?
Do I have to stoop to adapting a play with male characters? Do I have to commit crimes against art and try to write one myself? Do I have to give up and face another round of auditions where forty women audition for the one female role, and when the director rings to reject you he also asks if you wouldn't mind chasing down some of your male actor mates and asking them if they'd be interested because he can't fill the male roles?
Well??!!
Hmph.
Re: ..not just chicks that play...
Sun, 19 Sept 2004, 01:59 amLuke Heath wrote:
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> Do I detect a not so subtle hint of Homophobia? A bit of
> prejudice about P.R.I.D.E. I honestly dont care if you dont
> like it, because your opinion doesnt matter to me.
Hi Luke. I don't read any homophobia in Dick's (ignoring the Freudian connotation here) reply - perhaps you are understandably defensive about your work?
What he expressed, although blunt and perhaps rude, was not far off my own gut reaction as I read your synopsis. Even though I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, it's hard not to judge a play by its synopsis...after all, that's part of its purpose: to summarise the content. So hopefully your actual script has got more potential than what I read in your synopsis, which frankly I also found a rather unappealing. The whole lesbian/suicide plot sounds kinda tabloid on the surface.
Did you notice that Leah's original post under this heading expressed the following..?
>>"Where are all the plays with female characters that are not exclusively concerned with men, insipient lesbianism or the death of ones mother?"
By all means, write about big issues. And hopefully you're good enough to move your audience, rather than remove them...
Cheers,
Craig
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> Do I detect a not so subtle hint of Homophobia? A bit of
> prejudice about P.R.I.D.E. I honestly dont care if you dont
> like it, because your opinion doesnt matter to me.
Hi Luke. I don't read any homophobia in Dick's (ignoring the Freudian connotation here) reply - perhaps you are understandably defensive about your work?
What he expressed, although blunt and perhaps rude, was not far off my own gut reaction as I read your synopsis. Even though I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, it's hard not to judge a play by its synopsis...after all, that's part of its purpose: to summarise the content. So hopefully your actual script has got more potential than what I read in your synopsis, which frankly I also found a rather unappealing. The whole lesbian/suicide plot sounds kinda tabloid on the surface.
Did you notice that Leah's original post under this heading expressed the following..?
>>"Where are all the plays with female characters that are not exclusively concerned with men, insipient lesbianism or the death of ones mother?"
By all means, write about big issues. And hopefully you're good enough to move your audience, rather than remove them...
Cheers,
Craig
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