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What is so good about WAAPA!!!

Thu, 8 Dec 2005, 01:16 am
Walter Plinge59 posts in thread
Can i ask why there is so much fuss over getting into WAAPA.....?
Is it really the be all and end all of our insudtry?
Opinions.......!!!!

Re: What is so good about Troy Dodds?

Tue, 13 Dec 2005, 12:28 am
Driving a Lemon wrote:
>
> WAAPA is far from the place to be. Troy Dodds opened this
> debate months ago on BroadwayAustralia.com and the debate it
> pulled was incredible. WAAPA is currently producing below-par
> performers and in the majority of shows you'll find about 50%
> are waapa grads, 50% aren't. It's not the be all and end all.


Troy got a bit of a bad rap on this site for trying a publicity stunt for Broadway Australia that was seen to be in rather poor judgement. It probably was an incredible debate....just as arguments in this thread aren't necessarily credible either...!

(I'm not Troy-bashing here, his company produces a lot of shows in NSW...good on him. I just mean that debates on his website are probably no more or less definitive than anything here...so your argument doesn't really mean much.)

Neither am I batting for or against WAAPA...I haven't seen enough recent graduates to judge. But I find your argument incredible that you are criticising them because '...in the majority of shows, you'll find about 50% are WAAPA grads.." ..??!

Lucky for you I don't actually believe that statistic, because if I did it would make your argument even more self-defeating.

Cheers,
Craig

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