Comments on: Positively Shooken

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By: Christopher Warman

Christopher Warman — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:51:38 +0000

In reply to Allison Epstein. You know, I think I would have enjoyed a good riot.

By: Kimberley Lynne

Kimberley Lynne — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:31:56 +0000

I’m with Allison: Drumsalliech is a fantastic play, because on the surface it is funny but underneath it makes the audience think, and, hence, their silence. I want to make an audience consider themselves as humans, and you held up the mirror and that can be dicey. I bet sometime this week, they will think of the vicar again, maybe the next time they face some sectarian argument, and hopefully re-consider their actions. Playwrights should be didactic; that is our role.
And they laughed at two steeples.
You also made the voice of Catholic-bashing a bombastic old fart.
So, no, you did not fail, not in our eyes and I think not in theirs.
And remember what Joan Baez said, if they’re not throwing tomatoes at you, you’re not doing your job.

By: Allison Epstein

Allison Epstein — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:39:37 +0000

I still think your play is fabulous. It’s tough being a warm-up act for a crowd who’s been listening to professional Irish writers all week, and it’s also probably tough taking on Irish politics directly with an Irish audience. But I still laugh every time Kimberly leans over to Joan and says, “Do you know what they’re calling the bloody thing? St. Patrick’s Cathedral. That’s OUR name!”
If everyone was termed a terrible writer because one audience didn’t appreciate their play as much as we wanted them to, there wouldn’t be any good writers in the world. Remember, Synge got riots. At least nobody was burning the summer school to the ground.