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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Grand scale stuff is not the only problem. A good 70% of people who are going to grand scale plays, and give fundings for these things to happen, don't even remember the name of what they're watching. That's disgusting.
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Why is that disgusting? I go to quite a few plays and galleries, and more infrequently things like operas, I don't necessarily remember what I've watched or go because I'm a massive fan of the artist concerned. There's a lot of people - I suspect a majority of arts patrons - who go for the experience over anything.
I've possibly misunderstood what you're saying, so don't take this as me laying into you, but if people went to plays with the same sort of attitude as they do films, you'd overnight find a massive reduction in snobbery. It's a comparable experience, but only the very biggest plays make money (outside of London, I know London is very good) while a crap film will be watched by millions, in spite of everyone involved know it's crap (I'm thinking the Star Wars prequels).
EDIT - you were talking about public funding for twattery. I see. I can't really square that one, feel free to ignore the above].