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Black Watch - great, you came up with an example. And although Black Watch was inventive in its staging, I wouldn't call the subject matter particularly risky. Who's going to object to former soldiers haunted by memories of their dead friends? Don't get me wrong, I think its very moving and beautiful, but really ain't nothing out of the box there.

Sorry, but what a bunch of hypocritical BS. The minute someone tries to produce something risky, bold or out of the box it is crapped on by critics (and by people on boards like this one) unless the style of the risk is in line with their own personal taste. Yes, they appreciate the effort so long as "the writing isn't bad" as someone here so hilariously put it. That's the problem with theatre criticism today - zero appreciation for artistic risk coupled with a sick need to turn a "failure" i...