Also, the ONLY thing that posters on ATC are "in the know" about is how to be a**holes who are dripping in bitterness and unecessary self-importance. People who have that much time on their hands aren't producing/starring in/directing, B'way shows.
I may agree with you that most people won't spend the serious time needed to digest just what ASSASSAINS is all about. But does that mean we shouldn't have the show? Or does that mean people need to stop accepting everything at face value and start meeting art halfway?
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
There is really only one reason that dark shows don't have more success on Bway.
*Audiences, by and large, do not want to think in the theatre. They want to escape.*
The only reason they'll accept thinking is if it's neccesary to get a joke. And even then, you can't have too many of those or your risk your humor going over their heads.
No, I don't think it means that we shouldn't have the show. While part of the role of theatre is to entertain the populace, unfortunately those creating the theatre and those producing it don't always have the same idea of what should be on Bway. We have to hold onto, and champion those who chose to raise the bar, rather than play to the lowest common denominator. People should absolutely meet art halfway. It's unfortunate that most people don't. But someone HAS to raise the bar. It's scary that as actors we usually have to chose the schlock in order to fund our desire to do the art.
That's the big difference to me - most of Bway is commerce. The stuff that touches the soul is art. Rarely do the two meet. Assassins does so beautifully - with wit, melody and pathos all rolled into one. I'll certainly see it. (Doesn't hurt that my friend Brandon is in it!)
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