http://chrisashworth.org/blog/2009/03/31/in-which-chris-says-hello-to-the-fine-folks-over-at-metafilter/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chrisashworth.org/blog/2009/03/31/in-which-chris-says-hello-to-the-fine-folks-over-at-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-7403 Nick Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:41:43 +0000 http://chrisashworth.org/blog/?p=226#comment-7403 Xan's argument is that the public expects the arts to do something before it's willing to fund it, but the arts can't actually do anything without the money first because of the overhead of putting something together. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the public asks for someone to do something about crumbling cities, prisons, drug use, what have you, and artists want to respond to that, but the order is reversed. People don't want to pay for a product they haven't seen, but the product can't be created with the capital first. Xan’s argument is that the public expects the arts to do something before it’s willing to fund it, but the arts can’t actually do anything without the money first because of the overhead of putting something together. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the public asks for someone to do something about crumbling cities, prisons, drug use, what have you, and artists want to respond to that, but the order is reversed. People don’t want to pay for a product they haven’t seen, but the product can’t be created with the capital first.

]]> http://chrisashworth.org/blog/2009/03/31/in-which-chris-says-hello-to-the-fine-folks-over-at-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-7399 Jesse Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:24:25 +0000 http://chrisashworth.org/blog/?p=226#comment-7399 Tangential, but an interesting discussion of the quality of discourse on MetaFilter: http://www.slate.com/id/2211694/pagenum/all/ Tangential, but an interesting discussion of the quality of discourse on MetaFilter: http://www.slate.com/id/2211694/pagenum/all/

]]> http://chrisashworth.org/blog/2009/03/31/in-which-chris-says-hello-to-the-fine-folks-over-at-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-7398 language hat Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:22:07 +0000 http://chrisashworth.org/blog/?p=226#comment-7398 Hi! Just saw your commet at MeFi and thought I'd drop by to thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of these issues. As an interested spectator rather than a member of the theater community, I find myself both troubled and enlightened, and I sure hope people can come up with some good solutions that will allow theater to survive as a vital force in the lives of people outside major metropolitan centers. Hi! Just saw your commet at MeFi and thought I’d drop by to thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking discussion of these issues. As an interested spectator rather than a member of the theater community, I find myself both troubled and enlightened, and I sure hope people can come up with some good solutions that will allow theater to survive as a vital force in the lives of people outside major metropolitan centers.

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