Breaching the Fourth Wall

Amidst the many, many blogs of amateur theatre critics online (and trust me there are many, covering the full spectrum of level of interest and quality), Violet Vixen stands out as a entertaining an informative read.

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Upon my first view of her site, the inconsistency of post topics of Vixen’s site initially turned me off.

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potpourri

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in blogs, am a child of more traditional writing with streamlined subjects and some sort of through line that connects each part of the text. Yet after my initial negative reaction to the deviation from my usual preferences, I found the potpourri of topics to be a healthy remedy for my inability focus on one topic for longer than five minutes. Additionally, when my interest wanes from a particular post, I know the next one will bring a slight change of pace while still somehow being related to Los Angeles based theater and performance

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Perhaps I am conditioned to appreciate sleek, simple designs and associate them with intellectual authority, but appreciating someone’s text, no matter how well written or insightful, is difficult to take seriously when confronted with a wall of text I most quickly associate with packaging for a Barbie Doll.

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our senses our

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my interest in how production values, including lighting, sound, pyrotechnics,

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It only takes one post to know that David Cote is a theatre veteran.

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His dry sense of humor, irreverence, ego, and proper appreciation of a well-placed expletive all strike me as characteristically theatrical.

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Published author and freelance writer for periodicals as varied as The New
The New York Times to Maxim.

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Indian food, blasphemy, and alternative historical fiction immediately struck a chord with me

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is upstaged only by the drawing’s prominent middle finger, sending out a warning to readers that Histriomastix will not be a strictly academic or analytical blog

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As a dabbler in all things related to live entertainment (read: I’ve sold my soul to technical theater and production management) I’m intrigued by all things related to it and hope to understand it.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, the house lights are about to go down…

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one way

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he dutifully and thoughtfully responds to each reader comment without the condescension that leads to a loss of credibility.

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The peppering of posts recommending which shows are worth seeing (and the lists are fairly comprehensive), one gets the sense that Cote is sees

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New York City based

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Beyond being both controversial and content-driven,

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Opinionated, controversial, but not without sense of humor, a reader

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and trust me there are many, covering the full spectrum of level of interest and quality

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Los Angeles based

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Vixen’s blog create

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Her blogroll includes site like A Daily Dose of Queer and Neil Gaiman’s Journal, neither of which are sites that would be considered mainstream culture.

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remedy an

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Her greatest strength is her ability to catch my attention within the first sentence of her posts.

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but appreciating someone’s text, no matter how well written or insightful, is difficult to take seriously

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I most quickly associate with packaging for a Barbie Doll.

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When combined with the thoughts and worries of our daily life, it’s a wonder our heads don’t explode.

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In the realm of entertainment, especially live events, my interest in how production values, including lighting, sound, pyrotechnics, projection, and special effects, help to further the experience of a show.

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but it is surprising just how frequently we are the intended recipients of presentations. Guerilla theater on city streets, corporate presentations to shareholders and industry professionals, theme park rides, and ninety-nine seat equity waiver houses, and even university lecture halls are all viable venues for the live presentation of ideas.

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This blog will be my attempt at exploring the clockwork behind live events.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, the house lights are about to go down….

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