tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post8796119601659688089..comments2023-10-30T10:24:43.261-05:00Comments on caught in the snide: UnstuffingProf. de Breezehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-4657155147173549482009-04-13T07:51:00.000-05:002009-04-13T07:51:00.000-05:00As a non-academic, I have to comment. CPAs are stu...As a non-academic, I have to comment. CPAs are stuffy. You guys are not. You're just dorks. And some of the ones I really like. :)Beth and Weldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061990882471632331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-19765972939985526582009-04-12T13:54:00.000-05:002009-04-12T13:54:00.000-05:00It sounds like the play, in which the critics beco...It sounds like the play, in which the critics become the monsters, was inspired by at least the title of Tolkien's <I>Beowulf</I> essay.N.E. Brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601573470596905112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-78250063442859740352009-04-12T09:42:00.000-05:002009-04-12T09:42:00.000-05:00We would LOVE to come to Kalamazoo! That would be ...We would LOVE to come to Kalamazoo! That would be so amazing. Unfortunately we don't have the budget right now for such traveling. But hopefully some day we can get the show out your way. <BR/>Yes, pulling the academic out of the pit is one of my favorite bits of the show, I feel so powerful when I do that!<BR/>Continue enjoying this beautiful poem!<BR/>JasonBanana Bag & Bodicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926504667784340053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-28789988369274288892009-04-10T11:45:00.000-05:002009-04-10T11:45:00.000-05:00Your comment has absolutely made my semester, Mr. ...Your comment has absolutely made my semester, Mr. Craig (if I'm right in assuming that is who you are). The snidefield doesn't usually see comments from successful playwrights. Or even unsuccessful playwrights, for that matter.<BR/><BR/>I would love to attend a performance, but given the 2000 or so miles which separate me from NYC, it's somewhat unlikely. But here's what I think you should do. Bring the whole company to Kalamazoo, MI, next month for the International Congress on Medieval Studies. You will never find a more engaged (and non-stuffy) audience than the 3000 medievalists who will be there. I promise you'll be a hit.<BR/><BR/>I'll admit to ulterior motives in making this request. I watched the trailer for your show, and I particularly enjoyed a brief shot of Beowulf physically pulling one of the academics out of the discussion panel. So yeah, I want Beowulf at my session. I bet the Q&A time would have a whole different feel to it.<BR/><BR/>Kudos to you on keeping the poem alive and doing interesting things with it. And special kudos for the review from the <I>East Bay Express</I>. I'm pretty sure that's the first time any cultural product associated with <I>Beowulf</I> has been described as "fucking awesome." In print, that is.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for stopping by.Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-90881714843602312392009-04-10T11:11:00.000-05:002009-04-10T11:11:00.000-05:00Hi there Professor de Breeze. I am the playwright ...Hi there Professor de Breeze. I am the playwright and lyricist for Beowulf - A Thousand Years Of Baggage and I would love for you to attend the production. Our representation of academia in our show is filled with spirit and shows their passion towards the poem, so it surely is a projection by the NY Times critic to label them as "stuffy". I certainly don't see them that way, in fact I think they are potentially "in vogue", and maybe even "hip". But please come and see for yourself. I believe it to be an interesting take on Beowulf and brims with entertainment...and the music is great. I hope you get over your cold.Banana Bag & Bodicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926504667784340053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-91953123595240173212009-04-10T09:53:00.000-05:002009-04-10T09:53:00.000-05:00I should point out, in the interest of full disclo...I should point out, in the interest of full disclosure, that I am currently suffering from a mild sinus infection. So technically speaking, I am, today at least, a "stuffy academic." But I think my larger point still holds.Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-53037237684807154772009-04-10T09:34:00.000-05:002009-04-10T09:34:00.000-05:00That's the spirit, Matt! Though personally I pref...That's the spirit, Matt! Though personally I prefer "inept" to "inadequate." Sounds less judgmental.Prof. de Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058193046200756821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613158679577406651.post-71165997701662317082009-04-10T09:29:00.000-05:002009-04-10T09:29:00.000-05:00"socially inadequate" academics? :-)"socially inadequate" academics? :-)Matthew Gabrielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971159578332078338noreply@blogger.com