Wow, that's a blow to the literary world.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2004 11:25:49 am PST #6727 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Angus G - Dec 28, 2004 2:38:48 pm PST #6728 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Very sad news. That obituary is very strange though--the precis of Notes on Camp is dreadful, and as for 'In conversation, she comfortably used words such as "polyphonic" and "surreptitiously."'--um, who doesn't?
Betsy HP - Dec 28, 2004 2:56:08 pm PST #6729 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I haven't gotten a lot of use out of "dramaturg" recently.
reequeen - Dec 28, 2004 3:22:07 pm PST #6730 of 10002
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
I don't know that there's actually a need to use "polyphonic" when speaking, but "surreptitiously?" C'mon. Not big on "dramaturg" but I do like "anthropomorphize."
Betsy HP - Dec 28, 2004 4:13:15 pm PST #6731 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Well, if you're talking about music, "polyphonic" is pretty essential. Heck, I think it's on the label of the cheap keyboard I bought my son for Christmas.
I like "apotropaic" although I can never remember what it means. It just trips down the tongue and does a full somersault.
reequeen - Dec 28, 2004 4:28:24 pm PST #6732 of 10002
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Yeah, well, when I talk about music, I tend to use words like "groovy" and "cool." I'm sure that ages me, but oh well.....
Scrappy - Dec 28, 2004 4:47:39 pm PST #6733 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My BF used to BE a dramaturg, so that word does come up.
Betsy HP - Dec 28, 2004 5:02:33 pm PST #6734 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Could you explain it for me again? People explain it and explain it and I still can't hold on to the meaning. V. frustrating.
Scrappy - Dec 28, 2004 5:17:15 pm PST #6735 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A dramaturg is (according to the BF) the advocate of the play in the production process. He supports the work with research--he might, for example, give the directors and designers a historic overview of the period they picked and how it might tie in with the play, or research unusual language in the piece. He also works with the writer--if there is one--on rewrites if needed, and on things like theme and structure. In a theatre with a full season, the Literary Manager will be choosing work for the next season (reading and critiquing hundreds of plays) and can't work on each play in rehearsal with the writer and director. In smaller theaters, one person does everything.
Jesse - Dec 28, 2004 5:18:52 pm PST #6736 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I want that job.