http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america That's the title of Mike Daisey's new monologue. Listen to the first six minutes here, in which he makes fun of TCG conferences ("everyone has their oat bran muffin in one hand and their free bagel in the other hand... and they're dialoguing with each other like if there's enough dialogue, something will happen") and people who equate arts funding with good art ("in Sweden, the government just shits money into your mouth, all day long!"), and the title How Theater Failed America ("it's a sensationalist, graceless, bombastic title—it's bullshit"). It's infuriating, how consistently good Mike Daisey is. Buy... Copyright 2008 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:55:13 -0800 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:45:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It is difficult to argue that Sweden is a consistently good source of compelling art; even Bergman was too comfortable in the welfare state to produce what he could have if only he had been less comfortable.

]]> S. M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918103 Theater Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:04:49 -0800 Jens Lekman's pretty hot, though.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918125 Theater Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:22:38 -0800 better or worse than Monopoly?

]]> hazel zone http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/how_theater_failed_america#c918565 Theater Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:45:10 -0800