tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post113125933332366799..comments2023-05-10T05:55:31.372-07:00Comments on The Feminist Spectator: Sarah Schulman and the Plight of Women PlaywrightsJill Dolanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09674110837402216325noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1147115365884868462006-05-08T12:09:00.000-07:002006-05-08T12:09:00.000-07:00I am curious to find out if there has been any inv...I am curious to find out if there has been any investigation into the challenges faced by male dramaturges working with female playwrights (and of course, vice versa)? One comment by Christopher Isherwood in Ms. Dolan's posting jumped out at me: "(he)expects conventional drama that closely hues to singular genre expectations" jumped out at me.<BR/><BR/>Is there a general predisposition by men in the theatre towards linear writing vis a vis plot and action? Do many women writers write far more in circular or "concentric circle" patterns which evokes more an intuitive understanding of story rather than a logic based 'a leads to b leads to c' understanding? <BR/><BR/>etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>Any thoughts?<BR/><BR/>dafAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1133403823740516392005-11-30T18:23:00.000-08:002005-11-30T18:23:00.000-08:00Colleen, thanks for writing to the blog site. By ...Colleen, thanks for writing to the blog site. By the way, are you currently performing in Durang's new play, which was reviewed in the TIMES today? I'm a big fan of his work and thought the play sounded fascinating.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about the idea that there's nothing praiseworthy just about writing an academic character. I haven't yet seen Sarah's play, or THIRD, which I heard was very interesting. And Rebecca Gilman's play I've only read and think it a very polemical text (Sarah Jessica Parker is playing the role in the film of the play, currently shooting).<BR/><BR/>I'm always interested in how women academics are represented, but I'm also interested in how any professional woman is portrayed, since there often aren't very many of them.<BR/><BR/>Wish I could see the Durang play. Thanks again for writing. Best of luck with your own work, JillJill Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674110837402216325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1133252228052341042005-11-29T00:17:00.000-08:002005-11-29T00:17:00.000-08:00nice, cozy place you got here :)..nice, cozy place you got here :)..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1132679854690365462005-11-22T09:17:00.000-08:002005-11-22T09:17:00.000-08:00Dear Ms. Dolan, For what it's worth, I saw and ver...Dear Ms. Dolan, <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I saw and very much enjoyed Sarah Schulman's play. I appreciated it for both its ambitions and "talkiness" about big ideas. However, I don't think that a play deserves especial praise for having a female academic as its protagonist -- I don't think it's that unusual. Rebecca Gilman's play, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, which was at Lincoln Center years ago, has one, as does Wendy Wasserstein's play, THIRD, which is (come to think of it) also at Lincoln Center. Unafraid of contradictions/thinking deeply? Those are great qualities for characters in a play to have. But (maybe because I am not one) I don't see what is necessarily praiseworthy about a character being an academic, per se. <BR/><BR/>Did you ever get to see the play? Just curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1132180848960052852005-11-16T14:40:00.000-08:002005-11-16T14:40:00.000-08:00Snakeoil, just wanted to say I appreciate your res...Snakeoil, just wanted to say I appreciate your response here, and agree that there are interesting parallels to the way women are treated in all sorts of other aspects of public life. Thanks for writing. All best, jdJill Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674110837402216325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15793244.post-1131757948230923512005-11-11T17:12:00.000-08:002005-11-11T17:12:00.000-08:00oh my god. You nailed it. Yes you did ! Thank you ...oh my god. You nailed it. <BR/>Yes you did ! Thank you for this !<BR/>Let's keep it up !DLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971226704327883196noreply@blogger.com