Scene4 Magazine | the readers blog http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/ VIEWS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR and COMMENTS. To post a new article or a comment to an existing article, click on the "Post A New Article" link on the right sidebar. en Copyright 2010 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:49:42 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dreamy Artwork Visiting an Artist's Life - Khun Visoot's work is ethereal and seems to be in harmony with his surroundings. Nice writing.

Thom Lukas

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/dreamy_artwork.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/dreamy_artwork.html Arts of Thailand Painting Yasovant Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:49:42 -0500 Theater - Ned Bobkoff I found Ned's reminiscences remarkable. His recollections of the names of plays and the actors who performed them, after all these years, is impressive. Having experienced Ned as a director and friend, I find his memoirs refreshing as well as nostalgic.

Richard Dolce

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/theater_-_ned_bobkoff.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/theater_-_ned_bobkoff.html Bobkoff Theatre Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:24 -0500 Why Conservatives Should Fear the Market Michael Bettencourt's essay, "Why Conservatives Should Fear the Market," is painfully insightful and true. It points up the dirty little secret of the past 30 years: that so-called "Reagan conservatives," with their devotion to "trickle-down economics," are in fact as fanatically revolutionary as any Leninite. And, as it turns out, their dogma has been just about as beneficial to the common folk as Bolshevism. Our current state of growing poverty, unemployment and community dislocation is, in its own way, a Gulag.

Miles David Moore

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/why_conservatives_should_fear.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/why_conservatives_should_fear.html Bettencourt Moore Politics and Issues Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:39 -0500 3-D with or without Avatar You won't be impressed for long, I promise, when you put on those glasses. The effect is no big deal; less impressive than the I-Max next door -- at least in Avatar. The effect is that one gets used to it so fast it's hardly worth losing ink over it. The weirdness of foreground distortion reminds you every now and then, oh yes, this is 3-D, isn't it? Clumsy. Like filming a puppet stage and getting hit by the flat cardboard bushes at the stage edge. Bob Wilson on the theater stage used it (sparingly!) to much better effect than Cameron did. Anyway: Very enjoyable article on Oscar contenders and acting. I wonder if you would find Polanski's new Ghostwriter more adult (in the European way) and find some acting in it, too? I did.

Renate Stendhal

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/3-d_with_or_without_avatar.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/3-d_with_or_without_avatar.html Film and Cinema Meiselman Stendhal Theatre Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:08:53 -0500 The Lives of Others Who said "the simpler a work of art becomes, the more beautiful it is"? I'm glad someone still recognizes cinema at its purest and simplest. Thank you for that.

Aaron Klein

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/the_lives_of_others.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/03/the_lives_of_others.html Film and Cinema Meiselman Theatre Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:55:36 -0500 SF Ballet Lovely review - as always - thanks Ms.Honig.

Carlos Lens

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/sf_ballet_1.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/sf_ballet_1.html Dance Honig Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:21:42 -0500 Ned's Beginnings I appreciate reading Ned's history before we worked together. I understand now the awakening of his passion for truth in everything we did, everytime we did it. The respect and thoughtful listening to young actors challenged us to grow.

Marianne Giardini

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/neds_beginnings_1.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/neds_beginnings_1.html Bobkoff Theatre Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:47:22 -0500 Avatar Show me God? In movie coinage: Show me the money! James Cameron and his blown-up super video game for the eternally 14-year-old in everyman: Steal a bit from all over the map -- the blue creatures with tails from the sci-fi novel "The Sparrow," the romance from poor old Pocahontas, the clunky war machinery from any Star War offspring, the title from Mother Meera or any serious spiritual tradition in India, the group rituals of arm-waving from Gurdjieff, the Goddess concept from the feminists (or was it Madonna?)... I could go on, but is it worth it? No wonder the silly cocktail is worth a lot of mullah!

Renate Stendhal

]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/avatar_1.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/avatar_1.html Film and Cinema Stendhal Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:32:53 -0500 Avatar No, it's not a miracle, it's a wonder, a brilliantly merchandised video game. I don't dislike James Cameron. How could I? He's going to bring God on to the stage of my next production. It's called: "Time Out for Ginger" and it all takes place in an IPhone.

Mr. Meiselman

]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/avatar.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/avatar.html Film and Cinema Meiselman Theatre Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:51:32 -0500 A****R Somehow I get the strong impression that Mr. Meiselman doesn't like James Cameron and likes "Avatar" even less. Cameron is truly an "Animating Life Giver" and "Avatar" is a g*d-like creation that is creating g*d-like billions of dollars. Isn't that a miracle?

Perry Silverstein

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/ar.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/ar.html Film and Cinema Meiselman Theatre Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:38:49 -0500 One Tramp in Dirt Time As a fellow writer for Scene4 Magazine I always found Nathan Thomas' articles pleasing and to the point. "One Tramp in Dirt Time" was especially direct and touchingly straightforward in its insights regarding big time corporation abuse of democracy. Thanks Nathan.

Ned Bobkoff

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Grace Cavalieri

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/opera_in_china_1.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/opera_in_china_1.html Alenier Opera Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:04:48 -0500 Ned's Beginnings Having worked with Ned for many years, I am thrilled he has put his life in theater on paper. Stay tuned eveybody!

David Casiano

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/neds_beginnings.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/neds_beginnings.html Bobkoff Theatre Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:53:41 -0500 Another Tramp
Tomorrow it will be called "Cacophony".

Diederich

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/another_tramp.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/another_tramp.html Media Reading and Writing Thomas Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:06:41 -0500 Opera in China Thank you for your personal and informative portrait of the magnificent Beijing Opera. I have been there and seen it (and experienced it) a few times. It is grand opera at its grandest and great theatrical art and great entertainment. Your sense and perception added to my memories and enjoyment.

Anee S. Waterson

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/opera_in_china.html http://www.scene4.com/readersblog/2010/02/opera_in_china.html Alenier Opera Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:52:33 -0500