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bullet Posted: 11/17/06 at 6:34pm

First if you've gotten this far in the topic I'd suggest reading the changing profanity postings.

Second be very carefull characterizing your audience as unsophisticated because of thier religious or moral beliefs.   If your ct is in a primarily "conservative" area and you want to do more contemporary or edgey peices then expect problems.   You need to make a choice as to whether you do shows as written or shows that are suitable to your audience but perhaps less satisfying as "artists."

It's going to be a dilema. You can not solve it by re-writing the script.  In addition to it being illegal, you dis-respect the playwright and your audience.    Do the show as written and post warnings in the program, the box office, advertisements, etc.   Let your audience choose to see or not see your show but don't trick them into seeing something that is not the real deal.

Art without an audience?  This not not a question I lose sleep over.   Will the lead be off book and my set done by opening; these are the questions that most move me.   Advertise and they will come.

 

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bullet Posted: 11/17/06 at 10:32pm
Ok... last time... I'm not making a case for it.. I'm just saying maybe some of the folks who did these previous posts who posted thier concerns, might have different situation then other of us... thats all...
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bullet Posted: 11/20/06 at 3:56pm

Just thought of this.....I was told that the word "f--k" originated in the UK.  It was used by the police in certain types of cases and stood for "File Under Carnal Knowledge".  Perhaps apocryphal, but amusing.

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bullet Posted: 11/20/06 at 4:00pm
Originally posted by red diva

Just thought of this.....I was told that the word "f--k" originated in the UK.  It was used by the police in certain types of cases and stood for "File Under Carnal Knowledge".  Perhaps apocryphal, but amusing.

Definitely apocryphal.  http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/f**k.htm

(you're gonna need to reinsert [hee, hee, I said "insert"] the evil U and C that the forum removed from the link.)

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bullet Posted: 11/20/06 at 4:26pm

Oh, you devil!!!

And by the way, I just tried getting into that website, and the lily-pure library computer I'm using must have been shocked.....it wouldn't let me!  Even with the "expletive deleted" in the address!

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bullet Posted: 11/20/06 at 4:49pm
Somehow the typing of "f-bomb" and "f*ck" for the word itself in a theatre discussion board is telling in and of itself.  The previous writers were not using the word gratuitously and the readers certainly  (I would assume) not sensitive to the word when it's used in an appropriate context.  It strikes me that the word itself is nothing but four letters; any importance it has or impact, we provide ourselves (as, of course, do our audiences).  There is all sorts of dialog that could spring as a result of not editing so-called offensive language out of script.  I remember when I taught high school having a colleague be beset by a parent who was irate that she was teaching "that filthy book, 'The Naked Dead.'"  My colleague explained that the actual title was "The Naked and the Dead" and then briefly summarized the story for the parent.  End of anger.  I dealt with two students who objected to my teaching "To Kill A Mockingbird" in their class because it contained scenes of a black man and a white woman.  Imagine their consternation when I explained to them what actually happens in the novel. So, what am I saying here?  Damned if I know.  Maybe don't cater to the few who will object; instead, engage them in conversation and see what unfolds.
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bullet Posted: 11/20/06 at 5:01pm
The above posting from Red Diva is actually from me, Juror #3.  I thought she had logged out.
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