tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1654934 2012-06-01T11:27:58-04:00 Thoughtful and candid discussion and commentary on the performing arts by "those who do." This is a forum meant to reflect what's currently on the minds of working actors, directors, designers, producers and writers. TypePad http://feeds.feedburner.com/ExtraCriticum?format=skinExtraCriticumhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168ebf7cb30970c 2012-06-01T11:27:58-04:00 2012-06-01T12:12:20-04:00 David Licata I had seen films in the theater before I was 17 years old, and I’ve even written about that experience here once before, but when I was 17, a perfect storm blew into my life. I...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=58nLzn9BNrE:EUcXfXdbU2I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=58nLzn9BNrE:EUcXfXdbU2I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/58nLzn9BNrE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/06/the-slasher-movie-book.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016766f96fc4970b 2012-06-01T00:18:58-04:00 2012-06-01T11:28:21-04:00 Robert David Sullivan On my regular blog, I weigh in on the "Would Joan really do that?" debate sparked by the most recent episode of Mad Men ("Let's remind ourselves that Mad Men characters aren't real"), and I would...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=OZ4QxXEMYts:DoSAaphAFe4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=OZ4QxXEMYts:DoSAaphAFe4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/OZ4QxXEMYts" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/06/is-mad-men-written-backward-and-is-that-a-bad-thing.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016766c2f7d3970b 2012-05-25T08:58:49-04:00 2012-05-25T08:58:49-04:00 David Licata In 1976 Werner Herzog hypnotized his cast of actors and directed one of the strangest narrative films in the history of cinema, Heart of Glass. Alan Greenberg, then a young writer, aspiring filmmaker, and Herzog disciple,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Rp1HRAmtXQU:bBnMZMdb4Ys:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Rp1HRAmtXQU:bBnMZMdb4Ys:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/Rp1HRAmtXQU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/meanwhile-on-the-filmmaker-magazine-blog.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016766a3aacc970b 2012-05-21T11:37:18-04:00 2012-05-21T11:37:18-04:00 David Licata Not too long ago Duane Kelly wrote about seeing John Hurt on stage in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. Some kind soul posted on YouTube a film adaptation of the play, directed by Atom Egoyan and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=zFDLKaI76v4:BSccvQhGo9c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=zFDLKaI76v4:BSccvQhGo9c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/zFDLKaI76v4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/hurt-beckett-egoyan-krapp.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a0883401630595e698970d 2012-05-17T12:39:41-04:00 2012-05-17T12:39:42-04:00 Rolando Teco Catching up on the first season of Smash on my DVR reminded me of what I loved about an altogether different writerly actorly theatrically magical series set in New York City. I'm thinking of Sex And...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=hgeqEyLbDHE:dTuBXhi3rCQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=hgeqEyLbDHE:dTuBXhi3rCQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/hgeqEyLbDHE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/existential-question-for-tv-show-runners-love-letter-or-hate-mail.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168eb8bb317970c 2012-05-17T12:19:47-04:00 2012-05-17T12:19:47-04:00 Mark Krause <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=vDdEC1JmWjI:TnFXeX9wkhc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=vDdEC1JmWjI:TnFXeX9wkhc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/vDdEC1JmWjI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/cartoon-my-kingdom-for-a-comp.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168eb875d76970c 2012-05-16T10:56:38-04:00 2012-05-16T15:54:02-04:00 David Licata The other day, as I ranted to a friend about the state of the economy and my unemployed status, I remembered a commercial that aired in 1971, when I was a wee-little boy. Here it is!...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=p0g-2F9ita0:hXviDwgvouM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=p0g-2F9ita0:hXviDwgvouM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/p0g-2F9ita0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/unlikely-and-sneaky-inspiration.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016766844a34970b 2012-05-16T10:55:46-04:00 2012-05-16T10:55:46-04:00 Rolando Teco Guess. Give up? Zero. Thoughts? Talk amongst yourselves...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=iwxIq0aUBa4:MN1ZijOs4Ho:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=iwxIq0aUBa4:MN1ZijOs4Ho:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/iwxIq0aUBa4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/how-many-films-in-competition-at-this-years-cannes-were-directed-by-women.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168eb505da9970c 2012-05-14T09:16:33-04:00 2012-05-14T09:16:33-04:00 John Yearley I once heard a talk by the Artistic Director of one of the country’s largest and most respected children’s theatres. One of the great benefits of writing for kids, he said, was the response of the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=aibOj5s0Vg4:P8B5f3nT6VM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=aibOj5s0Vg4:P8B5f3nT6VM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/aibOj5s0Vg4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/an-experience.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168eb5f837a970c 2012-05-09T18:03:18-04:00 2012-05-09T18:03:18-04:00 Robert David Sullivan My "Top 100 Sitcom Episodes of All Time" project is proceeding (now up to No. 47), but I seriously underestimated how much time it would take — something that I suspect a lot of E.C. contributors...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=A_ZrODyzYwA:3DUS7zzQd3I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=A_ZrODyzYwA:3DUS7zzQd3I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/A_ZrODyzYwA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/05/t.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a088340168ea467357970c 2012-04-24T15:46:25-04:00 2012-04-24T15:46:25-04:00 David Licata Sometime during the fourth year of production of A Life's Work I recognized how long this film was going to take to complete and a joke was born: I'm making a film about people who may...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Ox7JRA9Wx5w:is5dibRAukA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=Ox7JRA9Wx5w:is5dibRAukA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/Ox7JRA9Wx5w" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/04/what-i-think-about-when-i-think-im-dying.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016303f52b66970d 2012-04-10T21:53:53-04:00 2012-04-10T21:54:22-04:00 Rolando Teco The New York Times attempts to explain the recent closing of CARRIE by interviewing producers not connected to the show. That's sort of like asking executives at Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile what the devil's wrong with...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=_hSmOsf9svM:mUCPqvAzN1k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=_hSmOsf9svM:mUCPqvAzN1k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/_hSmOsf9svM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/04/carrie-closes-again-demonstrating-the-power-of-conventional-wisdom-always-conventional-seldom-wise.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016303c367f3970d 2012-04-06T08:46:33-04:00 2012-04-06T08:46:16-04:00 Rolando Teco I have two guys in mind. Let's call them Sam and Joe. Sam started a theatre company. So did Joe. Both were in a big city on the east coast of a big and powerful nation....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=gD1nFLz7dU8:rbu2h7SWy1U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=gD1nFLz7dU8:rbu2h7SWy1U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/gD1nFLz7dU8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/04/two-entrepreneurial-models-are-you-an-expander-or-a-hoarder.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5529414a08834016303ad2eed970d 2012-04-06T08:41:42-04:00 2012-04-06T08:41:42-04:00 Mark Krause <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=lQ_X5uVD9Cc:v4Um4Soyb6c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?a=lQ_X5uVD9Cc:v4Um4Soyb6c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ExtraCriticum?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ExtraCriticum/~4/lQ_X5uVD9Cc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.extracriticum.com/extra_criticum/2012/04/3d-dramaturgy.html