I saw people so frightned that they dropped their trays and ran!!!! The Lights went off and Everyone passed out from fright, I don't think we even had an audience. There was one woman who took all her clothes off and ran through the caf singing 'THE DARKNESS WILL HIDE MY SINS!!!!!"
Not really, but it would have been quite the spectacle. In actuality we had a very pleasant and attentive audience, if at times bored....(their own faults)
Dear Spectacolors, Way to Go! This seemed to be just what the campus needed.
We all know that Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said "humans can watch three things forever, Fire, Water, and Shadow puppet shows!".......... The last is made up but its the same idea. The reason that I believe we see such interesting response to these derives are that People Love Watching STUFF!!!!
Just look at all the wonderful television and advertisement. We are bombarded with passive 'Entertainment' (usually with a hidden motive behind them) and as long as we have a bit of control we are happy. We can shut off the tv or look away from the signs or continue on with our conversations at dinner time.
My one critique of this performance would have been that we did become something that could be ignored. I think that next time we be a bit more in their faces.
Also, the truth is, any art that's new and effective (or even only new to a certain milieu) is going to be met with some resistance. At the premier of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," the audience members stood up and threw their folding chairs at the orchestra.
ReplyDeleteYour (somewhat dubious) Roosevelt quote reminded me that Goethe said something like: "No one cares to look at even the loveliest sunset after a quarter of an hour." People can desensitize and become impatient with anything, even nature's greatest spectacles.