From: "Ken Berman" <dramatontheater-AT-hotmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:23:14 +0000 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Fundraising parties Tim: I spoke to you sometime ago and found you to be a devoted and driven person. I do not know what else goes on at your parties other than people enjoying a freedom to express themselves within a private sanctuary. What you do to raise money as long as it is safe is fine by me, and I would be happy to bet that you are not creating any unsafe environment for minors or those without the mental facility to know what hey are doing. I am also not worried about how one puppeteer may reflect on the puppet community, I am responsible for myself, as you are. Believe it or not, "puppeteer" is not defined as a "type of person", it is an art form that some people practice, this makes them no more similar or repsonsbile for each other than painters, sculptors, etc. Otherwise, by the same thinking, Robert Mapplethorpe and Andre Serrano would have destroyed the notion of offering photogrpahy classes in high schools. Raise money as you deem fit, and do not allow anyone to tell you you need to figure something else out because it effects them, when they do not even know you or your actions. Ken Berman Dramaton Theater ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-frontiernet.net> Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Subject: [Puptcrit] Fundraising parties Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:06:17 -0400 Tim, I don't know how to write this without being insulting, but I don't think it's appropriate for people who work in elementary schools to publicize the fact that they stage parties on a regular basis, attended by people dressed in their underpants. I'm not commenting on the quality of your work or the sincerity of your intentions, but considering how nervous school systems are these days about the people they let into their buildings, I'd say you are making a big mistake. I'm not saying you're doing anything wrong, but when people go to a party and take their clothes off, I think they're probably looking for a little more than an evening of casual socializing. And reporting it in a flashy (and maybe trashy) magazine may be bad for puppetry. Here on the east coast of the U.S.A., I already have to contend with lousy puppeteers who leave a lousy impression of puppetry in people's minds; school buildings that are locked like fortresses, fingerprinting, notarized disclosure forms; and now I have to deal with someone who throws underwear parties? Please find another way to raise money. Robert Rogers _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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