Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:24:18 -0700
Subject: Re: PUPT: Re: critics


Oh let's veer off on a tangent.  How about favorite stupid things the
contacts say.

For instance:
We arrived at a school who's stage was too small to put our set up on.
So we asked if we could set up at the opposite end of the room.  The
contact agreed and then said, "Now, we normally have the children facing
this way " she pointed to their stage, "Do you think it would be better
if they faced the other way?"

Evy Berman wrote:
> 
> I think that my favorite objection to one of our shows was from
> a mom wanting to book a birthday party. While pitching "Frog &
> Jenny" (target audience - preschoolers thru age 8, perhaps the
> most non-offensive show ever built but still stomachable by
> adults) I told her that Jenny, bored with waiting for a fish at
> her fishing hole, pretends that it is a magic fishing hole. The
> kids then get to say the magic words with Jenny and help her
> fish for what they wish for. The parent was concerned that it
> would teach her kids that magic/dark arts was acceptable and did
> not book the show. In her defense, it went against their
> religion. In my defense, I didn't cut the magic fishing hole.
> 
> Oh, and incidentally, I also lost a booking once because the
> parent thought that the concept of "Frog & Jenny" would be above
> her three-year-old's head. Oh, how I pity that child. To think
> that in high school she'll still be pinning notes to his chest
> to remind him to return his library books. (MY mom only had to
> do that until I was seven, but then I was a prodigy.)
> 
> -Evy
> 
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