Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:49:49 -0400
Subject: Re: PUPT: Re: critics


Thank you Mary.  that was my out right laugh for the day.

Susan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Robinette Kowal" <mary-AT-otherhandproductions.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:24 AM
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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> Mary Robinette Kowal
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