To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:59:11 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] fire


Hobey, you're totally right about the magic of fire.
I'd love to have a show with a real campfire in it, or a pit fire, or at the 
veryt least some large torches.

Stupid safety laws forbid us to use most types of fires for our stage 
performances, and even outdoors, it reaquires days of negotiating, special 
permits, and spending!
We're therefore forced to make use of cold, heartless and thrill-less 
technology to simulate flames that don't even come close to "cutting it"!

Forget about the sacred and inspiration and mystery of a real fire, people 
only care about their buildings, their possibly charred clothes, their lives 
that may or may not be altered.

Futile world!
Who cares about safety, when good storytelling could be had with real 
dancing-roasting-roaring flames?


(PS: this "rise of darkness" might be directly due to just finishing 
watching the "Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog" movie for the second time in a 
row. It's very funny, but at times very serious, and absolutely very very 
dark. I reccomend it. It's very inventive, high quality, despite being a low 
budget with only three main characters. The songs are pretty good too, fun 
harmonies and contrasts!).



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