tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14770024.post674878865354360752..comments2023-11-02T12:04:34.752-04:00Comments on metaDRAMA: Any Time You Want to Talk....Aaron Ricciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003634532469211190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14770024.post-36010301085357129622007-09-20T21:11:00.000-04:002007-09-20T21:11:00.000-04:00I'm one of those people who simply has a genuine l...I'm one of those people who simply has a genuine love for the live theatre art form and writes about it for the sheer love of it. <BR/><BR/>Because of that love, I pay for all my seats (with the exception of a mere two gratis tickets since I began writing SOB). No apologies.<BR/><BR/>Because of that love, I routinely get on airplanes to see shows -- including previews -- in places all over the country as well as abroad. No apologies.<BR/><BR/>Because of my love for theatre, I write about theatre with a passion. No apologies.<BR/><BR/>Given my investment in each show I see -- both emotionally and financially -- I have every right to review those shows <I>as long as I remain honest and truthful</I>. I believe the blogosphere has already proven itself largely self-policing to the point that we're all kept honest.<BR/><BR/>To your point, I don't receive the media kits typically afforded to "professional" journalists from old media. But as someone who has no vested interest, including from advertising dollars, I give my readers an unadulterated viewpoint of what I like and what I don't and why. For anyone who actually cares what I think, perhaps it will make a difference. Or not.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, more old media journalists will gain the level of appreciation that mainstream critics like Terry Teachout have for those of us in new media. After all, isn't more information a good thing?Steve On Broadway (SOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04353077627991682499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14770024.post-73893985791666710522007-09-01T12:10:00.000-04:002007-09-01T12:10:00.000-04:00I don't watch Deadwood.I don't watch Deadwood.Leonard Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736316792887920991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14770024.post-86527947164047438452007-09-01T00:53:00.000-04:002007-09-01T00:53:00.000-04:00And a clarification: I called the MSM a business f...And a clarification: <BR/><BR/>I called the MSM a business first, writer second; not the writers.<BR/>Additionally, I didn't say [Jacobs's] editors/publishers were endorsing [his] OPINIONS, I said they were endorsing [HIM] as a writer. If I publish a review, that's me, on my own, publishing a review. It goes as far as my name. If it's published in the New York Times, then it has the weight of the New York Times, that so-called arbiter of culture, behind it. <BR/><BR/>Nobody's asking you [Jacobs] to drop it, and nobody's saying that we don't have (or have to have) ethics -- we simply have different opinions. You want to be the Hearst of Deadwood, bringing action to what you perceive as a lawless town? I don't see a Swearengen fighting you on that.Aaron Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003634532469211190noreply@blogger.com