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lostsocks
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Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 04:47 pm |
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sent my new play to Royal Court, not for production, was just applying for a young writers course they run.
They were meant to get back to me by today through email. I'm telling myself they might still write, but it's past going-home-time and I know inside that they won't.
In much the same way that good news never comes back the SAE you give people, good news never arrives late. Especially not by email :(
I didn't get in, obviously, because I don't write "gritty" plays about gay men shoving screwdrivers up their arses, and because I make jokes about serious subjects (god forbid).
Clearly, I should just bite the bullet and write a play about Tina, the last lesbian-muslim coal miner in liverpool and her best friend Audrey, a genderqueer attorney who won't let the fact that she has a penis stop her being the best female lawyer in Britain.
I should probably just give in, and write the same emotionally incompetent trollop that passes for gritty "realism" on today's stage.
Never mind that when I get a play on stage it makes back it's money without stealing from taxpayers through the Arts Council, never mind that audiences actually understand and (crime of all crimes) enjoy what I write.
I'm evidently just not esoteric, pretentious and "gritty" enough to hang out with the real artists in the Royal Court.
Fuck 'em, if they can't take a joke.
(rant over)
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Proboscisbunny
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Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 05:23 pm |
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Oh, lostsocks! I feel your pain... Fuck them, indeed!
I, myself, have recently wasted hours of my time constantly checking and re-checking a theatre's website waiting for my play to be announced...surely, they just forgot to e-mail me. It's a sad sight, I'm sure...thankfully I can't see me.
Keep your pecker up! (That's what my British Mum would say ;) Good times will come.
Vanessa
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in media res
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Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 07:34 pm |
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lostsocks,
"Clearly, I should just bite the bullet and write a play about Tina, the last lesbian-muslim coal miner in liverpool and her best friend Audrey, a genderqueer attorney who won't let the fact that she has a penis stop her being the best female lawyer in Britain."
Why the hell not?!! Think of the possibilities! You might have a lot of fun doing it.
best,
in media res
P.S. We all know what you are feeling.Last edited on Fri Apr 4th, 2008 07:35 pm by in media res
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lostsocks
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Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 08:37 pm |
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lol thanks folks.
Ah well, not much else I can do, get up, write something new, start again.
When I succeed (and I will) I'll buy their theatre, burn it down, and build a statue of myself shitting on the remains....
Till then;
Back to the drawing board.
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Proboscisbunny
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Posted: Sat Apr 5th, 2008 03:53 am |
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I like your style!
Vanessa
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