tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post5385310877349680734..comments2023-11-01T01:31:24.868-07:00Comments on ConFluence Film Blog: Towards a More Proactive Viewership with Matthias Glasner's The Free WillDANIEL KREMERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702754388135237154noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post-69311809376310914922009-03-17T08:26:00.000-07:002009-03-17T08:26:00.000-07:00But how do you make the distinction? Do you ask t...But how do you make the distinction? Do you ask the audience beforehand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post-61070361635863800002009-03-09T09:21:00.000-07:002009-03-09T09:21:00.000-07:00I am not talking about an audience's responsibilit...I am not talking about an audience's responsibility to blithely accept what the artist chooses to inflict on them. I am talking about an audience's responsibility towards a more proactive viewership. Big difference!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post-89681551596272999142009-03-07T16:54:00.000-08:002009-03-07T16:54:00.000-08:00I have to say, as a professional playwright and pe...I have to say, as a professional playwright and performer, that it is largely the creator's responsibility as to what they wish to convey/inflict on the audience. And the audience has the right to reject it of its own free will. It is wishful thinking to feel the audience has a responsibility to a work of art/commerce/what have you. I feel they have a responsibility to me as a creative person, but is that the reality? And responsibility for what, exactly? To see my work? To pay me money? To throw things at me?<BR/><BR/>As an audience member, I do feel a responsibility to give the artist the benefit of the doubt and watch their work. But not every artist, and not always all the way through. (I lasted 20 minutes into "The Dark Knight" and that was plenty.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com