tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post585711427597893494..comments2023-07-02T05:14:05.375-04:00Comments on The Clyde Fitch Report: Town Hall Meeting to Address the Paucity of Productions of Plays By WomenLeonard Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14736316792887920991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-12239528836789308642008-10-02T08:34:00.000-04:002008-10-02T08:34:00.000-04:00I guess we can look forward to more mediocre plays...I guess we can look forward to more mediocre plays by women in the near future . . . I particularly like that command at the end, "NOW." (Yes, Mommy.) I wish I could believe that women were being discriminated against in the theatre, but as I've said before, the weakness of Theresa Rebeck's and Sarah Ruhl's work, which is nevertheless being showered with praise and awards, is strong evidence that the exact opposite may be true. Indeed, as a general social rule, I find that as a prejudice weakens, cries against it tend to increase rather than decrease. Of course Shakespeare's sister may be out there, somewhere - and more power to her! - but once she's discovered, Rebeck and Ruhl will be history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com