tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481691725314537521.post1170868541612616042..comments2023-09-20T14:34:21.102+02:00Comments on Postcards from the Gods: We Want You To Watch – National Theatre, London Andrew Haydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568061302451610140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481691725314537521.post-4422587065283194622015-06-17T15:11:59.334+02:002015-06-17T15:11:59.334+02:00(as requested - though, blogger doesn't format...(as requested - though, blogger doesn't format that shit properly, but hey ho...)alex swiftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4481691725314537521.post-30919726706363053992015-06-17T15:11:06.089+02:002015-06-17T15:11:06.089+02:00certainly a strong point of view
(a poem reconstru...certainly a strong point of view<br />(a poem reconstructed from broadsheet reviews of RashDash's We Want You To Watch)<br /><br />1.<br /><br />a proposition for you:<br />no one wants a po-faced lecture <br />on the commercialisation of sex<br /><br />ultimately<br />so pitched at extremes<br />the difficult complex<br /><br />everything here feels random<br />there's a small boy,<br />a fascinating question,<br /><br />humiliating submissive gestures,<br />nuanced debate,<br />blameless lives.<br /><br />having raised them <br />two quixotic, militant feminists<br />i sympathise.<br /><br />their absolutist,<br />their revulsion,<br />their mimed demonstration.<br /><br />eliminate pornography -<br />well intentioned.<br />if this sounds<br /><br />fitfully illuminating,<br />barren of tenderness,<br />habit is proof.<br /><br />utopian desire <br />to eradicate<br />a liberal belief.<br /><br />the excitement <br />of genuine argument<br />not on prudish grounds -<br /><br />protest,<br />protect,<br />the pair try<br /><br />the real issue-<br />how to police<br />industry<br /><br />it triggers<br />it triggers<br />it triggers<br /><br />a debate<br />a debate<br />a debate<br /><br />that it doesn't <br />that it doesn't<br />fully<br /><br />fully<br />fully<br />articulate.<br /><br />2.<br /><br />a proposition<br />no one wants<br /> sex<br /><br />ultimately<br />so at extremes<br /> complex.<br /><br />everything here feels.<br /> a boy,<br />a question,<br /><br />humiliating <br /> debate,<br />blameless lives<br /><br /> raised <br /> militant- <br />i sympathise.<br /><br />their<br />their<br />their demonstration.<br /><br />eliminate<br /> intention. <br /> this sounds<br /><br /> <br />barren of <br /><br /><br /> desire<br />to <br />a liberal. <br /><br /> excite<br /> argument,<br /><br /><br /> test<br /><br /><br /><br />the real<br /> police,<br /> try<br /><br />it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />fully<br />articulatealex swifthttp://www.swiftalex.co.uknoreply@blogger.com