I'll be honest, from what I've read online and saw in the show, the play sounds remarkably tedious to me.
I'm glad that I didn't study it in High School.
Done right, it can be very moving.
And, ultimately, plays are meant to be seen, not read.
Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08 – “The Life of the Stars”
Done right, it can be very moving.
And, ultimately, plays are meant to be seen, not read.
That's very much not what we were shown in Discovery.
It's really not. Maybe in the olden days amongst old people.
My point is that that the shouldn't have needed the play as a crutch. Develop their own compelling story that brings their themes to life without having to siphon them from an old play.
I'm glad you enjoyed the episode though.
They actually do. But we're talking about subjective things (opinions). So there is no right or wrong answer here.
The real thing is that some of us just have higher standards and would like to see a fresh, new, compelling story rather than siphoning the meaning out of an old play. That's a crutch.
But that doesn't mean you're wrong for liking it. To each their own.
that's my theory.
Wow.
And wow again.
Fiction in general and Trek in particular have been "siphoning" off of older media for centuries.
No, it's very much not.
Our Town is a niche play that's not even that widely known amongst the theater workers I've talked too.
Well, your anecdotal evidence proves it.
That sounds pretty wrong to me if the implication is that some have lower standards than others.
Correct.
Glad you're impressed.
Note that an homage is not the same as having student's read the subject material in a drama class. There are more sophisticated techniques for doing what the writers wanted to do. Maybe next time.
It's not wrong at all. People are free to like what they want.That sounds pretty wrong to me if the implication is that some have lower standards than others.
Please tell me how "lower standards" is not wrong?It's not wrong at all. People are free to like what they want.
Oooh "sophisticated".
Not helping your case here.
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I'm making a case? I'm just sharing my opinion.
As I've said, I don't give a flying flip whether you like the episode or not. I'm not trying to convince you to dislike it.
What, "sophisticated" has too many syllables?
I'm just saying people are free to like what they want.
Well...I think we all learned something about our standards today.
It has the exact same amount of evidence backing it up as Mudd's statement that "Our Town is, for Americans, basic cultural literacy".Well, your anecdotal evidence proves it.
You literally used the word in your post. Repeating in mine was part of the gag.
Should I have added a "la-de-dah"? to help sell it?
High brow humor isn't for everyone.
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