Here's my reply, that was deemed inappropriate on the reviewer's site. I can stand by all of my statements, and yes, I can laugh at myself better than anyone can- though I know humor is sometimes hard to read online. The editor's perceived 'snark' was meant to be laughable.
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We’re honored to have such an esteemed critic as Paul Darvis
in attendance. (See, anyone can bullshit online.) Art is subjective, so I don’t
fault his criticism. When there are downright factual inaccuracies – they need
to be called out. The set was not the same for all 3 plays, other than a
literal breadbox and one bookshelf that both appeared in 2 of the 3 plays, the
set for all three plays was different – down to the rug, the coffee table,
cookie jar, the wallpaper and the towels in the kitchen. That’s the most basic
outright lie. I could go on, but it’s not worth my time.
Darvis’s statements about union vs non-union actors is also
very unclear. He praised mostly non-union actors and trashed the union ones.
What’s the point?
When 4 of the 5 recommended articles on the site are :
Fuse Theater Review: “Working, A Musical” — A Pleasantly Uneven Hymn to the Working Man
Fuse Film Review: “Begin Again” — Lost Souls Making Uneven Music Together
Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven Evening Out “On The Town”
Fuse Music Review: Emmanuel Music’s “A Little Night Music” — An Uneven Evening
Fuse Theater Review: “Working, A Musical” — A Pleasantly Uneven Hymn to the Working Man
Fuse Film Review: “Begin Again” — Lost Souls Making Uneven Music Together
Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven Evening Out “On The Town”
Fuse Music Review: Emmanuel Music’s “A Little Night Music” — An Uneven Evening
a certain word stands out, and perhaps Fuse needs to send
their critics back to school or at least get them a thesaurus. You cannot make
this crap up. It’s too obviously funny. We knew we were in for a hack job when
the critic didn’t even know his editor’s email address, and after 3 nights,
finally provided the WRONG email. There’s lots of ‘uneven’ theatre out there
(thank God, it evens out the rest that’s tested and polished for public
consumption) but there are even more terrible critics.
Brian Stites
Founder of the ReGroup Theatre (We’ve had our colon surgically removed, so where Paul got ‘Re:Group’ from is another mystery)
Founder of the ReGroup Theatre (We’ve had our colon surgically removed, so where Paul got ‘Re:Group’ from is another mystery)