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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 34, Number 10. 1971

Reviews

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Reviews

Who in hell wrote the "comments" on "One in Five"? If I had written such sensational drivel I don't think I would have put my name to it either! Whoever it was made an excellent satirical review sound like one of Peter Kelly's Cup Day race commentaries. Since when have actors been pipped on the post and run "a close second"? Since when have half a dozen [spare] seats" altered the quality of a theatrical performance, or conversely, been the pre-requisite for a worthwhile production? Is this the first time your "reviewer" has even been to the theatre?

Surely he could have mentioned the high quality of the satire, the good balance (if somewhat tiresome length) of the production. He cannot have noticed the generally smooth transition between skits, or the audience reaction (apart from the fact that there was an individual sitting in every seat in the house!).

"For Christ's sake get rid of this person, or let him review the movements of the smoking room clock; but he must never be let loose on any performance at the Memorial Theatre. Isn't it about time you gave a bit more space to good reviewing? I saw no mention of the latest pottery exhibition at the Display Centre, no book reviews, no film reviews, in fact no serious reading what-so-ever; just double page comic strips and condensed-shit reviews. By the way, to settle an argument, is John Clarke really Max Richards?

George Haines