tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post4512906912454588182..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Chasing FailureMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-43649811365358090542011-02-16T20:24:58.336-05:002011-02-16T20:24:58.336-05:00I was thinking about this as I was reading all the...I was thinking about this as I was reading all the reviews of Spiderman The Musical, which by all accounts is putrid. Still . . . I've gotta admire the spirit of the thing. Julie Taymor went for it. She ran full bore at it. Gave it everything she could. She has apparently failed spectacularly. <br /><br />But last time out? Last time was The Lion King which is supposed to be fabulous. So she dared greatly both times. She's got one in the W column and one in the Ls. But at least she's not teetering in the middle because of timidity.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-39954617175927846792011-02-16T09:20:08.440-05:002011-02-16T09:20:08.440-05:00I agree. You can't pick the story you think wi...I agree. You can't pick the story you think will sell - you have to pick the story you want to tell.<br /><br />Ooh that rhymes. I'm a DWT poet!<br /><br />Here is to hurtling myself toward failure!Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-78665234780575407092011-02-16T08:41:01.985-05:002011-02-16T08:41:01.985-05:00I love it as well. It's chasing the books that...I love it as well. It's chasing the books that terrify us, confound us and challenge us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-14032937945036736652011-02-16T08:37:48.726-05:002011-02-16T08:37:48.726-05:00Oh, I love this. I really do - it's a great re...Oh, I love this. I really do - it's a great reminder to not only work on the projects that most excite us, but to do it no holds barred. I like it - I hope you remember more from that talk!Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.com