Re: EJC 2008 Karlsruhe thread

Plumsie wrote:

Guy G wrote:

ramenrobot wrote:

_mcp_ wrote:
a bunch of bullshit about stories and charachters


Do you ask the same questions when you go see music, comedy,
skateboarding
or anything else where
for some reason people are happy to watch the actual thing without
theatrical framing?

"the guitar solo was kind of OK but what did he want to SAY with it?"
"nice treflips, but where´s this guys character?"

etc etc

Aren´t we jugglers? aren´t we supposed to be interested in the juggling?

So would you enjoy a juggling act where there was no movement around the
stage, no music, no costume, and just a string of tricks progressing in
difficulty?

Actually, don't answer that. I suspect the answer would only depress me.

Guy



Well some people enjoy WJF competitions, thats basically what you
described except I think they have background music.

Sounds very dull to me.

Plumsie.
........
Still ranting

After writing that I realised how similar it was. Hence the "don't answer
that" bit.

Speaking of ranting, here's mine from the EJC. I absolutely loved it
overall and may get around to writing it up properly, including the many
good bits, but here's the rant:

The inconsiderate ****s at the fire show. We were sat on the hill looking
over the space - an ideal view for a massive fire show. Then people kept
standing right in front of us all. Fine. They may not have noticed that
they were in the way of about 200 people. Except that there were
continual trilingual requests for people to move. And a lot of them did.
Thanks for that, the gesture was appreciated. But a hell of a lot of
people were content to stand there, completely blocking off the view, even
with 100-odd people chanting "sit down please" in English, French and
German. When directly and politely asked, and told that they were
blocking the view, many actually said they didn't care. One man said "if
I move, I won't be able to see. I might as well bloody go home". That
would've been fine with us. Eventually it just wasn't worth it, so we
left. Walking past, we told everyone once more that they were blocking
the show for so many people, and the majority of them didn't even dignify
that with a reaction. If you're going to be a complete arse and ruin the
view for people, then at least have the balls to look them in the face and
admit it. It really didn't fit in with my view of what makes a juggling
convention a great place to be.

Guy

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