I think I might have stepped in a relatively small pile of "poo" the other day. I responded to a question posted online at the International Thespian Society website. I don't think the original poster liked my answer but I stand by it. I think he mostly wanted to hear otehr people tell him that he did the right thing. I didn't think he did and I told him so. I like and respect his ethics but did not appreciate his approach. Read it here. It is on the "General Discussion" board under the subject "plagerism" (sic).
The question is realted to a topic that is close to my heart. The writer has taken offense to a production that he believes (probably rightly) to have been borrowed (at best) or stolen (at worst) from some other theatre/director. He has appreached the offending director and made his point about plagarism in front of a student they both apparently shared. He wanted to know waht the "Thespian Community" thougth of this practice and what he had done about it.
There were a couple of "attaboy" responses posted by otehr, well-meaning directors and I agreed in principal.
I have tried over the last few days to put myself in his shoes. He says more than once about his "vested" interest and I still do not get it. I get that he has a student in the production and that he does not want this student to learn that "borrowing" sghows out of whole cloth is okay . . . but I don't get why it is okay to tell her and also confront her director over it in public immediately after a performance.
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