One does not understand why the tiatrist are fussing about JoeGoaUtorda. Really. All they (they must be an idle lot) want is to view him in person- is what I gathered from the Theatre book release doo at the Tiatre Academy. I imagine there is a fair bit of paranoia amongst the tiatre community which afflicts folks in theatre around the world (.... after reading novelist Margret Drabble, whose characters are theatre personalities).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Drabble Get a life yo. Joe is not denting your income with his postings is he? As for the benefits, I ain't sure there is too much either. Concani Tiatre is limited in its reach. The internet is a tricky business and I will get to that later. My thinking for the boom in the tiatre business is the arrival of cable and minor prosperity (the cash/bribe money has to go somewhere and there is only so much ice cream one can eat), people want to go out and this is the joyous outing. As well, tiatrs are now held in nice clean settings, during the afternoons at the Kala unlike in the old days where one had to go to some godforsaken field where the lights went out or the band master went missing in a local bar. They are more professional now. And with the pathetic and gloomy state of affairs in amchi Goiem, this is release no? What a lovely release...Concani is truly beautiful as a spoken language and as spoken by the Xastikars: sing-song and poetic, musical even. I have my doubts as to the benefits of Joe's posting on Utube. Seriously, tiatre is local business and perhaps has a market in the Gulf. In the UK/Canada, I doubt there is much there unless I am mistaken. People watch Joe's video's on Utube but is there any benefit for the titrist aside from publicity? Does the publicity equate to dineros? Naw. I doubt. There is a gang here on the Goanet thinking any publicity is great. Keep dreaming. Publicity is a tricky thing (I was in the publicity business in the mid 80s when the left over rock bands from the West came to Mumbai for cheap) and its really luck of the draw. If one posted Patricia Rozario on Utube singing the dekni, that may indeed turn into a spiral pub hit. But amcho tiatre....how many Goans outside of Goa and the Gulf even attempt to speak Concani? Joe Goa *wherever* aside, there other possibilities of using Utube, example reviewing the latest Jackob with clips etc. Or professionally done clips of songs. Maybe the tiatrist would like some of our understanding of the internet.......I for one would volunteer my time to chat about using the internet. As well, possibility of doing an English preview- I hear tourist visiting are showing interest in this lovely art form. I think some other folks should volunteer their time in the name of Concani (what else do we have but our language and food to keep this lovely but fading way of life called Goan?) Maybe some professional video folks, some web folks can all pool in resources...maybe the Theatre Academy needs a web site of its own now. JoeGoa has inadvertently taken the theatre to the internet age, but is that a good thing is debatable. To the tiatrist, I have a picture of JoeGoaUK taken last January 2008 posing with swinging Aunty-Ponty Fr*ncis de Toronto, but I ain't showing. Not even for pau-baaji!
