yes
but there is also more than one take on "performance" in poetry
so simply swiping awaay with the term "performance" does those
particular differences a disservice
poetry is also a "performance" "on" the page . . . asides from other
places in which it performs
through its production and its circulation
;-)
xx
cris
On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Tim Allen wrote:
>> "A poetry SLAM competition in two rounds.
>
> First Round: 4 Competing Categories:
>
> DARK poem - a sad poem wearing all black
> GLAD poem - a happy poem in colourful clothes
> SHAG poem - sexy words in lingerie, fetish, flesh
> DRAG poem - gender-bending words in drag"< etc
>
> Probably a bit of fun but sooooo cliched it makes you cry. Why is it
> that all this performance stuff is so predictable and conventional and
> does everything to reinforce stereotypes (aesthetic and otherwise)?
> The whole thing goes against the grain of challenge and questioning,
> weather of genre, language or identity, that innovative and
> experimental poetry are known for. This is why the performance scene,
> despite all its rhetoric about being about youth and energy etc, is
> ultimately so conservative and harmless and safe, and hence why it is
> so acceptable to the literary establishment.
>
> Tim A.
> Please excuse cross posting
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