Comments on: Some of them want to get used by you http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nothing to get upset about « countercritic http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-435 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:03:24 +0000 http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-435 [...] sportiness. But they don’t match the cool moderation of John Jasperse t-shirt creations for Misuse liable for prosecution, nor the flashy sportiness of David Neuman’s feedforward. They speak more to a cluttered, dingy [...]

]]> By: Jowitt on Jasperse; And some elaboration on why talking about money in art is lame « countercritic http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-408 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:42:23 +0000 http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-408 [...] when I suggested that the effect of the opening monologue was “happily irrelevent,” I meant that any [...]

]]> By: countercritic http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-401 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:16:20 +0000 http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-401 Thanks, Anna. We really try to put our thinking cap on here at C.C. And we have the time and space to really get into the nitty gritty.

Sometimes critics can get a little lazy or bored or who knows, like Dunning seemed to be the night she saw “Misuse.” Hence the need for alternative criticism! And if you’re gonna pan something, you should at least dig your teeth into it. “Nothing very interesting happened” is like a non observation. It’s not engaged. It’s not critical. It’s super passive. Eeeew.

]]> By: Anna Brady Nuse http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-400 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:05:47 +0000 http://countercritic.com/2007/11/02/some-of-them-want-to-be-used-by-you/#comment-400 Thanks for this in-depth review. I found it much more informative and resonate with my experience of the piece than Dunning’s review. I liked many of the choreographic moments in this piece, and the mastery and innovation with the props was continually surprising and satisfying.

Thanks also for the comparison analysis with Jasperse’s California, I didn’t see that piece, but hearing about it now makes “misuse” even more meaningful in hindsite.

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