{"id":1277,"date":"2009-03-31T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2009\/03\/what_if_i_want_to_be_passive\/"},"modified":"2009-03-31T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T17:54:05","slug":"what_if_i_want_to_be_passive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/what_if_i_want_to_be_passive.php","title":{"rendered":"What if I WANT to be a passive audience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As arts organizations around the world retool their experiences to foster engagement, connection, participation, and audience interaction, the parody newspaper <i>The Onion<\/i> reminds us that these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/oh_no_performers_coming_into\">may not be universally welcomed innovations<\/a>. The mock report describes the horror of theater attendees as performers break traditional boundaries, leave the stage, and attempt to connect with them directly:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While it remains unclear how long this horrifying breach of the fourth<br \/>\nwall will last, or why the actors worked so hard to create a fictional<br \/>\ndistance between themselves and the audience if they had no intention<br \/>\nof maintaining it, past productions suggest there are still five<br \/>\nminutes left in the current number. Some predict the cast will return<br \/>\nto the stage before the song&#8217;s conclusion, but others fear they may<br \/>\nstay in the aisles, making unnerving eye contact and blocking all<br \/>\navailable exits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Says an audience member in response: &#8220;Why&#8211;why don&#8217;t they just leave us alone?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Funny (and biting) stuff. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/oh_no_performers_coming_into\">Worth a read<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As arts organizations around the world retool their experiences to foster engagement, connection, participation, and audience interaction, the parody newspaper The Onion reminds us that these may not be universally welcomed innovations. The mock report describes the horror of theater attendees as performers break traditional boundaries, leave the stage, and attempt to connect with them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}