There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the underrepresentation of women in theater despite their significant audience presence.
Marsha Norman's statement points out a disparity in the theater industry, emphasizing that while women make up a large portion of the ticket-buying audience, their contributions as playwrights and creators are not reflected in the production of plays. This raises questions about gender equality and the necessity of encouraging female voices in the arts.
In practice
During a panel discussion on gender equality in the arts, using this quote can emphasize the need for increased representation.
If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the other person's turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like.
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises.
As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.
If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.
Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
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