tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518465095889328765.post1617407152704548041..comments2024-01-23T10:17:10.823+00:00Comments on All Play: The Challenge of ConventionsTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419612031881597927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518465095889328765.post-83093936097252532752011-02-22T20:02:34.389+00:002011-02-22T20:02:34.389+00:00I'd propose switching 'boredom' with &...I'd propose switching 'boredom' with 'relaxation'...La Phalenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518465095889328765.post-70785977625296672522010-09-23T12:14:55.575+01:002010-09-23T12:14:55.575+01:00Does this also work the other way. If the sweet sp...Does this also work the other way. If the sweet spot is where challenge is just ahead of skills, the more skilled the viewer the more a piece must do to challenge them.<br /><br />Turn that towards critics - assuming that we can (dubiously) count number of shows as experience and (even more dubiously, I know) relate that to skill - and you have the problem that a critic, having seen more Hamlets Matt Truemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143359894852446419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518465095889328765.post-43967368249632294512010-09-23T11:54:18.557+01:002010-09-23T11:54:18.557+01:00A footballer slips and misses a penalty and they&#...<i>A footballer slips and misses a penalty and they'll blame the pitch. A spectator will tend to attribute personally: what a rubbish player.</i><br /><br />Somehow I might have guessed that'd be your example.Andrew Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837535447180621963noreply@blogger.com