I hate theater -- sort of,

but it is disturbing to see directors, playwrights and arts administrators wondering aloud in the New York Times Theater Pages if it's about portraying more real people and more real life which for these FAME graduates translates into more plays about minorities and people with disabilities.

How much more insulting and ridiculous can "traditional mainstream theater" be? I have cringed my way through only a few overacted "mainstream" productions in my day, so I find it hard to shell out to see people emote on stage. -- I was a devotee of the East Village, the late Ethyl Eichelberger and The Wooster Group who were moving by turns and wonderfully, over the top THEATRICAL. I'm not going to say any more about theater I like because that would take too long, but let's get this straight
"traditional mainstream theater"! -- If you think that I am going spend 25 bucks to watch a bunch of overearnest, overcaffeinated thespians emote their way through a play that is supposed to be about my life, you're going to have a really hard time prying those bills from my hands.