What an extreme delight to read Jack's message!!!! I think he proves most of his own points. Even in plain text, compelling comment takes hold of an audience.
His point that propagandists for our goals have to succeed in some sort of time frame is where we may disagree. If we made some new shows for distribution on the net or by very cheap CD's and DVD's, on a not-for-porift basis, we could even include the TRUTH of Jack's experience-- that live interaction after a show is better than a show (or nearly so) can be INTERNAL to the film and story. The whole point is that if people could buy DVD's the way they buy books -- but much cheaper -- with the HOPE of really having in hand and house a SOURCE of great thinking, like a copy of the Declaration of Independence or The Bill of Rights -- OK, I'm a going off the deep end -- we ain't going to reach that level of inspiring content -- but the point is IF we can look for that experience as the END IN ITSELF -- so that voters have a powerful source of ideas that speak to such things as "money enough for all", "pensions (similar to what Gephardt promised today)", "health care paid for by thinking of the doctors, nurses, beds and medicine -- not the money itself -- because these doctors, etc., who get paid and go shopping and keep the next patient employed on the job, etc.", and a million other serious themes that can be made DRAMATIC AND FUN AND FUNNY LIKE SEINFIELD. Anyway, Jack and I do NOTdisagree on anything. We compete and only need a good editor and director to make sense of the bullshit we say. The problem is not with the idea. The problem is with the hard work it takes to do it. But if Jack with his experience doesn't die too soon we might have a chance. I'm copyiing this to social credit forum. Am also sending Jack's original to them. John ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Hirschfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Reaching the Voter - Can We Do It ? At 2:27 PM -0500 2/19/03, Curtiss Priest wrote: >I have no doubt that you and I and various folk can talk >all day on some <... snip> [see Jack's original message] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84IaC.bcVIgP.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================