While I believe the field trip to have been overall, a great educational and cultural experience, I have very mixed feelings about what we were witnessing. I think the concept of the Los Angeles Poverty Department (L.A.P.D.) has outstanding potential and significance to truly helping and enlightening those that inhabit the inner city area. The program gives those of lesser financial fortune, a chance to participate in a community based and mentally enriching art development project, that can then be shared with whoever chooses to join. As I’m sure those that presented their communicative process were enveloped in the activity, it seemed there existed a sense of falsehood in their intention. They were not sure of themselves and what they were doing or saying, which completely defeats the purpose. They were using being broke and unsupported as an excuse to not try. While Skid Row is an influential area of town, I don’t know that attracting young art students to it on a regular basis is necessarily a great idea. The LAPD pamphlet reads, “Despite the rampant drug use, Skid Row is actually one of the safest areas in the city.” The term rampant, in combination with drug activity, should not be something we are willingly immersing ourselves into. And furthermore, what was the point of the small foreign town presentation. I personally was not able to draw any significant correlation between inner-city theatre, Skid Row, and goat herding. I would be interested to discuss all of this further, but not by means of an Internet post. I also feel like much of the thought process and tone becomes lost in the prose, rather than accentuated by the validity of a verbalized dialogue.
Danielle Korman, BFA3 Stage Manager
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