http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/on-not-being-the-goat/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/on-not-being-the-goat/#comment-426 David W. Boles Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:50:50 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/on-not-being-the-goat/#comment-426 There's no way to avoid having a goat unless The Muscle steps in -- every show has a Goat and it's your job not to be it -- but sometimes you're it by default just because you have the least experience or because you wrote the thing that everybody else thinks they know how to fix. There’s no way to avoid having a goat unless The Muscle steps in — every show has a Goat and it’s your job not to be it — but sometimes you’re it by default just because you have the least experience or because you wrote the thing that everybody else thinks they know how to fix.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/03/on-not-being-the-goat/#comment-425 Gordon Davidescu Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:48:51 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/on-not-being-the-goat/#comment-425 I wonder if there is any way to avoid being the goat -- ie to prove oneself not goat-worthy? :) Otherwise it is great when The Muscle takes on the Goat responsibility. :) I wonder if there is any way to avoid being the goat — ie to prove oneself not goat-worthy? Otherwise it is great when The Muscle takes on the Goat responsibility.

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