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The One Act Competition: Truly Unfair?
Okay, so me and my school went to our One Act competition to do the play "Cut" by Ed Monk.
What we recieved that night was extremely unfair, and I want to hear if you think it's unfair too.
Our school isn't the richest, and all the schools we went up against have got money.
1. We got a STANDING ovation in the B division, and we were the only ones.
2. The judges ripped our piece apart in critiques.
3. A schools were INTIMIDATED by US in the B division before we even got on stage and afterwards, ALL of the schools absolutely LOVED us. LOVED us. We got so much support.
4. We went to the award ceremony. All of the schools got many awards. We recieved ONE award for comedy. Later we found out that 2 of our cast members got awards as well, but they "mysteriously" disappeared.
5. The final awards came and we didn't place. Our entire school was crying their eyes out, because we got singled out. It wasn't fair.
6. ALL of the schools came up to us and wondered why we didn't win or place, even the A schools.
7. Some guy called our director a dirtball.
This was truly unfair and I've never EVER been treated with so much disrespect in my life. Looks like only the schools care about us. It was unprofessional, unfair, and embarrassing.
Do you think it was unfair?
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I don't.
here's why. I didn't see any of the one-acts and I am not one of the judges at this competition. I can't judge whether or not your one act was really different from any of the others and I don't know what the judges were going for. last week I was in a beauty pageant where I had fantastic crowd appeal, but the judges thought I was too harsh to be crowned. it happens. life goes on.
here's the worst part about your posting: attitude. you know you did great theater. the audience knows, the cast knows, the crew knows. why do a few judges matter? when theater becomes a competition it stops being fun. lighten up. we're just about telling stories.
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that is truly unfair,if everyone LOVED you then you guys must have been really good,(i bet you were!)you no what i think,i think that one of the judges dated your director, and then your director broke up with them, so then they got mad and told the other judges and she/he is getting revenge on the director by making you guys not be placed or get an award,except for comedy, so thats what i think. lol sry
no but seriously,i think that was really unfair you guys were probably the best there.
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I do think that this seems very strange of the judges. If your school did a great job (and it sounds like you did), you should have been recognized for it. However, I did not see your play, & I don't really think anyone on advicenators can give you the type of answer you are looking for if the did not see your play. I am an actress myself, and I know it is hard to face rejection. You need to realize that these judges are trained to do what they do, and they may just be looking for something different, that most audience members may not be trained to look for. Also, keep in mind that there are some great movies in the theaters that get awful reviews, but people all over the country love anyways! So just because the judges didn't like your play does not mean they are always correct. I am sure your play was fantastic, and I don't think you sure worry too much about what the judges think. I know it;s hard to hear, and sometimes you disagree, but don't let them get you down!!
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i think it was very much unfair and set up. i dont understand what the judges had against your school but all that matters is that you got support. you don't need an award to know that you all did amazing and you will always remember that everyone else thought it was awesome and judges were just immature and unfair. but congratulations for doing great, don't let anyone keep you all from being proud of yourselves! :)
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