All About Deepak Morris

It's always such a thrill when an actor discovers sub-text.

I've experienced tons of actors who are so focused on showing off [look Mama, I'm on stage!] that exhortations to discover sub-text are lost.

But once in a while comes an actor who listens... who tries it out... and then, there's magic on stage.

Leon found it. Ruchi did. The Khanna sisters were born with it! Sandeep found it. Ananda is another who was born with it. Niloufer found ...

People hate it when I point out flaws in productions. They say that I should encourage fledgling - or even experienced - directors, rather than critique their efforts.

Allow me to digress a bit. The advertising legend, David Ogilvy, reportedly sent a doll and a memo to every new employee who was likely to have a hand in recruiting someone new. The doll was one of those Russian dolls that have a doll inside them, which has another doll inside it, and so on. The memo reportedl...

Free websites, free blogs, free entertainment, even! The net is a "free-empowering" phenomenon.

You can even download movies for free.

If someone requests a script and I send it to him, there's nothing to prevent him from sending it on to all his friends. I'd go crazy trying to find out who's performed which play and where.

Is this the end of theatre?

I think it's the beginning of a new era in theatre.

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When I say "eliminate the director," I mean it on the lines of "If You See the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!"

This means, once the seeker has reached a particular point of development, a teacher is more likely to lead him astray than to guide him. After that point, the seeker must create his own road and, if he sees a teacher on that road, must eliminate him.

What I also mean by "Director" is the "Auteur Director." This is the kind of director most people are used ...