Quoting theREALmxyzptlk <theREALmxyzptlk@comcast.net>:
quoted 4 lines This, though, tempts me to send back both of my undergraduate> This, though, tempts me to send back both of my undergraduate
> and both of my graduate degrees and declare myself aloof from
> education. I can see getting paid for acting silly, but not getting a
> Ph.D for acting especially silly.
But, Jeff, consider the view that the whole notion of 'Performance
Studies' as an enterprise has largely legitimised 'acting especially
silly' as an academically respectable project.
A friend of a relative of mine did her PhD on getting married at a
petrol station, i.e. the "topic" was essentially constituted by the 'silly
act' and the surrounding er... signifying practices (blah blah).
How about a PhD from someone on playing those neck-strung
synth keyboards like Gary whatisname in the 70s as an "IDM"
antidote to this Rockist-affirming project? ;-)
alan
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