Several audience members have suggested that there by some sort of end-of-festival awards as a way of singling out particular shows and performances from among the 200 or so total. Now, we infringement organizers can be a contentious group, but we pretty unanimously nixed this idea for two reasons, one philosophical and the other logistical:
1. It goes totally counter to the spirit of the festival, encourages competition instead of collaboration, sets up a potentially bad vibe, etc., and
2. It's physically impossible for any one person to see everything in the festival, so there's no way to objectively rank stuff.
So instead of a panel of jurors, we thought it might be fun if EVERYONE felt free to create awards of their own--not just for shows, but for audience members, venues, weather conditions, you name it. Some random examples we've tossed around for awards beyond the usual kind: drunkest audience member, smallest crowd, most creative use of a small budget, etc. But really: use your imagination. Be as serious or as silly as you want. IF we get enough of these before Sunday night's ultra-casual Closing Night Party at Nietzsche's, maybe we'll read 'em out loud. If not, they'll be here for all the world to see until the end of time, or until Blogger goes out of business, whichever comes first.
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