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Was Jean Valjean really at the barricade? I've been following Mike Daisey for a few years. He's really good at what he does and he's really open with his fan b

Was Jean Valjean really at the barricade? I've been following Mike Daisey for a few years. He's really good at what he does and he's really open with his fan base. You can find a number of his monologues here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mike-daisey/id2085588?mt=11 http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mike-daisey/id2085588?mt=1... (I particularly liked the Nicola Tesla Monologue) Notice that he has one called 'All Stories Are Fiction'. I think Mike got caught up in a multi-media world when he's a one media kind of guy. That media is theater. It is a world where people pay lots of money to watch other people try as hard as they can to convince the viewers that they are in the streets of Paris and there is a might battle being waged. In the end the audience feels something. And that is the goal. The problem is that Mike let this 'feel something' get ahead of the burden that the programs he was appearing on are under. If Mike Daisey comes to your town and you don't go because of this, you're being petty and missing a great show. That being so, he should get away from journalism because people that produce that content have no room for theater.* *of course there is fox news.

eropple 15y ago
> If Mike Daisey comes to your town and you don't go because of this, you're being petty "If you don't give money to someone because of their past of intellectual dishonesty, you're being petty" doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
- skilesare 15y ago
  That is the whole point. He was not attempting to be intellectually honest. There is no room for intellect in the theater. If you walk into Les Mis and use your intellect, the second you see that turntable in a prison camp you're going to yell, 'thats bulls*' and storm out. I should have said if you don't go hear someone tell a story because of their past storytelling, you're being petty.
  - tablescraps 15y ago
    He wrote an op-ed at the NYT. You can't seriously claim he was just telling a story and should be allowed flexibility with the truth.
    - skilesare 15y ago
      He shouldn't have done that. His show belongs in the theater. It is a great piece of theater that pushes people to think about where their crap comes from. The things he talks about happened and do exist as themes in globalization. I think he got caught up in the fact that he started having an effect(and one that was needed) and didn't know how to operate in that environment.
      - tablescraps 15y ago
        Should he have been on MSNBC or any of the talk shows he has been on in the past 2 months? Please stop making excuses for this piece of shit.
        skilesare 15y ago
        He should not have been on those shows unless he was talking about his play.
        eropple 15y ago
        OK, so now remind me why I'm "being petty" if I don't give him money because of this.
      - eropple 15y ago
        >> He shouldn't have done that. To hell with "should" or "shouldn't" -- he did. And you're accusing people who wouldn't give him money to see his show because of what he did of "being petty."
  - DanBC 15y ago
    > He was not attempting to be intellectually honest. That's incorrect. He lied in his story; then he lied to people who were trying to fact-check his story. He said "This is true" about things that were not true.
    - skilesare 15y ago
      I should have clarified that I meant when he was writing his show. When the real journalists got involved he should have said, well...you really can't use my stuff in your context. He didn't and he should be called out.

eropple 15y ago

> If Mike Daisey comes to your town and you don't go because of this, you're being petty "If you don't give money to someone because of their past of intellectual dishonesty, you're being petty" doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

skilesare 15y ago
That is the whole point. He was not attempting to be intellectually honest. There is no room for intellect in the theater. If you walk into Les Mis and use your intellect, the second you see that turntable in a prison camp you're going to yell, 'thats bulls*' and storm out. I should have said if you don't go hear someone tell a story because of their past storytelling, you're being petty.
- tablescraps 15y ago
  He wrote an op-ed at the NYT. You can't seriously claim he was just telling a story and should be allowed flexibility with the truth.
  - skilesare 15y ago
    He shouldn't have done that. His show belongs in the theater. It is a great piece of theater that pushes people to think about where their crap comes from. The things he talks about happened and do exist as themes in globalization. I think he got caught up in the fact that he started having an effect(and one that was needed) and didn't know how to operate in that environment.
    - tablescraps 15y ago
      Should he have been on MSNBC or any of the talk shows he has been on in the past 2 months? Please stop making excuses for this piece of shit.
      - skilesare 15y ago
        He should not have been on those shows unless he was talking about his play.
        eropple 15y ago
        OK, so now remind me why I'm "being petty" if I don't give him money because of this.
    - eropple 15y ago
      >> He shouldn't have done that. To hell with "should" or "shouldn't" -- he did. And you're accusing people who wouldn't give him money to see his show because of what he did of "being petty."
- DanBC 15y ago
  > He was not attempting to be intellectually honest. That's incorrect. He lied in his story; then he lied to people who were trying to fact-check his story. He said "This is true" about things that were not true.
  - skilesare 15y ago
    I should have clarified that I meant when he was writing his show. When the real journalists got involved he should have said, well...you really can't use my stuff in your context. He didn't and he should be called out.