On Thursday, May 23, at 19.00, the eighth meeting of the series of performative debates moderated by Alex Tocilescu will take place at the Masca Theatre (14 Uverturii Blvd.). The theme is “Criticism and self-criticism: no one is good at what they do”.
As part of the 2023-2024 Season: “Let’s talk about us for real”, Masca Theater launches an open invitation to the public to participate – together with key personalities from the cultural, social and political environment of the Capital – in a series of performative, sincere and honest debates on current and challenging topics.
The first season of “La libre” is moderated and curated by Alex Tocilescu, writer and publicist of notoriety, man of the city and the voice of Masca Theater for this season.
Tocilescu states that the idea of these meetings is not to identify an absolute truth that will enlighten us all, but, on the contrary, to manage to communicate about things that we are unable to articulate normally, to ask questions to each other, to exchange ideas and to leave with some unclear ideas in our heads.
On Thursday, May 23, at the Masca Theatre, we talk openly about Criticism and self-criticism: nobody is good at what they do, what it’s like to criticize and be criticized, how we evaluate ourselves and what mechanisms are activated when someone tells you that you’ve screwed up.
“I used to be in the band Aeroport and we played concerts. The last one was at the Arenele Romane and me and the others in the band thought it was great, and we had a few beers beforehand. But after the concert our girlfriends took us aside and told us to either get serious about music or forget it, because we were terrible. We realized they were right, and because we were too lazy to practice, we gave up. That’s a good example of how criticism can help when self-criticism fails. I suspect my guests will have similar stories. Or on the contrary, just the opposite”, Alex Tocilescu contextualizes.
Marius Chivu (author and literary critic), Iulian Tănase (poet, writer, podcast man) and Constantin Dogioiu (actor and soon to be director).
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