NPS recap

[poltergasm]

As you may know, Team Austin took 3rd at NPS this year. Charlotte won, with louderARTS coming in 2nd and Boston-Cantab just barely taking the 4th (0.2 points behind us).

Here’s my take on the whole thing:

The “No Repeat” rule is killing NPSSomeone put it nicely: Do what’s best for the show and fairest to the poets. For several years now, PSI has

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[bajatierra]

Someone put it nicely: Do what’s best for the show and fairest to the poets.

Yeah, someone. ;)

[poltergasm]

Dude, you have turned into a "credit" machine!

[twosnoos]

Andy, what the fuck aren’t you getting about Shappy being a serious poet now?

Do you think his Zombie series is “funny”?

Do you think his edgy persona pieces about being a pregnant mother are “funny”?

Do you think his research heavy one-man shows are “funny”?

Artists are allowed to develop, Andy, then don’t just have to stay in your “funny poets” box.

And if you have a problem with Shappy moving away from the “funny” genre, than perhaps you’d like a have a conversation with one Mr. Vincent D’Inofrio.

For real. For serious.

Well, have fun at Toastmasters!!!

[shannyjean]

Hope they appreciate all of Your Talent!

Re: Well, have fun at Toastmasters!!!

[twosnoos]

Shanny Jean, I am so sorry that you are not genuinely, intentionally, and /or stylistically funny.

It is a pain I know too well...

Re: Well, have fun at Toastmasters!!!

[shannyjean]

It's okay--we can get through this together.

I will just keep TRYING to be funny often, but amn't, while I sit in a corner of my room jerking off to a picture of Robbie Q.

Re: Well, have fun at Toastmasters!!!

[whoisthespirit]

I myself have been trying to be funny for sometime now and it just isn't working. That's too bad, because I heard a lot of people telling me I was one of the funniest poets in each bout we had and I had to go, "oh sorry, that's not really me, I'm actually not genuinely funny, I'm a serious artist, please, respect dat'!"

[spokenn]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think this was the first year there was a no-repeat rule going into Finals.

I'm pretty sure that in Austin both years people got "clean slated" (Sounds like a sexual euphemism...) and got all their poems back for Finals. I remember that specifically in ABQ.

So, yeah, I agree. But this is also the first time there was no-repeat for Finals. And if Da'Shade and Marty McConnell were able to save two of their go-to poems for Finals why wasn't everyone else able to present "quality work" on Finals stage?

As far as funny poems... I hear the same thing from "serious" poets. "Whats' with this funny shit, blah blah, blah... it's killing poetry slam."

Maybe we need to do a study, like they did about the B Slot in the ABCD, BCDA, etc. rotation... laf.

Funny poems are killing NPS. Serious poems are killing NPS.

Maybe everything is killing NPS. LOL

[poltergasm]

But those "serious poets" have no idea what they're talking about!!! See, 95% of the poems at NPS are serious in nature. And maybe a full 85% (or so) are devoid of ALL traces of humor.

I'm PRETTY sure that there was a no-repeat rule last year as well. As for the first NPS in Austin? Not sure.

[spokenn]

That's my point.

The whole "Serious vs. Funny" argument is hilarious to me because both sides think the other is the death of poetry slam. It's either "Lighten up" or "Get serious."

And dude, 95 percent? Seriously? That's not hyperbole? ;-)

And I'm fairly certain NPS 07 didn't have no-repeat all the way to Finals. I know NPS '06 didn't for sure since I coaches ABQ and knew we'd get poems back if we got to Finals.

That said, I agree and think we should give the audience the best poems for Finals.

[lowhumcrush]

So, wait. I guess I'm not understanding this. Do most poets only have one go-to poem? I'm thinking, with five members on a team, you have even deeper pockets than a team of four. Is that wrong?

RESPECT!

[bigsleep666]

I really like the reasons you're done with being on a team.