I really enjoyed listening to Marc Nair, a poet who also combines many different art forms into his writing and career, and I thought he was much more interesting and compelling than Steve Dawson. I loved the comedic approach he took to speaking, and using irony and sarcasm to point on the flaws in everyday life. I liked the perspective he took on the poems ‘Plastic Pelago’ and ‘Pan-Asian’. He was really creative, not only with what he was saying, but how he said. He was incredibly captivating in his performance, for example, when he chose to sing his piece on cliches and to avoid them.
I agree to what you’re saying, though comparing two different people who study and follow different career paths, I wouldn’t compare them. Marc Nair is a poet who takes in social events and political issues, whereas Steve Dawson is a sports journalist, the comparison is zero to zero. Though you could take in the fact that they are both writers and spokesmen. I very much agree on how he was so sarcastic with audience, personally I feel it’s important to connect with the audience and feel comfortable. HIs poem called “Pan-Asian” was amazing, as you mentioned, it had irony, it was comedic and it caught the audiences ears. It was interesting to hear your comment on Marc Nair, and I liked how you did a comparison though I wouldn’t really agree on the statements said. A question I have is, when you say “For example, when he chose to sing his piece on cliches and to avoid them” what do you exactly mean from that?
Yeah, I get where you’re coming from, it isn’t really fair to compare Marc Nair and Steve Dawson – all I meant was that I found Nair more compelling. About the ‘cliche’ song, I just thought it was really interesting how he found an new way to tell us whatnot to do. (through song)