Too Much Info or Not Enough?
A past event in the plaza.More details on this year's Music in the Plaza are now posted on the city web site.
Plaintalker had carped about the flashy card that heralds the events but doesn't say when they take place. A downloadable flyer on the city web site reveals that on July 31 and Aug. 28 there will be two concerts each day, one from 12 noon to 2 p.m. and another from 6 to 8 p.m. In addition, there will be a car show on Aug. 28, as well as a movie at 9:30 p.m.
However, a link to a web site on the card results in a slide show with slightly different information.
Picky, picky, picky - yes, I admit it. Too many years of getting the who, what, where of things have made me into a stickler for the facts. I pity the person who has to sort this all out for an "If you go" box in the newspaper.
And furthermore, learning that there are two concerts on each day only makes me more curious about the logistics and costs. Will there be two set-ups and break-downs each day? Attendees are told to bring their own chairs (and buttered popcorn) for the movie, but seating was provided for past concerts.
Communication continues to be a weak aspect of the current administration. It's one thing to get event planning wrong, but even the big stuff gets screwed up. Witness the last-minute, unpublished notice for a special meeting that then was canceled Monday. Oh well, it was only about $15 million and 180 new apartments.
--Bernice Paglia
posted by Bernice at 9:56 AM
5 Comments:
One place has the movie showing at 9:30 and the other says it's at 9:00. It doesn't say where to bring chairs. My bone of contention is the city sponsoring "Plainfield Family Movie Night" by showing The Fast and the Furious, this film which is listed as having rough language, violence, sex, and drug references. I checked on the movie database, which the city could do as well before scheduling this kind of movie.
Is this really a "FAMILY" film, the kind of film that this community needs to have shown with the stamp of approval of the city? What family is it, the Corleone family?? A movie that glorifies speeding and violence and thug behavior is not what we need, especially after the awful accident caused by speeding this past spring by drugs dealers over on Grant Avenue.
To me, family movie fun night would be a movie like "College Road Trip" a film that I can bring 12 and 13 year old young people to. What kind of message is a violent drag racing film with testosterone pumping aggression sending to our youth? I have been to movies like this in the past and the kids cheer when a spectacularly violent incident occurs. The mayor and the division of "recreation" should be ashamed, and should change the movie to something that parents and guardians would be more comfortable bringing their families to.
We can't control what movies are put out, and parents are free to take or allow their kids to see anything they want, but for the city of Plainfield to sponsor this is offensive.
For Family Fun night, there is nothing like a good 3-legged race [on grass] and other activities. Especially since President Obama said to turn off the TV and talk to your kids. Oh wait, that would not cost $$$ to impress the voters ... sorry.
Great! The movie offered by the city is exactly what we need around Park Avenue where speeding and beating red lights already occurs on nightly basis.
It would be interesting to find out who recommended this movie, and even more, to find out if the council approved of it.
I am definitively taking my kids to the movie, just not in Plainfield.
Another good idea poorly executed.
I agree with the second comment that family fun activities like potato sack races provide more bonding than violent movies--I love films, but participatory rather than passive activities seem more in tune for "fun." I don't think that Fast and the Furious qualifies as a family fun type of film. Whose decision was it to show it? Do the mayor and director of recreation really think this movie has wide family appeal? I would imagine that some families would rather see something a bit more community-oriented, or maybe an animated film, if a film at all. I question the judgment of this, frankly.
Rebecca
I would like to know how many Council people have Plainfield Library Cards, let alone read anything to share with children.
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