tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post4374327897729390111..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Academic jobs as arts jobsFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-13518144597780802562014-10-17T09:07:53.556-04:002014-10-17T09:07:53.556-04:00This analogy is so true, especially with your emen...This analogy is so true, especially with your emendations above. It was the reason for my "A Chorus Line" hatred (which I even wrote about way long ago on the blog). This and the tournament analogy are becoming more and more apt. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-12971631378712992682014-10-16T15:18:39.688-04:002014-10-16T15:18:39.688-04:00Brian:
Yes, that's right (and thanks for the ...Brian:<br /><br />Yes, that's right (and thanks for the link). <br /><br />There's are the celebrities, the working actors, and the struggling actors (who either eventually break through to one of the other levels or who leave the profession--or just keep a hand in, like the locals who take on unpaid community theatre parts now and then).Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-19058237180653990832014-10-15T22:41:15.636-04:002014-10-15T22:41:15.636-04:00Some years ago, Timothy Burke described the academ...Some years ago, <a href="http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2011/08/04/weighing-the-market/" rel="nofollow">Timothy Burke described the academic job market as a "tournament economy"</a>: a few people will win and get great, cushy jobs like their grad school profs; some will wind up with acceptable jobs that bring satisfaction and enough money to pay the bills; and most will eke out a living or move on to something else. The arts are like that, too.Brian W. Ogilviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045133494402037781noreply@blogger.com