Hey, I've been in 3 or 4 plays. They're a very real experience...a whole lot realer than a TV drama. Trust me. When you act in a play, the story unfolds chronologically, and you live it. When you act for a film, you do it in chopped up little bits in no particular order whatsoever. No comparison. Plays are a living art form. Films are the dead, synthetic imitation of a living art form...although...there are some things films are perfect for, and rightly so.

The problem with 'telly' is that it's full of commercial interruptions. Very annoying. When you go to see a play, you do not have to watch commercials every five minutes. That's why I gave up on TV. It's just an excuse to sell product (and the product is almost never one I want to hear about anyway). Same goes for commercial radio...a wasteland in search of a quick sale. The real opiate of today's Ist World masses is not religion, it's mass consumerism.