RichM, I've been trying without success to figure out what you meant by your last post. Can you elucidate? Who are the intolerant, prissy, purist dilettantes you're talking about -- people who think a performer should be competent and prepared, or those who don't think it's important? I can make your words make equal sense (or nonsense, really) if applied either way.

In any case, why do you think it's necessary to use such offensive language?