E296. The Death of Writing? The Internet's Impact on Generations - Matthew Gasda

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Playwright Matthew Gasda sits down with Bridget to discuss his career and plays that explore the generational differences exacerbated by the internet. They cover the impact of smartphones and social media on young people, 2012 as a pivotal year, his experiences as a tutor, the declining writing skills among his students, his journey to becoming a playwright, move to New York City, and breakthrough in theater. They also talk about the current state of art, the challenges of surviving as an artist without institutional backing, the importance of authentic dialogue in plays, the potential of local theater, and his success in building a platform for his work in Brooklyn.

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0:00.0	All right. I'm with Matt Gazda everybody. Welcome to Walkins Welcome. So so good to have you. I just want to introduce you to my audience. You are a playwright. Yes. And you live in New York and we were just bonding over how to the detriment of our loved ones we don't care what we look like.
0:21.0	I'm too shiny for the camera.
0:24.0	And we were laughing.
0:25.7	No, my husband is like, he's basically become my personal shopper
0:31.2	because he's like, I always complain that I have nothing but I I loathe and detest shopping with every bone in my body and so he's like I can't handle the you having nothing to wear and also you doing
0:46.4	nothing about it so he just started shopping for me which has been lovely, actually.
0:52.7	He's got a much better sense of style than I do
0:55.0	because he cares.
0:57.9	Yeah, I would say my wardrobe is like 80%.
1:00.0	Well, my fiance and my sister, my mom, they'll close will arrive and then I'll try them on a good well and say I found a sure
1:06.3	they'll be like a goodwill and say I found a shirt.
1:08.8	They'll be like why why?
1:11.0	Why do you have to go? I read your play, zooming. I really wish I was in town sometime soon because you have a new one running,
1:20.1	correct? Morning Journal. Yeah, which is very different, but
1:25.0	Zoomers might come back one day.
1:28.0	Zoomers gave me massive anxiety reading it,
1:32.0	which maybe was was the point yeah I was like oh my
1:37.8	God this is giving me anxiety I'm Jen X and the we you know I was thinking about this when I was reading your work like
1:47.2	I'm not sure how much the internet has exacerbated generational
1:53.8	differences it feels like a lot to me.
1:56.5	Yeah, it feels, I was out.
2:00.5	I got a drink with someone who I hadn't seen in 10 years last night who's my like she's 33
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