tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post7658282332425732199..comments2024-03-20T20:18:55.808-04:00Comments on pArts: CATO and The Metropolitan Opera's Klinghoffer Controversy Sharkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354556120599729324noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-56146106641909425602014-09-17T03:05:31.433-04:002014-09-17T03:05:31.433-04:00Thanks you, Bill. I don't have problems if pe...Thanks you, Bill. I don't have problems if people have problems with this work . . . BUT the overriding issue is that the protests are about a work of art that attempts to address a difficult subject (to put it minimally) that is NOT what they believe it is, most of whom have not heard, seen or experienced it and relying on second-hand "knowledge." I find the outrage ridiculous in the extreme. Offensive, even. Sharkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354556120599729324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-17713050516675107382014-09-16T22:57:55.040-04:002014-09-16T22:57:55.040-04:00I'm going to NYC for the matinee and am assumi...I'm going to NYC for the matinee and am assuming I will have to run a gauntlet of protesters (I understand there will be a very big demonstration at the opera house on opening night). I think that Gelb's handling of this matter was very ill-advised. He should have responded by defending what actually IS in the opera, not by caving in to charges of what actually isn't. People want everything to be black or white, hero or villain and life isn't that simple. Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-71138713870862232602014-09-15T20:16:51.702-04:002014-09-15T20:16:51.702-04:00Thank, you, mogliettina. Once I found I'd lik...Thank, you, mogliettina. Once I found I'd likely not be able to get to NY this year, Gelb's caving in on the HD really hit me hard. There are mistakes all over the place in the handling of this situation, all caused by pressure based on (mostly) irrational fear and false claims.Sharkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354556120599729324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-13725198517264267982014-09-15T20:14:43.077-04:002014-09-15T20:14:43.077-04:00Thanks, nmharleyrider. I'd never insist every...Thanks, nmharleyrider. I'd never insist everyone think the same as I (what a strange, dull world it would be), but to disregard and not respect others smacks of the same Nazi/Soviet tactics you mention. We're in the 21st century, but some minds just won't budge open. Thanks again.Sharkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354556120599729324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-11800074624505800742014-09-15T20:12:06.014-04:002014-09-15T20:12:06.014-04:00As you already know I am with you all the way in t...As you already know I am with you all the way in this controversy. I deplore anything or anyone who attempts to squelch my right to decide what I should or should not see when it comes to art.<br />I want to decide for myself and refuse to knuckle under to "Big Brother".<br />I am sorry that Peter Gelb even gave in to the HD, which has forced me to see the in-house version of an opera whose composer is not among my favorites and one that I normally would never have bother to spend that kind of money for.mogliettinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929038630724775012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644158760598157015.post-43087865553947736462014-09-15T17:09:05.592-04:002014-09-15T17:09:05.592-04:00Thanks you for the welcome contribution to this ar...Thanks you for the welcome contribution to this argument. At least some are maintaining an objective look at this situation. I also deplore the tactics of these people designed to deprive us of our rights to make up our own minds just as the Nazis did when they burned books and the Russians when they quelled the voices of so many artists. nmharleyriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691246091141905288noreply@blogger.com