– to write his first opera. Despite last week’s standing ovation at the Berlin premiere, one critic wonders why he bothered at all. – Financial Times
Tag: 09.20.99
Once around the block
Lots of new music, lots of performances, but what happens after the opera or symphony premiere? The second-performance problem. – The New York Times
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT REPORT
recommends taxing violent entertainment and using the money for victims of violent crime. CBC
TV TALK SHOWS ARE A SCUZZY BUSINESS
Not so scuzzy as trying to make them, though. Here’s an inside account of the inner turmoils of a TV talk show. Salon
Colorful TV
The networks have conceded there aren’t enough minority roles in their programming – they’re writing some in. New York Times
PREVIOUSLY: Threat of a network boycott by a coalition of Latino groups has broadcasters scrambling to compile lists of their Hispanic talent. Okay, they’re using short pieces of paper, but “we’re trying” they say.
Dallas Morning News 9/12/99
TRIVIALIZATION OF ART
At the end of the 20th Century we’ve made the word meaningless complains Roger Kimball, editor of The New Criterion.