http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/04/12/some-days-im-embarassed-to-be-a-member-of-the-arts-community/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/04/12/some-days-im-embarassed-to-be-a-member-of-the-arts-community/comment-page-1/#comment-640616 Martin Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:17:16 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=4339#comment-640616 It's my observation that much of what masquerades as satire is blunt insult, not nearly as cleaver as it thinks it is. It is often naked hatred hiding in plain site. It's my observation that much of what masquerades as satire is blunt insult, not nearly as cleaver as it thinks it is. It is often naked hatred hiding in plain site.

]]> http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/04/12/some-days-im-embarassed-to-be-a-member-of-the-arts-community/comment-page-1/#comment-640577 One Monkey's Un Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:39:29 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=4339#comment-640577 It's my observation that targets of satire rarely appreciate the artistic value of that which mocks them... I admit I find the mental image of a stage full of stereotypical representations of Americans partying away amidst the ruins of the WTC a trifle banal, but in the context of the opera, it's amusing. Apparently the humor is lost on the fine, upstanding members of the "arts community." It's my observation that targets of satire rarely appreciate the artistic value of that which mocks them… I admit I find the mental image of a stage full of stereotypical representations of Americans partying away amidst the ruins of the WTC a trifle banal, but in the context of the opera, it's amusing. Apparently the humor is lost on the fine, upstanding members of the "arts community."

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