I've been hearing about Russian art being cancelled, but we can all dig up an old copy of Tolstoy or listen to some Stravinsky whenever. No intermediary is necessary. But this canceling of artistic performers and athletes who have honed a craft or trained a sport and have a very small window to be at their peak is despicable. It feels li…
I've been hearing about Russian art being cancelled, but we can all dig up an old copy of Tolstoy or listen to some Stravinsky whenever. No intermediary is necessary. But this canceling of artistic performers and athletes who have honed a craft or trained a sport and have a very small window to be at their peak is despicable. It feels like a perverse continuation of the covid crap: you don't get to be on stage..you don't get to be on the court...too bad, so sad, it's for the greater good. I hate these people.
Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev. Really? These are major talents who have graced the stage (and pit) of the Met. Music knows no boundaries or borders. They brought joy to countless many and mega-money to the Met coffers The hypocrisy and naked, childish virtue signaling is stunning.
I've been hearing about Russian art being cancelled, but we can all dig up an old copy of Tolstoy or listen to some Stravinsky whenever. No intermediary is necessary. But this canceling of artistic performers and athletes who have honed a craft or trained a sport and have a very small window to be at their peak is despicable. It feels like a perverse continuation of the covid crap: you don't get to be on stage..you don't get to be on the court...too bad, so sad, it's for the greater good. I hate these people.
Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev. Really? These are major talents who have graced the stage (and pit) of the Met. Music knows no boundaries or borders. They brought joy to countless many and mega-money to the Met coffers The hypocrisy and naked, childish virtue signaling is stunning.
Hate them, or pity them, because there will much weeping and gnashing, sooner or later.