For my part, I would agree with the entirety of this, Dave, and also
remember my wariness at publicly voicing my feelings on the reaction to the
death of Princess Diana.
Cheers,
Jon
>From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 1945 Was His Finest Year
>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:06:42 -0000
>
>Of course, Jon, I'd suggest that to imagine that subtle forms of censorship
>do not operate within Western-style societies would be at the least wishful
>thinking. Liberal, humane culture has passed down a tradition of free
>speech, but in many contexts that right is circumscribed. Poetry possibly
>gets away with a bit more than some of the other arts, partly because it
>does not have the same requirement for economic and therefore social
>backing
>to exist in the world; as was rightly pointed out opera companies are
>pushed
>into a rather conservative mould by the cost of that art form's production,
>while poetry's third world economics do confer on it the freedom of the
>poor, to an extent. Other damn thing of course is that the powers-that-be,
>in the West, don't take much notice of most poetry anyhow.
>
>Best
>
>Dave
>
>
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>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jon Clay" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:34 AM
>Subject: Re: 1945 Was His Finest Year
>
>
> > I'm ashamed to admit I've never even heard of John Adams, but that aside
>it
> > does sound worryingly like McCarthyism and, generally, good old
>fashioned
> > political censorship, if without the legislation.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > >From: Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: 1945 Was His Finest Year
> > >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:26:46 +1100
> > >
> > >At 8:58 PM +0000 10/1/2002, Robin Hamilton wrote:
> > >>
> > >>... or 'anti-American' in the OED and Where It Came From
> > >
> > >Amidst all this talk about "anti-American", I find it odd in these
> > >well-informed circles that there's been no mention of the current
> > >villification of that quintessentially American composer John Adams.
> > >He is being attacked as "anti-American" and condemned for
> > >"romanticising terrorists", "anti-Semitism" and other ugly crimes for
> > >his 1991 opera The Death of Klinghoffer, which has been, well, if not
> > >"banned", then recommended that it "not be performed".
> > >
> > >So clearly "anti-Americanism" isn't confined to the British.
> > >
> > >But this kind of smearing looks to me more like McCarthyism, I'm
> > >afraid. And it's sad that it's already being used to disgracefully
> > >discredit one of America's greatest artists.
> > >
> > >Best
> > >
> > >Alison
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >
> > >
> > >Alison Croggon
> > >
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> >
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