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gosh I had better keep quiet about being bowled over by a Kate Tempest performance !!!!! On 20/01/2018 16:42, Paul Green wrote: > Yes indeed. I thought this was apposite, too. > > > 'The middle-aged, middle-class reviewing sector is terrified of being > seen to disparage the output of young, self-styled ‘working-class’ > artists. In fact, it is terrified of being seen to criticise the > output of anyone it imagines is speaking on behalf of a group > traditionally under-represented in the arts. Time and time again, the > arts media subordinates the work – in many cases excellent and > original work – in favour of focusing on its creator. Technical and > intellectual accomplishments are as nothing compared with the > ‘achievement’ of being considered representative of a group identity > that the establishment can fetishise.’ > > > 75 Edmund Road > Hastings > East Sussex > TN35 5LE > 01424 436396 > 07542 068 877 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > On 20 Jan 2018, at 16:21, Tony Frazer <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> Oh, Rebecca Watts hits many nails here, bang on their heads…. >> >> Tony >> >> >> >>> On 20 Jan 2018, at 16:00, Tim Allen >>> <[log in to unmask] >>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes it was Peter but thanks for the link Tony - just read it through >>> quickly and it is very good. How about this... >>> >>> "If, on the other hand, these cultural commentators do know that >>> poetry is an art form, why are they lying? One explanation is that >>> they are pandering to a strain of inverse snobbery that considers >>> talent to be undemocratic. In acting thus, they are playing a part >>> in the establishment’s muddle-headed conspiracy to ‘democratise’ >>> poetry." >>> >>> Something I've said time and time again over the past 20 years - but >>> yes, perhaps it's coming to a head now. >>> >>> But heres' a thing - I would not have written or published such an >>> article because I know, being who I am, old white male, that if I >>> had the accusations and attacks would come piling in as they do when >>> any of us dare to say anything negative about Kate Tempest, let >>> alone Holly McNish and Rupi Kaur. Apart from being called misogynist >>> they'd also probably throw racist into the mix. The fact that what >>> the article is about has got absolutely nothing to do with gender or >>> race would be turned on its head. So thank heaven its been written >>> by a woman. >>> >>> Going to go back and read it again now. >>> >>> So thanks. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> On 20 Jan 2018, at 15:30, Tony Frazer wrote: >>> >>>> Someone — was it Peter Riley? — mentioned this article. It’s not >>>> behind a pay-wall, like most of PN Review, so take a look. >>>> >>>> http://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=10090 >>> >> >