Does the opera advance any notion that the Palestianians might be
pawns in the hands of larger geopolitical forces? Does it compare
their leadership with that of, say, Martin Luther King or Mahatma
Ghandi?
>The opera does suggest that the Palestinians might have a right to a
>decent life, which may perhaps result in violence if their despair
>goes unheard. Whether that amounts to what he's being accused of
>is, er, debatable.
>
>A
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>At 1:26 AM -0500 11/1/2002, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>Does it, the Adams opera, actually do the exact opposite, if you
>>know the work expertly, than its attackers suppose?
>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>http://www.users.bigpond.com/acroggon/
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