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Adam H. Kerman
Oct 28, 2021, 3:17:07 PM10/28/21
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Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
accepted. That ignores the fact that the movie is decades old and all
the principles associated with the production are dead and that the
professor was using it to illustrate how music was used successfully.
The professor will no longer teach the class.
Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
States?
Gee. If I had paid that kind of tuition, I'd want to be taught by a
MacArthur fellow and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Maybe he'd have something
to teach me.
But I'm weird.
A Blackface 'Othello' Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class
Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film
of Laurence Olivier's "Othello" to his class at the University of
Michigan.
By Jennifer Schuessler
New York Times
Oct. 15, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/arts/music/othello-blackface-bright-sheng.html
Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
accepted. That ignores the fact that the movie is decades old and all
the principles associated with the production are dead and that the
professor was using it to illustrate how music was used successfully.
The professor will no longer teach the class.
Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
States?
Gee. If I had paid that kind of tuition, I'd want to be taught by a
MacArthur fellow and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Maybe he'd have something
to teach me.
But I'm weird.
A Blackface 'Othello' Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class
Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film
of Laurence Olivier's "Othello" to his class at the University of
Michigan.
By Jennifer Schuessler
New York Times
Oct. 15, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/arts/music/othello-blackface-bright-sheng.html
BTR1701
Oct 28, 2021, 3:28:45 PM10/28/21
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In article <slesve$o8f$1...@dont-email.me>,
allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
> Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
> Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
> States?
No, 'progressives' aren't self-aware enough to sense that irony.
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>
> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>
> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
> accepted.
Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>
> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>
> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
> accepted.
allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
> Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
> Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
> States?
moviePig
Oct 28, 2021, 4:18:01 PM10/28/21
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Ed Stasiak
Oct 28, 2021, 4:32:17 PM10/28/21
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> BTR1701
> > Adam H. Kerman
put its money where its claimed progressive ideals are and force them to fire
you, at which point you sue their ass off for a bazillion dollars.
> > Adam H. Kerman
> >
> > But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
> > multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
> > accepted.
>
> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
Indeed, loudly and publicly tell the woketards to fuck off and make the college
> > But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
> > multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
> > accepted.
>
> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
put its money where its claimed progressive ideals are and force them to fire
you, at which point you sue their ass off for a bazillion dollars.
BTR1701
Oct 28, 2021, 4:38:41 PM10/28/21
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In article <UzDeJ.11244$Kw9....@fx45.iad>,
Well, you have Obamacare, "choice" is vague but I suspect you have the
ability to make all sorts of choices in your life (except whether to
keep both your job and your bodily integrity), and I guarantee next time
you go to the polls, you'll be able to vote.
ability to make all sorts of choices in your life (except whether to
keep both your job and your bodily integrity), and I guarantee next time
you go to the polls, you'll be able to vote.
moviePig
Oct 28, 2021, 5:11:49 PM10/28/21
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BTR1701
Oct 28, 2021, 5:41:44 PM10/28/21
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And even felons and illegals and under 18s have Obamacare.
moviePig
Oct 28, 2021, 6:35:16 PM10/28/21
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> And even felons and illegals and under 18s have Obamacare.
RichA
Oct 28, 2021, 7:22:07 PM10/28/21
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BTR1701
Oct 28, 2021, 9:15:53 PM10/28/21
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Adam H. Kerman
Oct 28, 2021, 9:34:10 PM10/28/21
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discuss the fate of a famous music professor.
moviePig
Oct 28, 2021, 10:32:29 PM10/28/21
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https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924527679/why-do-nonwhite-georgia-voters-have-to-wait-in-line-for-hours-too-few-polling-pl
moviePig
Oct 28, 2021, 10:34:27 PM10/28/21
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BTR1701
Oct 29, 2021, 12:40:44 AM10/29/21
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borrow".
Second, is it NPR's contention is that a black person in Buckhead (Georgia's
richest neighborhood) can't vote if she doesn't have three hours to spare?
Really?
I'm gonna need proof of that.
Conversely, the poor whites in Benteen Park in southeast Atlanta have no wait
times?
L.A. County had wait times of six hours or more at many polling places in the
last major elections. Are the 'progressives' who run this deep blue city, in
this deep blue county, in this deep blue state racist also? Do we officially
not have the right to vote because of that?
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:02:11 AM10/29/21
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On 10/28/21 2:33 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <slesve$o8f$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
>> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
>> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
>> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>>
>> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
>> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
>> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>>
>> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
>> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
>> accepted.
>
> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
Is "Lawrence Olivier" the retarded brother of Sir Laurence Olivier then?
> In article <slesve$o8f$1...@dont-email.me>,
> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
>> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
>> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
>> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>>
>> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
>> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
>> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>>
>> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
>> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
>> accepted.
>
> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier
Holy fuck are you two stupid.
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:03:38 AM10/29/21
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On 10/28/21 3:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <UzDeJ.11244$Kw9....@fx45.iad>,
> moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/28/2021 3:33 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> In article <slesve$o8f$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
>>>> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
>>>> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
>>>> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>>>>
>>>> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
>>>> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
>>>> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>>>>
>>>> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
>>>> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
>>>> accepted.
>>>
>>> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
>>> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
>>>
>>>> Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
>>>> Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
>>>> States?
>>>
>>> No, 'progressives' aren't self-aware enough to sense that irony.
>>
>> Afaik, SOME "progressives" just want healthcare, choice, and to vote...
>
> Well, you have Obamacare, "choice" to vote.
> In article <UzDeJ.11244$Kw9....@fx45.iad>,
> moviePig <pwal...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/28/2021 3:33 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> In article <slesve$o8f$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hollywood's most famous actor interpreting Shakespeare, Lawrence
>>>> Olivier, has played Othello. Traditionally, a white actor performs
>>>> Othello, a Moor, in skin-darkening makeup. (Note that the article
>>>> incorrectly refers to it as "blackface", which is used for caricature.)
>>>>
>>>> A celebrated music professor at University of Michigan, Bright Sheng,
>>>> showed the 1965 film adaptation to undergrad composing students to
>>>> illustrate how text is incorporated into opera.
>>>>
>>>> But students freaked out Olivier and condemned the professor. He issued
>>>> multiple apologies, but the thing these days is that apologies don't get
>>>> accepted.
>>>
>>> Never apologize to the 'progressive' mob. It gets you nowhere and it
>>> allows them to say, "See? He admits he's a --ist/--phobe!"
>>>
>>>> Is it worth pointing out that Sheng was born in China and survived the
>>>> Cultural Revolution, only to have this happen to him in the United
>>>> States?
>>>
>>> No, 'progressives' aren't self-aware enough to sense that irony.
>>
>> Afaik, SOME "progressives" just want healthcare, choice, and to vote...
>
Would that be "Bawrack Obama" then?
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:39:01 AM10/29/21
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right!
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:41:18 AM10/29/21
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trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:43:51 AM10/29/21
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lot of mental masturbation.
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:55:09 AM10/29/21
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https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/opinion-the-data-says-people-of-color-are-waiting-longest-to-vote-in-georgia/YKXQ63ZMUJC4POV7YCTYS7DNPQ/
Opinion: The data says people of color are waiting longest to vote in
Georgia
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 7:59:20 AM10/29/21
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trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 8:01:32 AM10/29/21
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You don't have the fucking balls to admit how wrong you were.
trotsky
Oct 29, 2021, 11:53:32 AM10/29/21
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