The headline, that is: German staging of Verdi’s A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks, except that it should say, “German staging of Verdi’s A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked, fat, senior citizen cast in Mickey Mouse masks.” Before you click that link, know that there’s a picture of the naked, fat, senior citizens in Mickey Mouse masks. I can’t say that the picture would inspire me to write a poem, but it inspired Dan Collins (and I’m kind of surprised Ace hasn’t jumped all over this). Dan suggests eye bleach. I’m not sure that would work. I’m not sure anything short of an Oedipal solution would work.
File this under why arteests, particularly Euroweenie arteests, are ludicrous imbeciles with inflated egos.
Jeffrey Quick says:
Oh, vomit…
April 12, 2008, 9:11 pmOne of the most PITA aspects of my job is ordering opera DVDs…because I have to dodge this kind of crap. It’s corrosive of classroom discipline, gives a distorted view of the work, and the professors complain. I read reviews, but this kind of “creativity” is so common that it often gets missed. So now we have the Wozzeck with the Captain dressed as a giant breast (boob)…no I can’t even remember who the performers were, because I really don’t care…though they sing with the voices of angels, if there is directorial ego, it is as a tinkling bell or crashing cymbal.
rightwingprof says:
God forbid, and Wozzeck is one of my favorites, too. Love the Vienna School.
April 13, 2008, 6:12 am