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| SCAMMED: Kennedy Center Receives $25 Million in Coronavirus Package, Still Tells Musicians It Will Stop Paying Them |
| 2020-03-29 |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #12 Twenty five million for the Kennedy Center is so wildly inappropriate in a relief bill, that one suspects a payoff of some sort. Or an elegant, upscale form of money laundering. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-29 20:05 |
| #11 "certain disciplines are inherently conservative across the board" syllogism ? I was stating the opposite. That the statement "all the musicians are probably reliable Democratic voters" is probably false -- not that the discipline produces political conservatives but that the ethos is aligned with a conservative ethos. One more: many of the greatest conductors are authoritarians who demand a degree of obedience and discipline tgat makes playing in their orchestras closer to soldiering than any other performing art. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-29 19:02 |
| #10 There is a line between high creativity and insanity. There is also a link between insane people and the Democrat party. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2020-03-29 17:03 |
| #9 I don't buy the "certain disciplines are inherently conservative across the board" syllogism. Not criticizing the messenger, but the message isn't believable. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-29 13:30 |
| #8 Does seem this message might limit future involvement with a number of musicians. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2020-03-29 12:03 |
| #7 Politics is a huge distraction for these performers. You can't be thinking about politics and still perform consistently at such an extraordinarily high level. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-29 11:08 |
| #6 #1 All the musicians are probably reliable Democrat voters and now they are getting what they voted for - good and hard. Not likely. Plenty of all types in that profession. The audience skews conservative and wealthy. Anyone who wants to succeed as a classical musician has to adopt conservative values: relentless hard work, a commitment to objective standards of excellence, and most importantly the reverence for European male composers from long ago. This is the exact opposite of the SJW/snowflake ethos. So yes, there's no shortage of loud mouthed TDS sufferers in the classical music profession but also a far higher proportion of moderates and conservatives than you will find anywhere else in the performing arts. It's most definitely not a hotbed of left-liberalism. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-29 11:06 |
| #5 One possible link |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-03-29 10:05 |
| #4 bonuses for various directors, sub directors, secretary directors, semi-directors, directors in charge of rosin supplies must be paid! |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-03-29 09:52 |
| #3 ...you mean how much is skimmed to the Socialist's coffers? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-03-29 09:47 |
| #2 Might be interesting to see where that money goes. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-03-29 06:38 |
| #1 All the musicians are probably reliable Democrat voters and now they are getting what they voted for - good and hard. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-29 02:34 |