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SCAMMED: Kennedy Center Receives $25 Million in Coronavirus Package, Still Tells Musicians It Will Stop Paying Them

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Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 02:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Might be interesting to see where that money goes.

Posted by gorb 2020-03-29 06:38|| 2020-03-29 06:38|| Front Page Top

#3 ...you mean how much is skimmed to the Socialist's coffers?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-29 09:47|| 2020-03-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 09:52|| Front Page Top

#5 One possible link

Posted by Bobby 2020-03-29 10:05|| 2020-03-29 10:05|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 11:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 11:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Does seem this message might limit future involvement with a number of musicians.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-03-29 12:03|| 2020-03-29 12:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 13:30|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 17:03|| Front Page Top

#11 "certain disciplines are inherently conservative across the board" syllogism

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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|| 2020-03-29 19:02|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-03-29 20:05|| Front Page Top

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