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A fascist "Singin' in the Rain'
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Mussolini—perfect together?
Everyone loves Singin' in the Rain, right? Me too. But the “Moses Supposes” number has bothered me for 60 years— not for its dancing, but for its subliminally fascist message.
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Prince Harry's excellent adventure
When Harry met Curtis
Britain's Prince Harry got in trouble last week when he spent his three-day break at the Curtis Institute of Music. Big mistake. Why didn't he just head for a sedate place like Juilliard instead?
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The trouble with cultural boards
It's only money
Why are cultural organizations spending hundreds of millions on new concert halls and museums in a depressed economy? Better ask: Why are you so uptight about spending big money on the arts?
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Reactions: Dance reviews, Joyce Carol Oates, envy of the rich
A child's garden of envy
Joyce Carol Oates envies Emily Dickinson. Robert Zaller envies the rich and powerful. As for me, I envy anyone who can write clearly and interestingly about dance.
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Barlett and Steele's "Betrayal of the American Dream'
Who stole their brains?
The investigative journalists Don Barlett and Jim Steele are back with another cartoon condemnation of Wall Street fat cats and Washington lobbyists, all of them conspiring against you. If you don't have time to read their latest book, I'll save you the trouble: Whatever your problems may be, they're not your fault.
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Follow your passion? Not so fast
Follow your passion? Hey, it worked for Hitler
From Oprah Winfrey to Joseph Campbell to management consultants, “Follow your passion” has become today's popular mantra. That's good advice, as long as your passions don't kill me.
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Unionized musicians, computerized composers and Pittsburgh
Make way for tomorrow
The case for free-lance musicians and computer composers. And what Pittsburgh could learn from Philadelphia. (My rejoinders to Tom Purdom, Richard CarreÓ±o and Kile Smith.)
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The final showdown: People vs. ants
The good news about the population explosion
A 1971 film called The Hellstrom Chronicle made a believer of me: Insects will be here long after we humans have destroyed ourselves. Since then, the population explosion and biotechnology have given me new hope. But we humans still have our work cut out for us.
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David Brooks contemplates the great chasm
The unbearable lightness of being David Brooks
In which an esteemed New York Times op-ed page columnist discovers that rich people have more money than poor people.
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The Barnes vs. Chartres Cathedral
Albert Barnes, Chartres Cathedral and the limits of orthodoxy
Albert Barnes's acolytes contend that he did for Modernism what Chartres Cathedral did for Christianity. Which raises an interesting question: Have you been to Chartres lately?
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