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You're reading the commentator back into the artist. When I see the series I see it as a commentary on reductionism with an element of humor and absurdity. A
by wheels 18y ago
You're reading the commentator back into the artist. When I see the series I see it as a commentary on reductionism with an element of humor and absurdity.
A lot of times people get so caught up in the pretension associated with "serious" art that they ignore that it's often supposed to be funny. I remember getting scowled at once at the symphony for laughing at loud at a certain point that was (for the musically inclined) obviously a joke.
- lsb 18y agoVerdi Spoiler Alert In Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at Covent Garden this past spring, Fiesco says "Simone, I morti ti salutano!" -- "Simon, the [previously-thought] dead salute you!". To the classically minded, it's a riff on the gladitorial salute to the Roman emperor "Nos te morituri te salutant" -- we who are about to die salute you. Takeaway lesson: only date people who laugh as much at Latin jokes as you do.