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Trying to distil that into something coherent - the central argument would be that Waters' show, which employs fascist iconography in pursuit of an antifascist
by Joeboy 3y ago
Trying to distil that into something coherent - the central argument would be that Waters' show, which employs fascist iconography in pursuit of an antifascist message, is a bit near the knuckle in Berlin due to the city's history?
I mean, I guess I can see that but would point out it didn't seem to be an issue when he did a high profile, all-star rendition of the same piece in Berlin in 1990[0], and also he rejigged the show for recent Frankfurt gig, AIUI because he came to sympathize with the point in the paragraph above.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Ber...
- hulitu 3y ago> it didn't seem to be an issue when he did a high profile, all-star rendition of the same piece in Berlin in 1990 He touched some "sensible souls" (journalists payed to have a different opinion).