It’s interesting to me that this story of Cancel Culture and I’m assuming (otherwise is there really a movie?) a grey area of exploitation is nested in the world of Classical Music, that most elite of artistic communities. I haven’t seen the movie-it appeals to me on zero levels. But I wonder if the many facets and potential redeeming fe…
It’s interesting to me that this story of Cancel Culture and I’m assuming (otherwise is there really a movie?) a grey area of exploitation is nested in the world of Classical Music, that most elite of artistic communities. I haven’t seen the movie-it appeals to me on zero levels. But I wonder if the many facets and potential redeeming features (genius, a hinted at mental disorder) would be treated with again an assumed-(again apologies)-ambiguity if this tale had been set in the less elite world of say, Monster Truck racing.
Elite world? Movies are an elite world. Reality is more prosaic.
My daughter started violin as a child and now has a masters in violin performance, so I’ve logged a lot of hours as a bystander in the classical music world - at her lessons, auditions, concerts, music festivals.
Not to disparage anyone but based on my experience classical musicians are as likely to attend a monster truck rally as anyone else.
intelligence and intellectual sofistication breed more emotional complexity.’
Genuinely find this comment breathtaking Leah. It harks back to the idea of regular people deferring to their ‘betters’. That regular, ‘uneducated’ people are incapable of experiencing a full range of emotions.
It seems where we stand politically these days can be simplified thus. Are regular people-the masses- actually beasts? Beast who, without the intervention of their intellectual and moral superiors, would descend into a cesspool of racism and violence? Or are regular people quite capable of making their own choices, and voting in their own best interests, even if they, like me, are philistine enough to value video games over opera?
Elite minds are the minds that have got us into the worst recession in memory, a massive crime wave, and a tanking economy. Maybe they are not quite as elite minded as they tell themselves.
Perhaps. Sometimes leadership takes courage. Sometimes what masquerades as leadership is merely about becoming the mouthpiece for orthodoxy and group think that only serves the status quo and vested interests.
But your original comment was, and forgive me if I have misunderstood, that elite minds are somehow more complex intellectually and/or emotionally than non elites. I reject that idea wholeheartedly.
I think you were referring to specific elitism - in the arena of artistic expression for example- and DE is referring to the concept of an individual being an "elite" in general and thus superior to the masses. I recognize elite athletes, elite scholars, elite musicians. I do not recognize any person as being a life-long member of an "elite" ruling class destined to make decisions for me or my fellow citizens. I find that unAmerican.
It’s because most people reading that will know that there is no such thing as ‘elite minds’ that possess ‘more emotional complexity’. They will take your comment as sarcasm.
It’s interesting to me that this story of Cancel Culture and I’m assuming (otherwise is there really a movie?) a grey area of exploitation is nested in the world of Classical Music, that most elite of artistic communities. I haven’t seen the movie-it appeals to me on zero levels. But I wonder if the many facets and potential redeeming features (genius, a hinted at mental disorder) would be treated with again an assumed-(again apologies)-ambiguity if this tale had been set in the less elite world of say, Monster Truck racing.
There's a great movie waiting to be made about now-deceased NASCAR driver Tim Richmond. Hollywood today doesn't have the ability to make that movie.
(ESPN did do a 30 For 30 episode about him.)
Elite world? Movies are an elite world. Reality is more prosaic.
My daughter started violin as a child and now has a masters in violin performance, so I’ve logged a lot of hours as a bystander in the classical music world - at her lessons, auditions, concerts, music festivals.
Not to disparage anyone but based on my experience classical musicians are as likely to attend a monster truck rally as anyone else.
‘elite worlds involve elite minds.
intelligence and intellectual sofistication breed more emotional complexity.’
Genuinely find this comment breathtaking Leah. It harks back to the idea of regular people deferring to their ‘betters’. That regular, ‘uneducated’ people are incapable of experiencing a full range of emotions.
It seems where we stand politically these days can be simplified thus. Are regular people-the masses- actually beasts? Beast who, without the intervention of their intellectual and moral superiors, would descend into a cesspool of racism and violence? Or are regular people quite capable of making their own choices, and voting in their own best interests, even if they, like me, are philistine enough to value video games over opera?
Elite minds are the minds that have got us into the worst recession in memory, a massive crime wave, and a tanking economy. Maybe they are not quite as elite minded as they tell themselves.
Bravo.
Agree!
Excellent post could not agree more!
Thank you
Thanks for replying Leah.
Perhaps. Sometimes leadership takes courage. Sometimes what masquerades as leadership is merely about becoming the mouthpiece for orthodoxy and group think that only serves the status quo and vested interests.
But your original comment was, and forgive me if I have misunderstood, that elite minds are somehow more complex intellectually and/or emotionally than non elites. I reject that idea wholeheartedly.
I think you were referring to specific elitism - in the arena of artistic expression for example- and DE is referring to the concept of an individual being an "elite" in general and thus superior to the masses. I recognize elite athletes, elite scholars, elite musicians. I do not recognize any person as being a life-long member of an "elite" ruling class destined to make decisions for me or my fellow citizens. I find that unAmerican.
^^ A perfect example of the fact that you can’t tell if comments online are authentic or self-parody.
It’s because most people reading that will know that there is no such thing as ‘elite minds’ that possess ‘more emotional complexity’. They will take your comment as sarcasm.