tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post2396773394115937818..comments2024-01-29T03:20:32.291-05:00Comments on ...... SHARP ELVES SOCIETY ...... Jane Austen's Shadow Stories: The Great Gadsby: an overnight lesbian feminist ‘comedy’ sensation 10+ years in the making (& 3 millenia overdue)Arnie Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-9269834662739571442018-07-29T14:30:28.415-04:002018-07-29T14:30:28.415-04:00John, it is critiquable, but I don't understan...John, it is critiquable, but I don't understand your analogizing Nanette to Trump -- please explain!Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-66565210140552438012018-07-20T15:36:03.566-04:002018-07-20T15:36:03.566-04:00Hello, Love your Blog, like, Love-LOVE it. I rece...Hello, Love your Blog, like, Love-LOVE it. I recently watched Nanette. I consider myself aligned with the Humanists agenda (e.g. Universal HealthCare) and am involved with various LGBTQ efforts in my community thus, Nanette was recommend to me. After watching I had a completely different reaction than yours. At the end of it, I mentioned to the group I watched it with that the performance was very "Trump-esque," with regard to its handling of "facts" (and the interpretation of those facts) and the emotional, pathos-based coercion the performance employs. <br /><br />Anyways, a heated discussion occurred after the watching, myself on one side and my friends on another, which lasted just a few minutes, until it became apparent the discussion was veering into a confrontation. I was somewhat surprised at this. After a couple of days, I tried to talk with another group of friends about my thoughts on the work, and that too, went south. I started writing a little something about my experiences with a working title: "Nanette and the end of the possibility of critique." The basic question is: Are we allowed to critique Nanette? with a sub-questions of: Shouldn't we critique Nanette? <br /><br />Would be curious as to your thoughts, is Nanette a critique-able piece of art?John Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882515349723661721noreply@blogger.com