Megan West(erby)

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Art isn’t easy, but booing is. A mind-closing activity, it tends to be the expression of rigidity in the face of invention. Artists are almost never booed for incompetence (no one can deny the craft of Freyer’s stagecraft). They are booed for intent and out of partisanship. I don’t necessarily advocate acclaim for nothing more than mindless effort, but in a lifetime of attending the performing arts, I have encountered an insignificant number of truly insincere artists.
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The best art serves to reveal something you might not have noticed before.
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Mature relationships need time, and they need goodwill. In the end, Los Angeles artists, administrators and audiences learned to care about one another, and Salonen won our trust and our love.

Boos stop discussion. But a symphony orchestra hug like last Sunday’s amazing display in Disney can be heard around the world.

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Should audiences lay off the boos? | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times

Mark Swed just made my day.

26 April 2009 ·