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The Cancel Culture War: Stalin v. Trump.
Last week I was at Lincoln Center for a superb all-Shostakovich chamber music program. Whenever I listen to Shosti (my nickname, regrets, easier to type), I check to see when he composed each work. Was it BS or AS? Or, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, "Socialist Realism", Bad Bunny, cancel culture, Formalism, GOP, Heinrich Himmler, Hitler, Kennedy Center, Kristi Noem, Lavrentiy Beria, Lincoln Center, Lord of the Rings, NKVD, Pravda, Shostakovichm, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tom Homan, Trump, Trump's cabinet
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Yo Vlad! You want to talk about “cancel culture”?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: Vladimir Putin complained that Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov were victims of cancel culture. I don’t know what what Putin thinks he’s getting at about Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Shostakovich, however, is a different matter — except what … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged cancel culture, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Molotov, Molotov cocktail, Pravda, Putin, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
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Is “cancel culture” the new “meme”?
I don’t mean to suggest “cancel culture” is a meme — especially after I fessed up not to understanding what a meme is. I understand the meaning of the word “cancel.” And I understand the vague meaning of the word … Continue reading
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Tagged cancel culture, social media
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