Well of course I feel the way you do about Consumerism. Corporate sponsorship has led to impactlessness in the arts. We have gigantic institutions here in New York that have disappeared from our communities, and yet they have their massive momentum inside their gray pillared buildings, taking advertising money from corporations to continue, but utterly depoliticized.
These five people I mention did seek money and fame, but were clearly beyond the control of their investors. Don't call Charlie Chaplin a child molester - he was hounded by puritans in the way that Americans have used the Scarlet Letter to chase away the Lenny Bruces in their midst. Like Michael, he combined wealth and innocence. He welcomed people through his door who were soon on the phone to the lawyer.
Of these five, only Diana was not taken to court in cases that were ultimately dismissed but were a hell for the accused. Her minders may have felt that the paparazzi were adequate to the job.
Siema the relish you bring to your easy cynicism... Well, I'm trying to honor brave public figures who worked for Peace. Pursuing the end of violence had a child-like quality in their lives, and the same thing that made it possible for them to defend Peace so bravely may have left them vulnerable to us.
Dear Siema
These five people I mention did seek money and fame, but were clearly beyond the control of their investors. Don't call Charlie Chaplin a child molester - he was hounded by puritans in the way that Americans have used the Scarlet Letter to chase away the Lenny Bruces in their midst. Like Michael, he combined wealth and innocence. He welcomed people through his door who were soon on the phone to the lawyer.
Of these five, only Diana was not taken to court in cases that were ultimately dismissed but were a hell for the accused. Her minders may have felt that the paparazzi were adequate to the job.
Siema the relish you bring to your easy cynicism... Well, I'm trying to honor brave public figures who worked for Peace. Pursuing the end of violence had a child-like quality in their lives, and the same thing that made it possible for them to defend Peace so bravely may have left them vulnerable to us.