Comments on: Oh dear… http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/03/oh-dear/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 16:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/03/oh-dear/comment-page-1/#comment-66212 bad Jim Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:01:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/03/oh-dear/#comment-66212 Traditionally, Brunnhilde mounts her steed and leaps into Siegfried's funeral pyre while Valhalla burns in the background (hence the title of the piece). The nihilism of this latest production sounds approximately equivalent. Apart from moral considerations, or the use of nuclear weapons, the majority of the audience may expect to exit the theater substantially intact, plucking the stray leitmotif from lapel or ear canal. Traditionally, Brunnhilde mounts her steed and leaps into Siegfried’s funeral pyre while Valhalla burns in the background (hence the title of the piece). The nihilism of this latest production sounds approximately equivalent.

Apart from moral considerations, or the use of nuclear weapons, the majority of the audience may expect to exit the theater substantially intact, plucking the stray leitmotif from lapel or ear canal.

]]> By: KCinDC http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/03/oh-dear/comment-page-1/#comment-66120 KCinDC Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:02:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/03/oh-dear/#comment-66120 I don't suppose the story was originally supposed to be published two days earlier but got bumped? I don’t suppose the story was originally supposed to be published two days earlier but got bumped?

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