A paler white of shade A paler white of shade

“They weren’t booing me,” he clarifies.

By on January 03, 2022 at 4:45 PM
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If you please If you please

Everyone’s favorite disingenuous alt-right music critic, Jay Nordlinger, explains that the real problem in opera today is not enough blackface.

By on December 04, 2016 at 11:13 AM
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Politically deflect Politically deflect

“A few weeks after the opening night of Otello in New York, The Washington Post convened a group of African–American opera singers to discuss the issue.”

By on February 09, 2016 at 2:55 PM
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High notes on camp High notes on camp

“In naïve, or pure, Camp, the essential element is seriousness, a seriousness that fails.”

By on October 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM
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On the origin of speechless On the origin of speechless

On this day in 1833 Charles Darwin rode a horse to Buenos Aires.

By on September 20, 2015 at 11:18 AM
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