The government's cultural barbarism and plunder of the arts, continued
That's the headline to today's Van Badham article in The Guardian.
Behind the scene, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
'Look Back In Anger' : TAR sub-performance at rear
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"... So what remains is the ideological symbolism of what Turnbull’s government is doing to the arts; rather than heed Henri Grégoire’s revolutionary advice to marry its reputation to an area of social activity that celebrates – dare I say it – “innovation”, the Liberals are pursuing a bloody divorce.
Theirs is a state uninterested in ornamenting itself with any reputation for creativity or diversity – in fact..."
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grand tableau by ACT Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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"A state that would rather give Australian money to Hollywood fantasy rather than its own local film industry is one that does not want anyone to look at its own society too closely.” Photo : Mike Bowers for The Guardian
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