Missing the Paigow (et al.) [sniff]

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
RT posted about working class minorities being able to "get it". I think talking about whether this or that group of persons will "get" the message is condescending. The exhibit itself is not offending, but some of the talk about it was, IMO.

Uh no. I was talking about the public in general until you brought up race and class.

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I get a little wary when I see those lofty ideals expressed as the purpose of these projects `cause they're usually the lofty ideals of white people. I'm not sure the exhibits are having the "cultural" effect some intend. With "The Gates" (the only one I have poked fun at) I heard a lot of grandiose hoopla that bordered on snobbery and patronizing. These exhibits are usually way cool, but nobody likes to hear artists (or, more typically, their supporters) wax poetic about bringing art to "the little people." To be sure, I think some of these things are super cool (except those goddamn cows!) but the average working man is not going to pop wood over some femmy guy named Christo who wraps shit in foil. On the other hand, a skyscraper-sized puppet show like the one in "Being John Malkovich" might have been enjoyed by a much sizier chunk of the population. [sarcasm] Especially if, like all those lovely new kids movies with talking animals, you had the requisite jive-talking puppet thrown in there. [/sarcasm]