[lbo-talk] How Politics Ruined My Life: Was Fuck Hope

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 16 08:41:55 PST 2009


On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Shane Mage wrote:


> And, by the way, just what does Andie find "truely [d]readful" in
> that supreme masterpiece Parsifal?

I love Wagner, but Parsifal is pure tedium. It does contain my favorite stage direction of all time: "Eight years later, at the same crossroad..." The subjective experience of time while sitting through Parsifal almost makes you feel that duration in your bones.

Doug



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