“More than one branch of the avant-garde, claiming to break with the bourgeois vision and mode of production, remains tied to it in spite of its denials and ex-communications. We are far from having overcome bourgeois thought or practices, despite the socialist "intermission" between the Russian revolution and the collapse of the Berlin wall. The avant-garde has lost its radical nature. On the other hand, "bourgeois theatre" is sometimes subtle enough to flirt with the avant-garde or to make "intelligent boulevard theatre.” SometimesEnoughHandsLostVisionBreakPracticeCommunicationRevolutionWallOvercomingIntelligentRemainsProductionsTheatreDespiteRadicalDenialBranchesSpiteSubtleCollapseTiedSocialistFlirtingExesBerlinBourgeoisAvant GardeBerlin WallBoulevardRussian RevolutionIntermission Author:Patrice Pavis
“While the poet entertains he continues to search for eternal truths, for the essence of being. In his own fashion he tries to solve the riddle of time and change, to find an answer to suffering, to reveal love in the very abyss of cruelty and injustice. Strange as these words may sound I often play with the idea that when all the social theories collapse and wars and revolutions leave humanity in utter gloom, the poet--whom Plato banned from his Republic--may rise up to save us all.” TryingMayIdeasWarPlaySufferingHumanitySocialSoundAnswersFashionStrangePoetTheoryRevolutionEternalEssenceInjusticeSolveCrueltyRepublicCollapsePlatoAbyssGloomRiddleBannedTime And ChangeSocial Theory Book:Aspects of I.B. Singer Source: Aspects of I.B. Singer
“That's absolutely true, but one problem with the digital revolution, which may tie into what I said earlier, is that there can be a collapse of quality. You may not have liked the decisions made by publishers in the past, you may not have liked the decisions made by magazine editors or newspaper editors in the past. At least there was some quality control” MayMadeSaidProblemPastDecisionQualityRevolutionNewspapersMagazinesTiesDigitalEditorsCollapsePublishersDecisions MadeDigital RevolutionQuality ControlNewspaper EditorsMagazine Editors Author:William Monahan
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness — and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling — their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.” IfsShouldBelieveArtIdeasDifferentWarStoriesJoyLiteratureAbilityRevolutionWeaponsShameStrategyLaysNotionRefuseVersionsSellingCorporateEmpiresCollapseSheerOxygenBrillianceMockInevitabilityStubbornnessBrainwashedSiege Book:War Talk Source: War Talk
“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling - their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them.” IfsNeedsIdeasWarRememberPositiveRevolutionWeaponsNotionRefuseVersionsSellingCorporateCollapseInevitability Book:War Talk Source: War Talk