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Thread #71755 Message #1231440
Posted By: GUEST,Frank
22-Jul-04 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: Linda Ronstadt pulls a Dixie Chicks
Subject: RE: Linda Ronstadt pulls a Dixie Chicks
I think that the policy of the venue has a great deal to do with what is deemed acceptable. Las Vegas is a place that is probably mostly gangster controlled and they don't want to rock the boat. Bad for business.
The audience who booed her was probably given the green light by management.
I have seen concerts on TV that promote the Bush agenda and nobody says anything.
If I pay money to hear an artist, i wanat the whole person, not just an "acceptabble" part of that person. Their conviction gives their art some substance. I admire some country performers who have opposite points-of-view from what I believe and would still enjoy their performances. They have a right in this country (hopefully which will endure) to speak their mind.
Linda only promoted the movie. She didn't spend much time on that.
Moore is a lightning rod. Why should he be? It's not as if she was promoting Joe Stalin or Adolf Hitler. Moore is a filmaker.
Mel Gibson is a filmaker too. Do you think that the "Passion" hasn't been promoted by some so-called Christian performers?
There have been plenty of artists to promote many of the list of "patriots" that artbrooks has suggested. Robert E. Lee might be another lightning rod but plenty of traditional folk performers from the South would find his promotion acceptable in a concert.
The whole issue is a red herring for one reason alone. Those that agree with Linda have no problem with her. Those that disagree do.
It's all about where you're coming from. If she supported the Bush agenda in Iraq, I doubt whether there would have been any protest whatever. I don't see Progressive people defacing posters, yelling for their money back, or fighting with others.
I don't have any problem with artists who I like speaking their mind one way or another. It's an American thing to do.
Frank