I gather from friends who’ve emailed and sent messages via Twitter and FB that a letter I wrote to Randy Bachman was read during his Vinyl Tap show last night. I was out at a party but will listen tonight when the show airs again. In a show last fall, Randy talked about the Beatles as “John Lennon’s band,” and I could not let that pass. So I wrote to respectfully disagree, that it was the perfect balance of Macca and Lennon that made the band what it was, and apparently Randy, after reading my letter on air, said that he agreed. Yay! One more strike for justice in our land.
I have just come back from seeing a great work of art, and I don’t say that lightly, just as I do not often jump to my feet applauding wildly. But today I did. Betroffenheit is breathtaking. From the Globe review:
Emotionally intense and unsettling as it often is, this gripping and visually arresting production exemplifies what can happen when theatre and dance combine to achieve what neither could accomplish alone. And, given its provenance in the personal tragedy that changed Jonathon Young’s life forever, it stands as a testament to the redemptive power of art.
2 Responses to ““Betroffenheit” and justice on Vinyl Tap”
Good going on all of the above. During my many years aa a German-to-English translator I often had to tackle "Betroffenheit" … a tough one to convey satisfactorily.
Yes – too bad you couldn't just dance it, Alan.