The classical music historian, writer and culture critic Joseph Horowitz shared a bitting summary from Jimmy Kimmel on what the announced shutdown of the Kennedy Center means. There are numerous choice bits in the piece, including this one:
It’s the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. It’s part memorial, part national cultural institution, an American symbol that was designed to be bigger than one party, one mood, one ego. And that’s why people reacted so sharply when Trump started calling it the “Trump Kennedy Center.” Not because Americans are allergic to construction. Because Americans can smell a desecration when it shows up wearing gold letters.
More from Horowitz (and Kenneth Woods).
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