Thursday, September 25, 2008

Dept. of Fallible Performance

“… we loved the mistakes because they seemed autobiographical, because without meditation or guile they wrote a naked heart’s wound. And if her notes had a tendency to wobble, to grow harsh, then this possibility of failure gave her fans a function. The infallible performance does not require an audience.”

—Wayne Koestenbaum
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2 comments:

  1. Nada Gordon: 2 ludic 4 U6:22 AM

    ex quis ite

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  2. rodney k9:16 AM

    Nada,

    Have you read The Queen's Throat? This chapter esp., "The Callas Cult," you'd love if you haven't. But the whole thing's great.

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