Quote:
|
Seems a pity this woman can't get on and do the job she is paid to do
|
I'm much happier that she's spouting whiffle in the papers rather than attempting to do a job that might actually damage things, given her record. Ghastly, ghastly woman.
Anyway, everyone's missed the point here - what she's arguing for is that the Proms should be made less elitist, less highbrow, more acceptable to people who might, say, watch ITV talent shows without requiring medication. Since the Proms aren't particularly elitist or highbrow at the moment, what does that say for Government attitudes to things that are actually culturally or intellectually challenging (in other words stuff that I might enjoy, like the fine performance of Salome at the Royal Opera House I attended a couple of weeks back)?
The crux is that there are large numbers of British institutions that Margaret and co. aren't going to force to be more representative in a million years - the Sun, for instance, or Big Brother have been mentioned (see
http://www.chickyog.net/2008/03/04/m...the-dark-ages/). Both would have to be made more intellectual if people like me aren't to be excluded, but we can't possibly have that, can we, it might exclude the thick and feeble-minded.