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Chicago sports fans know enough to boo when their team stinks. This is a lesson Chicago art patrons could learn.
Tonight I watched the Joffrey perform a very new ballet called
Infra
.
In my humble opinion, it stunk.
People all around me agreed that it stunk. But they all clapped. I’ve seen this before. For example, when the CSO performed works by Turnage a couple of years ago, I can’t tell you how many people around me said out loud it was not good.
But they clapped!
Come on, Chicago, show some guts! If you love a piece, clap. But if you think a piece stinks, don’t clap because you’re afraid people will think you’re a Philistine.
Trust your own taste and start booing!
–Stephen Russell, Crystal Lake, IL
