Are tyrants good for art?

[jochen stremmel]

I definitely hope so, David.

But you cannot make a rule out of Welles' proposition, nicely put as
it is, out of the moment. Think of Germany 1933-45: a cultural
wasteland if there ever was one.

Perhaps that's the biggest difference between Russia under Lenin and
Stalin and Germany under/with the Nazis.

J



2012/8/12 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
> Iran is where the true Spring will eventually flourish!
>
>
> On Sunday, August 12, 2012, Dave Monroe wrote:
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>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky 5 The Battle on Ice
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>>
>> http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/kids-in-the-hall-thanks-hitler/0c9684d02b49574e22210c9684d02b49574e2221-1341386982665?q=Kidz%20in%20the%20Hall&cpkey=6c816c7be3841197aedd6c816c7be3841197aedd-1250189051123|Kidz+in+the+Hall|||
>>
>> http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/two/thanks.html