tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11330682.post1749415250440678673..comments2023-11-03T19:39:47.852+11:00Comments on Being Balanda: Nation 'too parochial' to engage - Merewether's lamentKevin Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529906371761583106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11330682.post-18368490859096732702007-11-29T22:21:00.000+11:002007-11-29T22:21:00.000+11:00Charles Merewether should not be surprised that re...Charles Merewether should not be surprised that real culture has no traction in a modern Australian city<BR/>Here in Adelaide, the Festival is simply a two year knees up for a very neatly defined audience who want a biennial bit of risk-taking and staying up late. It's all a bit like the incredibly fat Mr Creosote out of that Monty Python film, who explodes after one more wafer thin chocolate.<BR/>You can imagine the good encultured burghers of Adelaide on the verge of explosion after one more 5 hour Korean opera. They go home, grumbling and farting with cultural flatulence, and say Thank God that's over for another couple of years.<BR/>Nothing is left behind after a Festival or Biennale. Nothing accumulates or gets rank or evolves into anything. It's just cargo culture. But heaven help the poor sod who would challenge it.<BR/>I feel for Charles.markthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101246936607155279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11330682.post-52429002402235313022007-11-29T13:11:00.000+11:002007-11-29T13:11:00.000+11:00I agree.I agree.Florence Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539672176570172886noreply@blogger.com