Posted on 04/12/2022 6:30:32 AM PDT by C19fan
The Courtauld Gallery has been criticised for introducing a 'woke' new label on a Manet masterpiece that warns viewers of the 'unsettling' presence of a man.
The London gallery, which holds the UK's most prestigious collection of Impressionist paintings, reviewed its labelling as part of a £57million refurbishment.
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Normal behavior is being banned while disordered behavior is celebrated.
It's as plain as day!
Regards,
They are bothered because it depicts in their mind heterosexual. If that barmaid was a guy, this would get the “art of the century award”.
Can’t help thinking we are nearing a tipping point on such nonsense, that the woke nonsense bubble is bound to burst.
More troubling to me is that I can’t make the angles work on that reflection. If that mirror goes straight across the backbar, as it seems to; and given that she’s staring straight ahead; we should see his top hat behind her head, eh?
Most troubling of all? That bustle under her dress seems to be an advertisement for big butts. I’m deeply offended that it is cultural appropriation.
Feminists and their woke pals make my late grandmother seem libertine. She used to chase us out of the house when my aunt was nursing. A raging southern baptist. Orwell referred to the “No sex league” in “1984.” Every look, every thought must be policed.
The U.S. is the ground zero of serious mental health problems.
Yes, but it's OK to advocate child genital mutilation in order to "correct God's mistake".
The man is from the Department of Public Health.
He is telling the woman that she and her business are non-essential.
Unbelievable!!
A patron at a bar thinking he’s got a shot with the barmaid.
So this misogynist walks into a bar.....
She looks bored...
No doubt from listening to his constant half-drunk "mansplaining."
I think her look says that this obvious homosexual just asked her for a glass of champagne.
The left are more Taliban than Puritan.
In time, all art will have ‘warnings’. Then it’ll all just be banned, and disappear.
I am offended by the misandry inherent in the other twits description of the “male gaze”.
Yeah i guess I can see that...I used the term “jaded” in terms of being “world weary”, some what cynical and wanting to stay somewhat disconnected from the customer she’s serving.”Hey, bud what’ll ya have...? or expressions like it are heard all over the world in any bar no matter the language or the country...and the look from the bartender is always the same at 1 am in the morning in what ever country.Just my opinion... worth only the 2 bucks it takes to get coffee from mickey d’s.
If Manet had painted a man with that same expression, would your class have had the same reactions that you described, do you think?
Some people are just too delicate for the cruel real world and should be locked up for their own protection. The rest of us just order a drink.
I’m wondering if the labels on the bottles are accurate and identifiable. A couple of the bottles look like Bass beer labels, and one bottle looks like a Grande Marnie bottle. Just wondering if the artist violated copyrights, or if he was compensated for label placement.
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