Posted on 09/22/2008 5:45:30 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Washington Post Writer Philip Kennicott sees all the worst in America at the reopening of the famous Gettysburg Cyclorama.
Talk about a skewed look at history. On September 20, the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott unleashed a tirade against everything Civil War in a story that was supposed to be about the re-opening of the revamped Cyclorama painting in the America's quintessential Civil War town, Gettysburg, PA. Not only did Kennicott denigrate in every way possible the over 100-year-old painting in the round of the battle of Gettysburg -- it's a mere "relic" that doesn't live up to its hype he says -- he also attacked Americans who have an interest in the Civil War as somehow just trying to forget about slavery. Kennicott also cast stones at capitalism and basically said that the gigantic painting was not really "art." With his final analysis he seemed to turn up his nose at every aspect of the Civil War, Gettysburg, and the Cyclorama painting. If he hated the thing so much he should have stayed home and played a video game!
On the occasion of its re-opening Kennicott tells us that the famed 1884 painting received a $15 million restoration and has been returned as a major attraction at the recently completed Gettysburg visitors center. The way the public views the painting has also been changed to better reflect the way the creators had envisioned. A light and sound show has been added to enhance the viewing, as well. And, apparently this all does not sit very well with Kennicott.
As expected, his first paragraph sets the generally disparaging tone for this piece. Before he tells us that it was never a "great painting" in the first place, Kennicott scoffs that "For generations, kids have begged to see it, and for generations they have walked away wondering, is that all?"
He goes on...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
Dixie-ping!
|
|||
Gods |
The Cyclorama itself is a piece of our history, irrespective of the fact that a three day battle couldn't be captured verbatim in a painting unless it was a mile long. |
||
· Mirabilis · Texas AM Anthropology News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo · · History or Science & Nature Podcasts · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists · |
What?
Another America-bashing Marxist?
OK ~ I remember now...”opposition in all things.” If it weren’t for people like him, we wouldn’t know how great people like Palin are.
Or maybe it's just that he hates it when historical facts contradict his editorials masquerading as news stories.
“Cyclorama painting in the America’s quintessential Civil War town, Gettysburg, PA”
Old Ben still remembers visiting that(as a youngster) for the Centennial. It was VERY cool!
You have to love it when people like this — and newspapers —are too busy picking 150-year-old scabs to notice what is happening today. This reminds me of the Inola Gay, when the Smithsonian allowed the Japanese to dictate the script for its exhibit, and got smacked down, but the Wash Post ran all these articles insisting we shouldn’t remember our history, that the Japanese had some valid points and the Japanese weren’t aggressive, etc, in other words, complete rewrite of Pearl Harbor casting us as the villains. The intellectual dishonesty of the Wash Post is breath-taking.
“Seriously, its only a matter of time until Civil War history is re-written to classify the Confederacy as an evil on grander scale than Nazi Germany.”
....it’s already happened at Texas A&M....the student code of conduct specifically forbids “the display of Nazi or Confederate symbols”
“Mr. Kennicott, please go to Moscow and visit the Borodinskaya Bitva, and tell the Russians how much their painting sucks.”
Think he’ll make it out alive? ;)
Oh great, this pinhead doesn’t believe that veterans and their descendants didn’t cry when viewing the painting-in-the-round?.....what does he do for an enocore, deny the holocaust?
Maybe he should try reading a book...as the Oompa Loompas say, “you’ll get no...you’ll get no...you’ll get no commercials?” :)
I guess you don't do crossword puzzles.
Yea. Sheese, we ALL no its spelt Inola Gaye!
“Seriously, it’s only a matter of time until Civil War history is re-written to classify the Confederacy as an evil on grander scale than Nazi Germany.”
[Stonewalls] ....it’s already happened at Texas A&M....the student code of conduct specifically forbids “the display of Nazi or Confederate symbols”
That was Robert Gates's initiative -- part of Manor Bush's drive to "touch up" (de-Aggify) Texas A&M. You know, make it more ..... modern..... kind of place an old Yalie [as in, Poppy Bush] could be proud to stroll around and tell people he's on the board of regents.....
A member of the Corps of Cadets had a small CBF (square) sticker on his personal footlocker. The cadet was called in and told forthrightly that if he didn't remove the sticker, he'd get tossed from the Corps. That's how Gates rolls -- PC as long as you aren't looking down his throat with enough conservative votes to evict him from his job.
Massa Poppy, too, come to think of it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.