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Ballet director smeared faeces on critic's face after bad review
BBC ^ | 02/13/2023 | Antoinette Radford

Posted on 02/13/2023 10:33:46 AM PST by BenLurkin

Marco Goecke was apparently furious about a review of one of his shows by journalist Wiebke Hüster.

He allegedly confronted Ms Hüster during the half-time break of another show and smeared a paper bag filled with dog excrement on her face.

Ms Hüster's employer, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), said police were investigating.

The initial review of Mr Goecke's show, In The Dutch Mountains, was described by Ms Hüster as like being "alternately driven mad and killed by boredom".

Mr Goecke said he believed the damning review had cost the Hanover Opera House subscriptions and threatened to ban her from the opera house during the confrontation.

Hanover State Opera said Mr Goecke had been suspended with immediate effect, as his "impulsive reaction" went against its rules of conduct.

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1 posted on 02/13/2023 10:33:46 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t approve but I can understand.


2 posted on 02/13/2023 10:35:22 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: BenLurkin

Artsy types are VERY sensitive to criticism, just like liberals . . . which most of them are.


3 posted on 02/13/2023 10:36:09 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: BenLurkin
...his "impulsive reaction" went against its rules of conduct.

Really? You don't say!............................

4 posted on 02/13/2023 10:39:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Suspended? Reinstatement is on the table?


5 posted on 02/13/2023 10:39:21 AM PST by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin
his "impulsive reaction" went against its rules of conduct.

Impulsive?? LOL. I think it took some planning to get a bag of feces to the show and then wait to smear it on her. He should have gone to see The Menu and taken notes if he wanted to do it right.

6 posted on 02/13/2023 10:40:35 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin; All

Gee, people thought Harry Truman was to tough on the critic who said that Margaret had poor volume and dropped notes.


7 posted on 02/13/2023 10:40:38 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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Some of the most useless people in the world are critics and yelp reviewers...


8 posted on 02/13/2023 10:42:16 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: BenLurkin

What $hitty thing to do.


9 posted on 02/13/2023 10:46:20 AM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Easily provable as premeditated. Artists are such posers.

Would have meant more if it was his own poop. Thats just how monkeys work.


10 posted on 02/13/2023 10:47:11 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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He needs to be locked up, and she needs to be allowed to put on a pair of purple gloves, reach into a ‘special bag’ and
smear poo on his face, with NO TOWELS readily available!

“Herr Goecke, If you would like a towel, you must first fill out a requisition form for bureau’s consideration. Forms are collected one day of the week. That day was yesterday.”


11 posted on 02/13/2023 10:48:24 AM PST by lee martell
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Something only a bitch gay dude would do. Disgusting and criminal.


12 posted on 02/13/2023 10:49:11 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (The Ukraine is dead, the head just doesn't know it yet.)
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To: BenLurkin

Only in America can such a thing happen. Europeans never….. what? Frankfurt? It’s in Kentucky. It’s not?


13 posted on 02/13/2023 10:52:05 AM PST by webheart
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Hahaha...I just saw that last night...there sure were some interesting scenarios in that! (Ralph Fiennes was great!)


14 posted on 02/13/2023 10:57:08 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: BenLurkin

More effectively executed in “The Help”…


15 posted on 02/13/2023 11:00:34 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: BenLurkin

CAT FIGHT!!!


16 posted on 02/13/2023 11:09:54 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Red Badger

“police were investigating.”

From a distance I hope 😏


17 posted on 02/13/2023 11:11:42 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

SSDD..........................


18 posted on 02/13/2023 11:12:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

Reminds me of a famous quote by a German composer, Max Reger:

“I am in the smallest room of the house. I have your review in front of me. Soon it will be behind me.”

Apparently Kraut artists don’t handle criticism well, and seem to have similar thoughts in responding to it.


19 posted on 02/13/2023 11:17:47 AM PST by Stosh
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To: BenLurkin

Must have been a shitty review.


20 posted on 02/13/2023 11:19:21 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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