"Those who have made their case against intellect in our time have not found it necessary to originate a single new argument, since this mythology [the intellectual as subversive] is deeply rooted in our historical experience"--Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Mimi: "Pretty.... Will I ever be pretty again?"--La Boheme
Dreamed of seeing Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Finally finished the 50-page introductory section of Anti-Intellectualism in American Life! I got the impression that the book's about American intellectualism as much as anti-intellectualism.
Had another singing lesson with Giuseppe. I'm now looking him in the eye and even smiling as I sing.
Dinner was the rest of the pork.
Went to the Art Gallery of Ontario, which is free after 18:00. I got through it pretty quick. (There was an exhibit on one-joke artist Christo.) Then I saw King Vidor's silent movie of Puccini's La Boheme. It was very different from the opera: Mimi (Lillian Gish) sacrifices her health to help Rodolfo (John Gilbert) become a successful playwright, but he wrongly thinks she's cheating on him with a rich viscount...
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