Truly, one of the most original artists of our time. I am among those who think Einstein on the Beach is one of the greatest theatrical works of the twentieth century, but I don't think I ever saw a Wilson piece that didn't completely blow my mind.
I seem to recall an interview in which he said that he didn't think many of his works should be revived. I hope that's not true, and that his pieces have a long life in repertory.
frereubu · 1h ago
A couple of families recently told me that they showed or took their 9-to-10-year-old children to the Wilson staging of the Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach, and the kids were transfixed for the whole performance. I found it interesting how Wilson's staging seemed to make Glass's music so accessible.
Not Robert Anton Wilson the writer, who passed away a couple decades ago, but Robert Wilson the playwright.
fnord
corgihamlet · 3h ago
Thank you, I wondered why the name sounded so familiar.
zabzonk · 4h ago
> fnord
Hey, I saw that!
balamatom · 4h ago
They don't hide 'em anymore. Cheaper these days to just come for the person who sez he sees 'em.
zabzonk · 3h ago
Oh God, my back door is open - aai Cthulu fhatang! [slurping noises]
justinator · 2h ago
Hail Eris!
nbzso · 4h ago
Why on earth someone will collaborate with Marina Abramović spirit cooking witch?
balamatom · 3h ago
Under duress obvs, more precisely the threat of being cooked and eaten.
On the other hand, when the Roman Empire legalized Christianity, I sure didn't expect that the Christians would go along with their movement being turned into the state's murdercult.
This documentary has some great sequences with Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo
This was the most memorable bit for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo#t=2902
I seem to recall an interview in which he said that he didn't think many of his works should be revived. I hope that's not true, and that his pieces have a long life in repertory.
fnord
Hey, I saw that!
On the other hand, when the Roman Empire legalized Christianity, I sure didn't expect that the Christians would go along with their movement being turned into the state's murdercult.