tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post4249017888702023384..comments2023-11-14T11:44:10.396-05:00Comments on The Legion of Decency: Canadian Artists Matter –- Someplace Elsejimhenshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34798599.post-20726179103311570182013-05-20T17:00:08.336-04:002013-05-20T17:00:08.336-04:00This is not the only answer to your question, of c...This is not the only answer to your question, of course, but an answer nonetheless. Those in Rumania defending the National Theatre of Timisoara’s right to present Nick’s play, like Tolkien with his Lord of the Rings, are reacting to and protesting the dangers, havoc and devastation wreaked by political, social and religious “univision” and speak from relatively firsthand experience. They’ve been there, recently. Ceausescu's regime was toppled in 1989 on Christmas day, one year before the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in Canada. Rumanians, and many Europeans, are very much aware of fear-driven fanaticism, religious or political, and the attraction to the Lidless Eye. WW II is only yesterday to many.The more progressive seek to destroy that singular-vision Eye before it destroys them. In Canada, our regional theatres, especially the bigger ones, function like prep schools, where uniformity is de rigeur. They pride themselves in becoming the Lidless Eye, culturally – in setting a “proper” example for all, reflecting a societal ethos, because, for the most part, many in Canada have never been (directly) victims of the Lidless Eye but have inflicted it on others. Only their ancestors, but, on the other side of the Atlantic. As for THIS side of the Atlantic, only Aboriginals, African North Americans and relatively recent immigrants (the last 50 years) are slightly more sensitive to the dangers of the Lidless Eye. But immigrants have also consistently shown that they too have short memories once they acquire wealth and surround their homes and memories with a white picket fence and a “no trespassing” sign.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933490589119938298noreply@blogger.com