http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/dc-week-in-review-a-post-on-laughter-and-forgetting/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/dc-week-in-review-a-post-on-laughter-and-forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-15896 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=4171#comment-15896 Yes, I noticed that right after I posted here — the post certainly drives home the point (especially in light of today’s news of the anti-segregationist Rockwell painting in the halls of power). Someday, I may find something I strongly disagree with you about, Jeff. Until then, we’ll just have to agree to agree.

]]> http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/dc-week-in-review-a-post-on-laughter-and-forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-15884 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=4171#comment-15884 I agree, obviously, and develop the point in my most recent post. http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/08/in-review-democracy-and-art-for-art-sake-without-elitism/

]]> http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/dc-week-in-review-a-post-on-laughter-and-forgetting/comment-page-1/#comment-15882 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=4171#comment-15882 I’m reminded of a question I posed to you a few years ago, in the context of discussing political theatre. At the time, there was a large body of works that attempted to critique the Bush administration, but none which really did any more than confirm the pre-existing political understanding of the limited audience. Even the best, Hare’s ‘Stuff Happens’ comes to mind, were more concerned with laying out arguments and history than with memory or metaphor. Then, as now, good political art must first be good art.

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