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National Review/The Corner

Kevin D. Williamson

January 9, 2021

About that silly reworking of Handel’s Messiah, Dan Bilefsky of the New York Times writes:

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Writing in The National Review, the American conservative magazine, Kevin D. Williamson likened the production to hijacking “medieval Catholic imagery for an episode of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’”

No, he didn’t.

What I actually wrote:

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You can hijack medieval Catholic imagery for an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but you can’t really repurpose an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race for anything of any lasting interest, because there isn’t really anything of substance to hold on to there. That’s why this only happens in one direction: You aren’t going to see a bunch of traditionalist Catholics looking to put a Tridentine spin on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

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106 years from next Tusday, people will Still be listening to and preforming Handel’s Messiah. The Kardashians, will be At Best a very minor footnote in the history of our times. What Dan Bilefsky and the New York Times a former newspaper don't understand 9just one of the many many many things) is works like Handel’s Messiah speak to the heart, The Soul. Where as The Kardashians and 90+% of modern culture speak to...well something else.