The Mission
The main theme from Ennio Morriconne's brilliant score to the 1985 film...
Language matters
I am trying to comprehend why many in the male to female gender variant community continue to employ the term crossdresser when female to male persons who do the same thing are not so labeled. If women aren't "crossdressing" when they wear traditionally male clothing, why is a male bodied person doing so when wearing a skirt? I tend to personally see this term as slightly anachronistic and dismissive rather than helpful since there are a series of societal connotations surrounding it which aren't generally positive or helpful. If we are going to move towards a deeper level of understanding and tolerance of all types of behaviour (no matter the percentage of the population which engages in it), we need to update the lexicon as we have done in many other areas of social science. Hence if we are going to less stigmatize a behaviour which has always existed and which occurs with much more frequency than transsexualism, a name change might be in order. Perhaps as a startin
As an oboe player, I thank you! I never tire of hearing it played so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteMorricone proving once again that movie scores are the "classical music" of our time.
Its awesome isn't it Halle...
DeleteIndeed some of the best modern classical compositions are cinematic scores.
DeleteInterestingly enough, some beautiful scores can also be found behind video games as well, something about which I would never have learned without chatting with my teenage nephew. Having long eschewed the pop music that has enraptured his siblings, he was explained that he actually did enjoy music, just more what he heard while gaminq. I was fascinated and asked him to play for me some of what he was referencing. It was beautiful. The particular game he showed me had a score behind it that reminded me of Dvorak, some of whose symphonies I played for him. Next thing I know, he was on YouTube looking for Dvorak and other composers the algorithms suggested for him. He didn't know that what he liked was actually a serious genre.
Also, have either of you listened to any EDM (eletronic dance music) or Dubstep? Genres of "those kids today," much of which makes my middle aged ears bleed, they actually deserve some recognition as modern classical music, in my opinion. Consider, for instance, work of Lindsey Sterling, who fell in love with the violin as a child in the 1980s, and who now has substantial fanbase of millennials and younger generations with pieces like the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoK0603D6fk
(Perhaps a ray of hope for Joanna, whose concerns about the degradation of pop music are no secret?) 😀
I am too transparent 😀😀
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