tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post5041355819253140408..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: John Doyle's "Mahagonny" on PBSPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-90966475650852923362008-11-20T15:44:00.000-05:002008-11-20T15:44:00.000-05:00Yeah it's super fashionable to dismiss Brecht as a...Yeah it's super fashionable to dismiss Brecht as a sexist, manipulative immature hack these days but what can you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-3644380048917185002007-12-17T19:56:00.000-05:002007-12-17T19:56:00.000-05:00The thing that struck me the most about the produc...The thing that struck me the most about the production was the way the Opera folks tried to sell it as a piece by Weill with only minor contributions by Brecht; if any piece ever had Brecht's aesthetic plastered all over it, it's this one.<BR/><BR/>But then, he's only one of the most influential writers of the 20th century; no reason to upset the operaphiles.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.com