Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 1996/02

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Mr. Holland: Insidious Propaganda
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 18:09:12 -0500

excerpt from a very cogent response from John Blegen:

>As for the ending, suppose the clarinetist Governor had alighted ex
>machina, restored the funding for the program and THEN taken her chair in
>the woodwind section to play Mr. H.'s piece. What message would that have
>sent? "Wait for help from on high"? Maybe the ending is not so bad.

Good point. It did occur to me that if it had ended with a typical
Hollywood sugar-coated (or saccharine-saturated) ending it might have been
even worse.

For
>me the film said these things: the arts are essential to our lives,
>teaching the arts is a valuable profession, to contribute to the happiness
>and enrichment of those around us is important, and, finally, the arts
>will not be a part of the educational process if we don't fight.

Hmm... I believe all those things, I just thought the film seemed to say it
doesn't matter if we fight, the arts will be cut anyway. I can hardly wait
'til I have kids so I can jump up and down at school board meetings to
demand support for the arts...