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A bit of snarkery:

Anent No. 5: If more people used the words "drivel" and "fatuous," maybe there would be less fatuous drivel. Great art is about trying to meet impossibly high standards, not everyone feeling good about themselves. (Besides, fatuous drivelarians usually wind up famous and rich, they don't need fancy pants sycophants as well.)

And anent No. 1: The wise child enjoys seeing smart funny stuff, the educated child is trained to like it, and the rest, who have been and continue to be condescended to (especially by themselves), grow up to make "The Da Vinci Code" (speaking of fatuous drivel) a best seller.

Which is fine, but let the rest of us talk about art in serious terms without gasping, "Think of the children!"

Please stop him saying 'drivel' - it is so rude - I'm embarrassed for him.

This guy is hilarious! Illiterate sods! Ahhaha!!!

I was lucky to attend 2 presentations by Mr. Miller at Lincoln Center inthe 80's - the first program was a talk regarding the 'ethics' of transposing works of art from one media to another (wonderful ) and the 2nd was a sort of treatise on the homicidal impulse or nature of stand up comedy...do either of these exist on web or on paper...I have often wished to read either. And please thank Mr. Miller for his programs regarding unbelief in god...they have made me very happy indark media times.

Yes! Aida is drivel! I thought so in high school, good to have opinion corroborated by a maestro. Viva Don Giovanni and Figaro! Viva Mozart!
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On stage "drivel" is ingenuine sure. But children enjoy seeing the "funny stuff" on stage. What about playfullness???