… so UD assumes that James Levine will remain alongside him, securely honored at her revocation-phobic alma mater, Northwestern University.
NU will apparently take your honor back if it hasn’t formally forked it over yet, as with conspiracy theorist Jeremiah Wright; but once it’s in your hot little hands, you get to keep it.
Levine, whose 1984 recording with UD-favorite Kathleen Battle singing UD-favorite Henry Purcell (Levine’s on piano), is, well, a UD-favorite, has been accused of sexual abuse.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:23PM
It is fricking about time. I’m not a musician, and I’d heard whispers about his pedophilia 20 years ago when I was in college. Then later again in grad school. Talk about an open secret.
December 4th, 2017 at 8:30AM
nicoleandmaggie: I know. One of the strange aspects of many of these stories is the years and years during which everyone sort of knew but nothing happened.
December 4th, 2017 at 2:27PM
“One of the strange aspects of many of these stories is the years and years during which everyone sort of knew but nothing happened” just part of why I fear nothing lasting will come of this moment/trend, that the institutions/norms will carry on.
http://www.wral.com/duke-strips-charlie-rose-of-journalism-award/17160933/
December 4th, 2017 at 2:48PM
http://www.wnyc.org/story/our-metoo-moment
December 5th, 2017 at 11:19AM
dmf: I actually think you’re right. I think many human males are just too hard-wired to behave this way when they have the option to, and the power differential often takes care of the rest in terms of women reporting the behavior.
December 5th, 2017 at 12:22PM
indeed, too hard to change most organizations, one of life’s more grim truths…