Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits.
Richard ForemanEverything Brecht wroteโplays, dialogues, and poetryโwas his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also of the communism that was always disappointing his deepest hopes. In a book that makes Brechtโs struggle to reveal these hidden contradictions its central theme, Glahn issues, by implication, a call to arms to todayโs artistsโwho are faced with a world that seems to defy attempts to treat the global crisis with an art that is rarely more than notes on โlocalโ angst.
Richard ForemanI see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of selfโevolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the โinstantly availableโ.
Richard ForemanThere is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.
Richard Foreman