1. Like many people, I much taken with @aoscott's piece on Woody Allen in the #metoo
era, but I have a few thoughts to add (as does @Jo_Livingstone!) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/movies/woody-allen.html …
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10. The feminist revolt was against both romanticism and formalism. The romantic original genius was almost often a man (often covertly supported by a wife or mistress). And formalism turned eyes from that fact.
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11. One thing I liked about
@aoscott's piece was way it placed the Woody Allen question in both autobiographical and historical context evoking period in 1970s when Allen was a cultural hero.Show this thread -
12. The 1970s cult of Allen was doomed to give way even if we had never learned about his private life, because belief in the Godlike auteur is at odds with collaborative nature of film (and all cultural production).
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@Jo_Livingstone & I have more thoughts on all this here (with cameo by@terryteachout & Ballanchine):https://newrepublic.com/article/146876/woody-allen-metoo-separation-art-artist …Show this thread
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