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What Kind of Emotion Do We Want?

A very Dramatic Presentation of Aesthetic Realism! Don’t miss this stirring cultural event–about art & life!

Featuring “Depth & Humor in Melodrama”
Looking a three instances of melodrama by George Robert Sims–“The Old Actor’s Story,” “‘Ostler Joe,” & “Christmas Day in the Workhouse”–Eli Siegel said:
“Melodrama satisfies two opposite desires: for the utmost danger and for the utmost security. The most terrible, unspeakable things happen, but if it is the right kind of melodrama, you think everything will come out right.”

“Liking the Way We See”
Reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson
“Liking ourselves is equivalent to liking the way we see what is not ourselves…. Do you like the way you see people?”–Eli Siegel

And–
“Marilyn Horne & Ethel Merman: Assertive & Yielding”
About these two very different singers–one known for her roles in opera, the other in musical theatre–Martha Baird writes:
“Ethel Merman can, like Marilyn Horne, go from the last point in assertiveness to a gentleness, a tenderness that is melting—and you feel the two things come from one source: there is no break.”

And more!











When: Sat., Nov. 18, 2017 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene St.
212-777-4490
Price: $10 suggested contrib.
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A very Dramatic Presentation of Aesthetic Realism! Don’t miss this stirring cultural event–about art & life!

Featuring “Depth & Humor in Melodrama”
Looking a three instances of melodrama by George Robert Sims–“The Old Actor’s Story,” “‘Ostler Joe,” & “Christmas Day in the Workhouse”–Eli Siegel said:
“Melodrama satisfies two opposite desires: for the utmost danger and for the utmost security. The most terrible, unspeakable things happen, but if it is the right kind of melodrama, you think everything will come out right.”

“Liking the Way We See”
Reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson
“Liking ourselves is equivalent to liking the way we see what is not ourselves…. Do you like the way you see people?”–Eli Siegel

And–
“Marilyn Horne & Ethel Merman: Assertive & Yielding”
About these two very different singers–one known for her roles in opera, the other in musical theatre–Martha Baird writes:
“Ethel Merman can, like Marilyn Horne, go from the last point in assertiveness to a gentleness, a tenderness that is melting—and you feel the two things come from one source: there is no break.”

And more!

Buy tickets/get more info now