Weekly SO

Oh well... once again, one that will not be popular...

Timothee Chalamet and his opera/ballet comment. 

Once again the world is down, like vultures on a dead animal, on him, because he dared to say out loud what he thinks. (What actually so many things though they would not dare to say it out loud, especially not publicly). That he does not care about opera and ballet, and thinks that most of the people do not care either. And everybody and their mother posting how much they DO LOVE them (opera and ballet).

Of course, I am a philologist, and kind of an "artist" (okay, a craftsman), and these opinions fill my social media, however Norbert, who is a male, an IT guy, his family is coming from a small village, and he sees totally different things on his FB. 

On the other hand, I am seeing newsflashes like "T.CH.'s chances to win the Oscar just dropped".

So, what is my opinion? I know it might be not elegant to admit, but I am NOT an opera fan, nor a ballet fan. I see and value the effort, the performance, but I did not grow up with either of them, and I would probably choose some other form of theatre, if I could. I also think there are a lot more people who do not care for those (opera and ballet) than who love them, and I think neither type is better or worst. 

Does Timothee Chalamet has the right to his opinion? Yes. 

Was Timothee right? Yes. Okay, maybe not about "nobody" cares, because appareantly, seeing the internet reactions there are still people out there, but let's admit it: opera and ballet are not the part of the mainstream culture anymore. With all do respect to the singers, musicians, dancers, tickets to their performance is less and less affordable to the average people and there are increasingly more and more alternatives for entertaiment.

Was it a smart way to voice/phrase it? No. Of course, there would be a ton of ways to phrase it differently, better, less rude, less dissmissive way. 

Should he loose "his chances" for the Oscar because of it? NO. Oscar should be given because his acting, and not because he likes opera and ballet or not. 

I understand that opera and ballet loosing its popularity is a bitter pill to swallow for its artists and fans, but its not Timothee Chalamet sho should be punished for that.

Oh, BTW, I am not alone with my opinion: there is the  Vanity Fair article, The Week article, and the msnow article, and these are just the first three find when doing a google search with "was Timothee Chalamet right about opera", while there is a lot more. 

P.S.: Who knows.... maybe he did it on purpouse, to draw attention to these arts?