And Another Article (With possible FM tour mention)

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Originally Posted by David

I'm immune to ageism, or aging? Neither one, actually. Considerations of ageism have no place in any artistic response, as far as I'm concerned. What is presented up there on stage or screen is -- for better or worse -- fodder for my response. I've always believed that & acted on it. I am in perfect accord with the critic John Simon on that point. People who tell me "Give Stevie a break, she's 57" are susceptible to a touching (because profoundly human) but deleterious (because profoundly uncritical) fallacy -- a fallacy that I would characterize as existential because these people confuse Stevie's music with life: being so involved in living Stevie's persona that they cannot properly evaluate it -- hence they often defend Stevie as if she were their most beloved friend or a fragile, sensitive fairytale soul whose life is in danger from brutal ex-lovers & prickly fans. I venture to add that Stevie is used as a surrogate for life by many people, which is why they can't stand to hear public figure Stevie described as fat or old when they themselves have undoubtedly described other public figures that same way (as we all have).

The sensitivities one normally shows people in mannerly ways are not germane to aesthetic judgments.

How demagogic of you David. Your "they do this and that because... " judgements sound very nihilistic to me.

Romy