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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2023 17:19:59 GMT
How is THAT for a subject line  ...........
BERLIN (AP) — A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face by a ballet director in the city of Hannover after he apparently took offense at a review she wrote.
The Hannover state opera house apologized for the incident and said Monday that it was suspending ballet director Marco Goecke with immediate effect.
The daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that a furious Goecke approached its dance critic, Wiebke Huester, during the interval of a premiere at Hannover’s opera house on Saturday and asked what she was doing there. It said that the two didn’t know each other personally.
The newspaper said that Goecke, who apparently felt provoked by a recent review she wrote of a production he staged in the Dutch seat of government, The Hague, threatened to ban her from the ballet and accused her of being responsible for people canceling season tickets in Hannover.
He then pulled out a paper bag with animal feces and smeared her face with the contents before making his way off through a packed theater foyer, the newspaper said. Huester identified the substance as dog feces and said she had filed a criminal complaint, German news agency dpa reported.
In a statement posted on its website, the opera house said that Huester’s “personal integrity” was violated “in an unspeakable way.” It said that it contacted her immediately after the incident to apologize.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 16, 2023 17:28:44 GMT
we sure this wasn't a scene from Iñárritu's next movie?
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2023 17:30:34 GMT
we sure this wasn't a scene from Iñárritu's next movie? Black Swan deleted scene ....hmmmmmmm |
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 16, 2023 17:56:29 GMT
I like to imagine that this guy walked around with a bag of fresh dog feces every day, looking for an excuse
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Post by Joaquim on Feb 16, 2023 18:04:35 GMT
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Post by JangoB on Feb 16, 2023 19:39:17 GMT
This must become number two of the Tár cinematic universe!
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Post by MsMovieStar on Feb 16, 2023 20:08:39 GMT
Oh honeys, Scheisse!
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 17, 2023 17:33:21 GMT
Dude has been fired now......some priceless quotes below.......as a controversial critic myself - see my views on Bobby Plant for example (um) - I'd like to thank MAR for not literally attacking me with excrement over the years and merely subjecting me to excrement-like opinions when you reply...........kidding / maybe  ksltv.com/525615/ballet-director-who-smeared-dog-feces-in-critics-face-fired/
(CNN) — The director of a leading German ballet company is being investigated by police and has been fired for smearing dog feces on a critic’s face after taking offense to a review she wrote.
According to journalist Wiebke Hüster, Marco Goecke, the head of Hanover State Opera’s ballet company, verbally attacked her during the intermission of a ballet premiere performance. The confrontation seems to have been spurred by a previous review that Hüster had written, Hüster said.
“Goecke rubbed the dog feces hard and most brutally into my face,” Hüster told CNN Wednesday. “It was in an open dog plastic bag which usually is tied up with a knot,” the journalist added.
“I was completely guileless when he approached me because he spoke calmly, otherwise I would have turned away, but his bright red face showed his excitement,” Hüster said. “The bystanders were paralyzed with shock while I was screaming and crying.”
Goecke apologized to Hüster and all affected for his “absolutely unacceptable action,” in a statement sent to CNN Tuesday.
“In retrospect, I clearly realize that this was a shameful act in the heat of the moment and an overreaction,” following a “nervous strain of two premieres in quick succession” in The Hague on Feb. 9 and in Hanover on Saturday, he added.
Goecke told public broadcaster NDR on Tuesday that Hüster had been “throwing sh*t” at him “for years.” He said that his dachshund left feces in his dog bag, which he then used to attack Hüster. “Of course I have to justify myself and of course it’s not right that this happened in this opera house, in this public space, and of course, it’s also a fact that spectators were frightened and I’m incredibly sorry about that,” Goecke told NDR.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) wrote in an article Sunday: “We evaluate the humiliating act beyond the offense of bodily harm also as an attempt to intimidate our free, critical view of art.” FAZ also reports that the police are investigating the incident after Hüster filed a criminal complaint.
A Hannover police spokeswoman confirmed to CNN that they are investigating insult and bodily harm against Hüster. No charges have been filed.
Hannover State Opera immediately apologized “personally and also publicly” to Hüster, writing in a press release that the journalist had been “blatantly violated in her personal integrity.”
Hannover State Opera said in a press release Thursday it has ended its collaboration with Goecke by “mutual agreement.”
“A trustful cooperation with Marco Goecke in a leading position is inconceivable for the Hanover State Opera after the assault on journalist Wiebke Hüster. Marco Goecke’s irresponsible actions have deeply unsettled the audience, irritated the public, violated all the principles of the house and massively damaged the reputation of the Hanover State Opera,” the opera house said.
The head of the regional journalist association, Frank Rieger, condemned the “attack as an attack on the freedom of the press.”
“An artist must endure criticism, even if it may seem excessive,” Rieger said in a tweet. “Anyone who reacts to criticism with violence is not acceptable.”
Goecke criticized what he called “destructive, hurtful reporting,” saying it was damaging “the entire cultural enterprise.”
Meanwhile, the Nederlands Dans Theater said on its website it would “continue working with Marco,” as he had apologized.
“I will never attend any more performances by Marco Goecke anymore, now he exists in a different universe than mine,” Hüster said. |
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Post by cherry68 on Feb 17, 2023 17:55:30 GMT
He's an amateur.
In 1997, Italian milk farmers, protesting for being fined by the European union for producing too much milk, invaded highways spreading the content of purge tanks for weeks, transforming lots of streets in cesspools.
I remember them planning to get in front of the parliament and opening the tap...
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 17, 2023 18:38:07 GMT
Goecke told public broadcaster NDR on Tuesday that Hüster had been “throwing sh*t” at him “for years.” He said that his dachshund left feces in his dog bag, which he then used to attack Hüster. “Of course I have to justify myself and of course it’s not right that this happened in this opera house, in this public space, and of course, it’s also a fact that spectators were frightened and I’m incredibly sorry about that,” Goecke told NDR.
The balls on this guy. It isn't right that he did this in public. Look man, it either isn't right that you do it at all or you're completely justified. Don't half-ass it. Commit yourself to an apology or commit yourself to standing by your lunacy. This was premeditated, you can't say that you suddenly got upset. As for my thoughts: If I was a critic I would have shit smeared in my face every other week by studio executives upset that I hated 85% of best picture Oscar nominees from the past five years. If I was this journalist, I would pursue this guy to the full extent of the law to send a message. If I was the director, I would either grow a pair and continue - perhaps even opening discussions with critics of my work to better understand dissenting viewpoints - or I would quit. I've been in jobs where customers are routinely unhappy with you no matter what you do, and it does drain the morale. You have to either not take it personally or quit. This guy is in a far more privileged position where he isn't forced to interact with pissed off customers every day, and the loser does this? Get the fuck out of here, and maaaaybe I'll listen to your woes when you have actually put the hours into a job that puts you face to face with people who hate you. |
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