I dont believe paying huge salaries to Directors and Actors is helping the "Arts"Originally posted by ilw@2 March 2004 - 20:32
wouldn't that lead to art and culture basically being available only to those who can afford it, i had you pegged as more socialist than this RF. I can see the attraction of charging foreigners, (especially in london ) but charging everybody automatically makes it less desirable to those who are already struggling financially.
& what about all those starving artists who need inspiration?
Like i said, most Museums and Galleries everywhere else in the country outside London manage without huge grants from the Government.
Theatres show plays, which i go to, without these Grants.
Its amazing that all these places without the Grants not only pay there own way, but are:
a/ Cheaper to go to, in general
b/ More community orientated and as such involve the public much more in the "Arts" than the national ones do.....and that is, afterall, why they get the money?
Let me make it clear... I am not against the "arts". I just dont think the Government should be involved in spending my money to make it cheaper for some millionaire to go to the Opera or see a Painting.
I may change my mind if they suddenly make it cheaper for me to go and see a concert that myself, and my peers would be interested to see.
Saying that popular music pays for itself anyway doesnt cut it. So would the Opera if it wasnt so "select" an audiance with the performers/directors getting paid a lot of money....a lot more per year than most popular performers (not all are superstars with money dripping off them)
Although i mentioned Musuems above, I do not class these as "arts".
A Museum is, in my opinion, as much an educational institution as it is an entertainment facility. I have no objetion to public money being spent on these for that reason.
@ Junkyardking
Yes i read the article.
In the case of "Donations from the public" I have no problem with that...they are the ones that wish to see it.
The National Lottery money could be spent better in my opinion. A lot of good causes get nothing, and others dont get enough...
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