Ben Cameron on the Artistic Reformation

Theatre Ideas: "Cameron compares the current situation in the arts to the Protestant Reformation, which was driven by technology (the printing press) and fueled by the question of who was allowed to practice. And while Cameron acknowledges that the Reformation didn't eliminate the traditional church (i.e., the existing arts institutions, which bafflingly he refers to as the only opportunity for 'economic dignity' for the artist -- really?), it did lead to a revolution in all aspects of society."