But a voice has to come from a body. And over the years it has become more or less normal to see Paige O’Hara as the Soap Star in “Menopause the Musical.” The campy musical proved to be a surprisingly sturdy vehicle in Las Vegas, and its producers don’t expect that to change when it moves from Luxor to Harrah’s next month.
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There are definitely two sides this particular problem, the first dilemma is that artists being commissioned and offered work when they agree to paint in these high rise buildings. What’ wrong with that, one might ask, its spreading art, getting people recognized. Isn’t it better to have people see and appreciate the work rather than focus on the audience its bringing in? The other side of course is those that use the art for their non-culture-spreading purposes. It is difficult for the artist to accept that they are being used for business purposes rather than artistic purposes, but again one must look at the bigger picture. The feeling/thought provoking art is being spread. So what if its being used to bring in wealthier clientele, whether or not YOUR particular piece goes in THAT particular building is not going to keep the developers from pricing the studios as high as they do. Continue to focus on your work artists, develop that before jumping on the “fight the good fight” bandwagon.
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