The Washington Post had an interesting article about an experiment of sorts that they conducted in the Washington Metro.
They asked violin virtuoso Joshua Bell to play at an L'Enfant Plaza metro stop entrance during rush house to observe the reaction of passersby.
The article itself features some unintended silliness and snobbery, but it's interesting nonetheless. I don't know that one can interject any sort of meaning into the reactions witnessed.
You can find it here, with some videos.
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One of my favorite articles ever, E. It came out a couple of years and I think it even won a Pulitzer, but alas, the author took a buyout recently. Sigh.
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ReplyDeleteI wrote a paper on this piece and presented it to an small audience. I argued that it largely represented a decline in our cultural mores. Needless to say, my audience reacted at this argument with a mix of horror and bafflement.
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