Category Archives: opera

IN DEFENCE OF CAMP MELANCHOLIA. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on August 21, 2017 by decayetude

There are many tropes around the homosexual(man): the abject subject (“subject” as in subjected to/controlled/put upon; we are the Queen’s subjects), so we are perceived as (and internalise and live upto this figure) as powerless, flailing around in hopeless “stereotypes”: … Continue reading →

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BLISS AND THE SHUDDER OF OPERA.A SELF-REFERENTIAL PERFORMANCE. BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on April 7, 2017 by decayetude

JOUISSANCE: Pain in Joy {“SQUARE BRACKETS”. That is a luxury if you actually experience physiological pain, especially if unpredictable and/or severe} But it’s a nice Conceit, for un Governable ECSTASY {“SQUARE BRACKETS”.Ultimately, as Monica Pearl admits, in “Bliss:Opera’s Untenable Pleasure”,collected … Continue reading →

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YES, we have a culture and history -and future: An LGBTQ MANIFESTO. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on April 5, 2014 by decayetude

Inspired by the performance “Keep it Proud”, at LIPA, 4.4.14,a  combination of lgbtq history, celebration; and a worthwhile attempt at community cohesion   FLEE the Disavowal….. EMBRACE Lgbt Gay Queer (Sub) Culture….. You don’t have to like ALL of it. … Continue reading →

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THOUGHTS ON “BLACK”,LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT. HOMOTOPIA, LIVERPOOL. 15.11.13

Posted on November 16, 2013 by decayetude

“…highlighting the apparent differences between you and me but expatiating in the elements that unite us before{sic] our sexuality, colour, background surely, we are all human first{sic} and have been Black at some point”(Le Gateau Chocolat writing about himself,and  his … Continue reading →

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CAMP IS POLITICAL AND SUBVERSIVE.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on March 26, 2013 by decayetude

I state my argument against Susan Sontag(“Notes on Camp”, 1964, collected in “Against Interpretation”), who says:”camp sensibility is disengaged, depoliticised-or at least apolitical”[which I take to mean politically neutral] We must , of course, take account of the fact that she was … Continue reading →

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