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Hatto is important- the irony a powerful message

Posted by Bambi B (A) on March 3, 2007 at 09:36:51

In Reply to: Anyone else not care about Hatto? nt posted by tinear on March 1, 2007 at 10:58:12:

tinear,

In an era when art is minimialised- even made to appear suspect as "elite", and villified as anti-authoritarian, it seems even more important to maintain artistic integrity and support clarity of authorship. If the public ceases to care about authorship, it further degrades creativity and individuality of expression. If plagiarism is to be rewarded by complacency, it suggests an increasingly low respect for intellectual property.

There is of course, when something is copied and sold, it's stealing the bread from the artist's children and all that- the ever present economic aspect. Of course BC must have made money- and he wisely kept his costs and overhead low, low, low by stealing- but his apologist stance is that this was a loving tribute to his wife is the most interesting aspect of the scandal for me. The irony is that all his efforts will make the name "Hatto" will for eternity be synonymous with "fake", and "stolen" and on it's own it dimishes his wife legacy as Barrington-Coupecable is sort of saying to his wife, "For your legacy, we want these recordings to be really good, so we need to get a better pianist than you".

I don't however, think there is an important failure on the part of critics, but I certainly would have been suspicious of the miraculous productivity and of such diverse and difficult repetoire with a specialist's touch ovr a wide range.

Thanks to the fine line between cable news and stupid entertainment, there will be the inevitable TV movie. "Theft, Lies, Sex, Death, and Godowsky: the Joyce Hatto Story". The story line that implies Hatto was murdered with gradual poisoning by agents of Anna Nicole Smith, who was earlier thwarted by former lover Barrington Coupe to launch an operatic career by stealing Joan Sutherland recordings, will be controversial and pull in millions of viewers. I see Linda Hamilton as Hatto and Kelsey Grammer as Barrington-Coupe. Pamela Anderson Lee as Anna Nicole Smith. Cameo appearance by Milli Vanilli as Barrington-Coupe's attorney. Production accounting by Arthur Andersen. Millions will be made and Clifford Irving can write the book.

--No, artistic moral chaos must be checked at the door when the few opportunities today allow.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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