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sepdet...uncovers another oddity:
Rap of the Nibelung
The musician's website exhibits a refreshingly unusual fusion of hip hop posturing and geekitude.
I've never had any particular desire to see Wagner's Ring as an adult, thanks to the fact that it was massively exploited for racist propaganda purposes. (I'm not sure if that's entirely fair to the content; mythology is not necessarily to blame for its exploitation).
However, I seem to remember making fun of Wagner's Ring with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alexdecampi when we were in 6th grade. We were set off by a minimalist TV version, from which I can vaguely recall the Siegfriend School of Extreme Overacting and a scene in which Odin communes with the Earth-goddess Urda, represented by someone rolling about in a burlap sack and gesticulating.
Rap of the Nibelung
The musician's website exhibits a refreshingly unusual fusion of hip hop posturing and geekitude.
I've never had any particular desire to see Wagner's Ring as an adult, thanks to the fact that it was massively exploited for racist propaganda purposes. (I'm not sure if that's entirely fair to the content; mythology is not necessarily to blame for its exploitation).
However, I seem to remember making fun of Wagner's Ring with
alexdecampi when we were in 6th grade. We were set off by a minimalist TV version, from which I can vaguely recall the Siegfriend School of Extreme Overacting and a scene in which Odin communes with the Earth-goddess Urda, represented by someone rolling about in a burlap sack and gesticulating.
