Re: And why. . .? (long)

Somewhere in this thread or the other part, someone mentioned Wagner
as being 'manly' and I think there is something to that.  When I was
younger and actually cared what people thought I always said I liked
'Wagner' as opposed to saying I liked 'opera'.  'Opera' conjured up
the image of Pavarotti and the hankie sobbing their way thru Vesti la
giubba, and everybody knew what type of man got into that.  Wagner, on
the other hand. . .well, if worse came to worse, you could always
bring up the Hitler connection (sort of like Manson and the Beatles),
and 'manly' images like Panzers,  Messerschmitts and John Wayne would
arise.

The Pavarotti image, however. . .maybe I'm thinking that it's less
difficult for a woman to embrace that than a man.

oinck!
RICK