there is one thing that really bugs me about the boston pops and that is the way they promote keith lockhart as hip and urban. but i'm not fooled, you hear me BSO?! i can see that behind the facade of a people's conductor is a band nerd that was never really comfortable around people who were too pretty or athletically gifted. i imagine that on the mornings before his scheduled photo shoots he stands before his bathroom mirror and gives himself an affirmation or two or five. they probably sound a lot like mine in my twenties when i was single and about to head out of the house.
i am pretty.
people like me.
i am not the nerd i used to be.
everyday in every way, i am getting better and better.
i don't think i've seen an image of keith lockhart that wasn't that same faux-casual you see in senior high school pictures, sears catalogs and those wedding albums, where the bride really wanted formal group shots, but wants to pretend they happened naturally. his jacket is always thrown jauntily over his shoulder. and if the shot needs a little something more, why not get rid of the jacket entirely and try leather pants instead.
maybe he could take a cue from our friend mickey mouse in fantasia? both are equally flamboyant, but mickey has that extra zing. that little something that says, motherf*ckers i could conduct the g.d. universe if i feel like it.
shots of our friendly, neighborhood conductor mr. lockhart courtesy of www.keithlockhart.com.
1 comment:
I'm always puzzled when they try to make him seem urban & hip - until I remember that they're really marketing to people who are just over the hill. They don't really know what hip means any more, but they haven't figured that out yet.
Poor saps don't know that dork is the new cool.
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