Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#1Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:15am
Maybe this is OT, but I thought it was worthwhile to know about:
http://tinyurl.com/4shar7j
Those asshats have gone too far now. It's not like there's THAT much money in there anyways!
#2Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:30amIt's not like it effectively supports art anymore. But at least it's a symbol, I suppose.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:34amPBS would also be on the chopping block. And yes, Newintown, the NEA serves functions other than as a symbol. It's vital, in fact.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#3Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:41amIf the GOP budget is enacted, say goodbye to: Live From Lincoln Center, Great Performances, Masterpiece Theater, etc.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:45amThe NEA deserves to be eliminated. In the past, it has been too controversial.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#5Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:40amABSOLUTELY! Because if there is anything that makes great art great it's mediocrity and an unwillingness to make waves.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:18amAnd I'm sure you find it perfectly fine when the NEA Communications Director asks artists to specifically create works of art that support the agenda of Obama. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you'll get grants if you produce works of art that favorably portray national healthcare.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#7Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:28amA great nation deserves great art ... *this* nation deserves "Dancing with the Stars."
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:12pmIs that something that's actually being alleged on Fox?
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#9Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:25pm
How to eliminate the NEA without cutting federal funding of the arts:
Simply take all the money the NEA gives out in grants, and divide it up to the states - the amount based on population (in other words, divide the total money by 435 and give it out based on how many congressional districts each state has). Then let the state art councils (I'm prety sure every state has one) decide who gets the money.
This way you eliminate the adminstrative costs of the NEA office in D.C., and you won't have the bible-thumping conserveatives from the South complaining about the federal government funding "obscene" art in new York.
#10Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 2:21pm
Oh no, Goth! It's controversial!
The horror!
The horror!
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#11Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 2:50pmDamn, Goth. You are pushin' the rectionary freakshow factor up to eleven lately. "Too controversial" is pretty nutty even for you. A big fan of Jesse Helms, are we?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 2:54pm
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Colle
Broadway Star Joined: 2/13/06
#13Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 3:33pmEven though I love theater and the arts, I would be fine with seeing the NEA go. There are more important things for the government and tax payers to fund, like the military. Theater/arts seems so frivous compared to those things. It probalby would be best if the arts were privately funded.
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#14Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 4:02pm
HAHAHAHAHA...
Oh wait, Colle, are you being serious? How about we get out of the two dead-end wars, one of which we had no business starting, and then we can fund the NEA!
Arts and theatre are NOT frivolous.
#15Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:14pmColle, The budget for the Military for our country is necessary but what is also immediately necessary is that our economy get kick started. In many areas, arts organizations provide the only tourist revenue for local jobs, not just Broadway fare. Summer revenue in the Northeast is dependent on Williamstown, Tanglewood, Barrington Stage, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Stockbridge Theatre and any number of the arts programs that bring in tourists and money. It's show business and in many parts of our country right now, the only business that has not been out sourced. The NEA is start up money for the commerce of show business, it's not a luxury line item. The taxes I pay should provide not only for the military and the corporate seed money for banks but for the businesses of theatre. Theatre employs hundreds for the enlightenment and enjoyment of thousands.
#16Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:28pmThis might be hyperbole, but to agree with eliminating the NEA as a poster on a theater website is like promoting deforestation policies on the World Wildlife Fund website.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
#17Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:48pmwell this for sure is no W.P.A.!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#18Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 9:36amI think one of the biggest failures of the NEA is that they should have taken up the task of creating a National Theater. The only real purpose of the NEA is to funnel taxpayer money to artists like the woman who smeared menstrual blood on her herself.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 10:16amGoth, you are desperately pulling out material from 20 years ago. Nice try, though. Say a prayer for Mr. Helms for me.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#20Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 1:31pm
The categories available this year are down, with American Masterpieces being elimated completely. So we know what we are talking about, here are the actual categories for the NEA from last year and for this year:
2011
Access to Artistic Excellence I
Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative
Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing (Poetry)
Challenge America Fast-Track Grants
2010
Access to Artistic Excellence I
Access to Artistic Excellence II
American Masterpieces: Dance, Music, Musems, Presenting
Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
Arts on Radio and Television
Challenge America Fast-Track Grants
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing (Prose)
Partnerships (State and Regional)
Noel&Cole
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
#22Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 3:00pm
I think arts funding in this country is something of a joke, especially compared to other countries. I'd hate to see the NEA go because it's something as opposed to nothing, but their funding is so minimal would it really effect the arts world that much? Perhaps it would. I am not an expert.
But as a symbolic gesture I hate giving validation to the notion that arts and culture are frivolous.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#23Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 6:45pmThe government needs to fund the arts it's that simple. Art fosters creativity, imagination, innovation and critical thinking. It promotes the intellectual health of society and can also contribute to the economy. The simple fact that someone doesn't like the art produced is irrelevant and quite frankly a nonsensical argument.
#24Republicans want to eliminate the NEA.
Posted: 1/26/11 at 8:50pm
I'd hate to see the NEA go because it's something as opposed to nothing, but their funding is so minimal would it really effect the arts world that much? Perhaps it would. I am not an expert.
Sure it would. I'll give you one example. An NEA grant funded much of the development and early work on a musical called Feelin' Electric.
Feelin' Electric eventually went on to become a Pulitzer Prize winning musical that we now know as next to normal.