December 4, 2007
WHO KNEW IT HAD BEEN ALIVE?:
France reacts to US magazine's culture jibe (Henry Samuel, 05/12/2007, Daily Telegraph)
France's artistic elite has turned on American critics who claimed that their nation's culture was dead.Posted by Orrin Judd at December 4, 2007 8:55 PMThe surge of Gallic pride was provoked by the front page of the latest European edition of Time, which asked readers to name a living French artist or writer of international standing.
The magazine itself came up with just one: the singer Johnny Hallyday - who announced this week that he would stop touring in 2009 due to old age.
The French could ask the reverse of Time: name any journalist or contributor of any standing who contributes to its pages.
I mean really. I can't think of any time when I've seen an author of an article or book or even a speaker be promoted as a "contributor to Time." Or do they all take an oath to never mention it, sort of like it's a membership in "Skull and Bones", and must be kept secret?
Charles Krauthammer used to write for them, don't know if he still does.
Posted by: Ali Choudhury at December 5, 2007 1:19 PM