BarkellWH -> RE: Cultura (Mar. 16 2015 12:03:05)
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in my opinion it gets ridiculous when english native speakers post in spanish just to demonstrate their "deep and pure" knowledge of flamenco...not to speak about the obstrusive and constant posting of that corrida thing. I could not agree with you more, Thomas. I was born and grew up in Arizona; my mother lived in Mexico the first 16 years of her life; I speak Spanish; I have attended bullfights ("corridas"); and one of the books I read at a young age was Ernest Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon," about the art, practice, and culture of bull-fighting, and it introduced me to the greats: Manolete, Belmonte, and others. I can honestly state that my love for, and appreciation of, flamenco in all its forms (cante, guitar, and dance) was neither a product of nor influenced by any of my above-cited experiences. Without any of those experiences I would have come to understand and appreciate flamenco every bit as much as I do now. And lest anyone suggest that such experiences have had a subliminal effect on my appreciation of flamenco, I guarantee he would be wrong. That there are some in Spain who link flamenco with the bull-fight is fine, but that one must understand the link in order to appreciate flamenco is an opinion only. That there are native English speakers who post in Spanish and suggest that one must speak Spanish and understand the bullfight in order to, as you suggest, have a "deep and pure knowledge of flamenco" is, again as you suggest, "ridiculous." Moreover, it reveals an attempt to establish one's self as superior in knowledge to those lesser beings who don't possess the required attributes. It is a form of self-flattery. Bill
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