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...York audience. Everyone knows that Dubya is not that bright, and any skit over 30 seconds long merely belabors the point. As Streisand’s lackluster satire went forward, order collapsed faster than Air America’s ratings. One audience member began to heckle Streisand and her Bush lookalike, setting off a major showdown with the Brooklyn-born diva. Not to be upstaged by someone offstage, Streisand decided to meet chutzpah with chutzpah...
...Streisand, of course, could have been clever with her comeback, but she chose a different route. Although never subtle in anything that she has ever done, Streisand decided to be more blunt than usual. The singer had had enough, and in decidedly impolitic words Barbra let everyone else know...
...with her four crass words Streisand had finally transformed herself from politically opinionated singer to full-fledged political activist. No longer was her show about pleasing her audience, instead it was about presenting a set of talking points to be made so that the Democrats can take back the House. Her audience had come to see her perform, but her performance took second seat to her political message. Although her display of righteous indignation was met with applause, the applause should really have been for her singing, not for her politics...
...subsequent apology Streisand pretentiously told us that the artist’s role is “to disturb.” While this is true to some extent (Streisand’s behavior has certainly seemed disturbing to me for a number of years), actors and singers should realize that political advocacy should not be their primary focus. Politics should be left to politicians, not to singers, and if an entertainer does feel the need to opine, it should be done with as much tact as possible...
...Streisand and others need to recognize that they lack credibility in commenting on politics. Dropping the F-bomb at a concert may be disturbing, but it doesn’t strike me as a credible or convincing way to get one’s message across...