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Workshops Begin In Australia On WikiLeaks Opera
Hugh Pickens writes "Betrayal, lust, secrecy, power: there's no shortage of dramatic intrigue in the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Perhaps that's why work has begun on an opera based on the life of Julian Assange in Melbourne. Opera Australia held – with Julian Assange's approval – a series of in-house workshops last month after its artistic director, Lyndon Terracini, came up with the idea and asked composer Jonathan Dreyfus to write the music. 'It's got everything that a dramatic musical work needs,' says Eddie Perfect, who played Assange in the initial process. 'It's got heroes and villains. In fact, it's got a hero and villain combined in one.' The company has not yet committed to a full production, but if the opera goes ahead it will be the second time the WikiLeaks story has been presented on stage in Assange's native Australia. Stainless Steel Rat played at the Seymour Center in Sydney last June."
Rap News #5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbCwq4ewBU
Featuring both the real and fake Julian "Avenging As-angel" Assange.
Like Shakespeare, this was better in the original klingon.
I haven't used Opera for about 10 years, how does it compare to the latest Chrome, Chromium, and Firefox incarnations?
Since Julian loves to be center stage and has a flair for the dramatic, an opera sounds about right.
I'm not going to talk about whether I agree or disagree with Wikileaks, but I hope people can agree that Julian himself is not the most humble of individuals.
Why can't you people judge the man by his actions and not his personality? I see this same shit whenever someone talks about Stallman. You aren't going to be friends with them and you don't have to deal with them ever, so it doesn't matter if they have "good" personalities, are narcissistic, are fun or whatever.
Fuck you, please die.
This focus on Wikileaks is ridiculous. Why does information have to leaked by Wikileaks? It doesn't. What's so fucking special about this site? One can leak information anywhere on the web, including the established media, a personal blog, or even Slashdot. This idea that only Wikileaks' site can disseminate sensitive information is fucking retarded. I find this obsession whacky. Who really gives a fat rat's ass about this bullshit drama?
add global warming and bitcoin and you'd have the perfect story.
...you followed that last link, expecting it to lead to an opera version of the adventures of the famous Stainless Steel Rat, James Bolivar diGriz...
Confusingly, the director's name is Harrison, too. Wayne Harrison.
Since Julian loves to be center stage and has a flair for the dramatic, an opera sounds about right.
I'm not going to talk about whether I agree or disagree with Wikileaks, but I hope people can agree that Julian himself is not the most humble of individuals.
Why can't you people judge the man by his actions and not his personality? I see this same shit whenever someone talks about Stallman. You aren't going to be friends with them and you don't have to deal with them ever, so it doesn't matter if they have "good" personalities, are narcissistic, are fun or whatever.
Fuck you, please die.
Julian isn't a media whore, the media are Julian Assange whores. They focus on him, he focusses on the war crimes his work exposes. Listen to him - he speaks very clearly and it's NOT about him at all.