Slog - Comments on An Inconvenient Opera http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera Following the news last month that "An Inconvenient Truth" is being adapted into an opera, The New York Times responds with a (fictional) letter from the composer, Giorgio Battistelli, to Gore. This is my favorite section. Poor Gore. The idea that he would create a theoretical formula to generate a melody—and that the melody would then actually be unlistenable—is somehow perfect. Dear Mr. Gore: ... During Algorino’s instruction in the Weather Seer’s castle, you again accuse me of “caving” to the critics by omitting your famous chart correlating rising temperatures and rising carbon dioxide over the past 600,000 years. But... Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:28:35 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:48:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV Judging from the correspondence, I'd bank on unlistenable and unwatchable.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052452 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:47 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' Isn't the idea of an unlistenable opera redundant?

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052466 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:50:02 -0800 Comment by *yawn* Sounds so exciting!

]]> *yawn* http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052486 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:58:49 -0800 Comment by --MC I read somewhere that there's a tempo, devised by the creators of this opera, that will be used whenever Gore is shown. It'll be known as the "Al Gore Rhythm".

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052511 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:10:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'll have to agree with @1.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052571 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:40:54 -0800 Comment by Nick I did a taping at NPR last week for their Bryant Park Project show. We discussed this and the Brokeback Mountain opera. It should be on this week sometime. A total hoot.

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1052676 Arts Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:35:40 -0800 Comment by steadyjohn Basta Cretini!

]]> steadyjohn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1056041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/an_inconvenient_opera#c1056041 Arts Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:48:52 -0800