In a way I agree with the author but I would say that what she is reporting is not necessarily gender specific. I know a lot of Gals and Guys that are very well informed and make the effort to stay current and have a learned and studied opinion.
As well, I know a lot of Guys and Gals that prefer the ?Scarlet act? and/or do the reactive ?Chicken Little? dance all the time. I believe the performing group in question fits snugly in the latter group and allows group dynamics to fill their empty heads and form their opinions.
That works at times of standard social pressure and temperature but not now. Those days are long gone now and won?t return for many years to come, if ever. Unfortunately for them they squeezed themselves into a category of having an alleged ill-advised opinion or a stupid one that offends and alienates a large segment of their customer base. I find it tantamount to an Auto Executive denouncing a popular and elected public leader. That only works if the Auto Executive doesn?t want to sell any more cars. I?d say that?s reverse, upside down and bass-akwords marketing and exactly what has occurred. As to my personal opinion about the Chiclets, well, it?s really a chicken-shit copout to roll over and be an idiot in front of a foreign audience/persons and a sign of someone who lacks a depth of keel and has no rudder. At the end of the episode they demonstrated the collective knowledge and the IQ of a turnip and that?s unfortunate because they do perform their music very well.
Scamp
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