Harold Bloom on How Multiculturalism Blows

I'm still sore about Westobou. So much money earmarked for art and culture went to it. Money that was meant to be for community enrichment. They hired out of town acts and charged for almost all events.
The featured big-ticket event, though, was free and played in the commons every night of the festival. "Slow Dancing," three screens of projected video portraits of dancers, was shown in other towns for people to see on the way to ballet or opera. Was Westobou right to categorize it as dance? I don't think people expecting to watch tennis would consider seconds-long clips of assorted serves from players around the world adequate.
It's a red flag when backers carry on about how multicultural it is to portray not only ballerinas but also foreign people in exotic outfits. Bodies moving unnaturally slowly does draw one in. Also interesting to watch in super slow motion- water balloons.
It would be great if someone with something interesting to do for Augusta would apply for the Porter Fleming Grant. Let the money do what it was meant to do- "contribute annually to the educational, literary, artistic, scientific, historical, musical, and cultural enrichment of the lives of the residents of the City of Augusta and the geographical area immediately adjacent thereto." Deadline January 31.