Paul Winter and Ithacans in a rush
Edith Wharton says this in the very first page of The Age of Innocence:
Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it.
I thought it was on of those flippant generalisations that are not necessarily true, but is impossible to contradict . Like when I say that Seville stepped out of Baroque directly into Surrealism. But yesterday I went to a Paul Winter concert which included a Brazilian Samba band, and the last number had everyone playting together, the Samba ensemble running all over the theatre and a few brave ones (like me) dancing on the aisles. Although, we couldn't dance very well because everyone was in a mad hurry to go! They were leaving in themiddle of the last number! That was so strange and so rude. Seriously, sometimes I don't understand Americans.
Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it.
I thought it was on of those flippant generalisations that are not necessarily true, but is impossible to contradict . Like when I say that Seville stepped out of Baroque directly into Surrealism. But yesterday I went to a Paul Winter concert which included a Brazilian Samba band, and the last number had everyone playting together, the Samba ensemble running all over the theatre and a few brave ones (like me) dancing on the aisles. Although, we couldn't dance very well because everyone was in a mad hurry to go! They were leaving in themiddle of the last number! That was so strange and so rude. Seriously, sometimes I don't understand Americans.