Metropolitan Opera Reacts to Timothée Chalamet’s Comments About Ballet

As a huge fan of Marty Supreme, I was really disappointed to hear about the backlash he’s getting. Apparently, some major opera companies – even the Metropolitan Opera – are upset with his recent comments. He simply compared keeping opera alive to trying to get people to go to the movies, and now he’s facing a lot of criticism for it. It’s a shame, because I think he just wanted to highlight how important it is to attract new audiences to the art form.

Yes, I’m still watching reruns of The Office while the world is on fire – and this is why

I brought this up with a coworker the next day, and honestly, they challenged me on it. They asked if this wasn’t exactly the problem – were we all just too glued to TV? I started to wonder if I was using these shows to avoid dealing with what was really going on, like letting a crisis happen right in front of me. My colleague didn’t think we should be finding humor in shows like Steve Carell’s; instead, we should be out there protesting and making our voices heard. It made me think – maybe these shows feel good because they’re distracting us, and maybe that’s actually making us less engaged with what really matters.