bridiem Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Pas de Quatre said: The Telegraph joins the act. On today's letter page there is a picture of Fonteyn in the Firebird, captioned Swan Lake!!! Clearly, ballet bird = swan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I'm pretty sure the most basic piece of knowledge almost everybody has about ballet, even if they've never seen a live one, is what a dancer dressed to perform Odette in Swan Lake looks like. This therefore seems particularly ridiculous! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 These things are really shameful from august (well, used to be august) broadsheets such as the Times and the Telegraph. I've said it before and I will say it again: how hard can it be for these papers to find one person on their staff to ensure that these things are right? With ballet this is happening over and over again and it is an insult to the readers and the artists to keep getting it wrong. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Sim said: These things are really shameful from august (well, used to be august) broadsheets such as the Times and the Telegraph. I've said it before and I will say it again: how hard can it be for these papers to find one person on their staff to ensure that these things are right? With ballet this is happening over and over again and it is an insult to the readers and the artists to keep getting it wrong. it also makes you wonder what else they are carelessly getting wrong in the rest of the paper 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 38 minutes ago, zxDaveM said: it also makes you wonder what else they are carelessly getting wrong in the rest of the paper Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 57 minutes ago, zxDaveM said: it also makes you wonder what else they are carelessly getting wrong in the rest of the paper A great deal 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assoluta Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 hours ago, zxDaveM said: it also makes you wonder what else they are carelessly getting wrong in the rest of the paper I have been saying this for many years to those who base their opinions on what they read in the newspapers: "A few things you know well they report all wrong, why, therefore, you have trust in what they say about everything else?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Utterly incredible. Seems the media believe anybody in ballet gear must be in Swan Lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 The Times photo has now been changed from Golden Hour to Medusa with the caption "Matthew Ball and Natalia Osipova in Medusa". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, John Mallinson said: The Times photo has now been changed from Golden Hour to Medusa with the caption "Matthew Ball and Natalia Osipova in Medusa". I am sure they received many messages correcting their gaffe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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