Genius fashion designer John Galliano has been sacked from Dior for alleged anti-Semitic remarks. Galliano faces up to six months in prison for his words. Anti-Semitism sucks. It also sucks that Galliano could be jailed for his speech, from snips of his remarks it seems what he said might have been ironic as when a punk-rocker wears army boots or gives a Nazi salute to police officers? Fashion is overtly racist, no doubt, and violent Neo-Nazi types ought to be subverted in Europe; yet, free-speech has it's supporters, I hope Galliano's hot tongue won't be cooled off in prison even if it turns out his remarks were not ironic art but made with somewhat less sublime intent.
"Stylist and costume designer Patricia Field went all out defending Galliano by sending an email blast to 500 friends, blogs and media. She dismissed Galliano's anti-semitic rants as "theater" and later, in a phone interview with WWD described Galliano’s videotaped behavior as “farce” and said she was bewildered that people in the fashion community have not recognized it as such. "It’s theater," she said. "It’s farce.""
Looks to me about half-way between ironic and hateful rant?
Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:10 am
