“She sings, she thinks, she directs”: the musical magazine Diapason apologized Tuesday for this cover about director Barbara Hannigan and for readers who were “offended” by this “clumsy” wording.
Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan herself tweeted her bitterness, joking: “Actually, I’m known for thinking, but who would have thought thinking made news?”
A title “is necessarily a shortcut and this had no other purpose than to summarize the content of the interview in a brief formula,” he justified. Diapason on their social networks.
“Without a doubt there were other ways to express this idea, less confusing,” continues the critic, defending himself from any “malicious intention.”
“Unfortunate Choice”
This controversy arises a few days after the magazine was around. french cinema which had only men on the cover of its latest edition to illustrate the “reconquest” of French cinema.
“Any problems with this cover?”, had commented the 50/50 collective, which fights for equality, parity and diversity in the film and audiovisual industry.
“If we bother you, don’t hesitate to say so,” tweeted director Audrey Diwan, who won the Golden Lion in 2021 in Venice with her film “The Event.”
french cinema He lamented an “unfortunate election” and “not very representative” of the sector.
Source: BFM TV
