{"id":84,"date":"2010-06-09T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/outthere\/wp\/?p=84"},"modified":"2010-06-09T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T14:53:34","slug":"nutcracker_as_it_were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/outthere\/2010\/06\/nutcracker_as_it_were.html","title":{"rendered":"Nutcracker, As It Were"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers, I just received the following email (“this message was sent to Jeff”): <\/p>\n

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Moscow Ballet seeks freelance writers to produce 200-400 word blurbs on Moscow Ballet and the following subjects: health, fashion, European culture, accessories, jewelry, motherhood, travel and perfume. Remuneration of $15 per accepted story paid within 5 business days. Send letter of interest and contact information to sally@nutcracker.com. www.nutcracker.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, I knew this sort of thing went on, but treated the fact as if it were a faint dead-mouse smell I could learn to ignore. How sad and awful, then, to see the desperate game up close, fake criticism for less, much less than a dime a word: 10 cents a dance, a nickel a schtickle, a penny for our thoughts.<\/p>\n
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And what exactly is a ballet blurb, a pirouette post, a terpsichorean tweet? Short can be sweet, to be sure, but praise for hire must always taste bitter, sour. And what a charming lesson for all those sugar-plum girls and boys out there in the dark.<\/div>\n
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I suppose that absurd string of other writing pearls lends itself to Dada thoughts. Health and jewelry. Motherhood and accessories. Culture and cows.<\/div>\n
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Does anyone know of additional cultural organizations that do the same thing?<\/div>\n
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For an automatic alert when there is a new Out There post, email jiweinste@aol.com<\/font><\/a><\/st1:personname>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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