Commentary
Getting right to the point, the masterful film “Tár” includes one of the best takedowns of identity politics I’ve ever heard. The conductor is invited to teach a master class in music at the Juilliard Conservatory. It’s pretty obvious from the way the students are scattered out throughout the room that they are not that interested in what the famed conductor at the height of her career has to say.
A master class is supposed to be about adoring students and an experienced achiever revealing all the important secrets of success. In this case, the students were aloof and seemingly under duress for being forced to be there at all, not that the teacher knew this….