For the Rest of Us

Robert discusses a fascinating article that poses the question, "Does engagement with the arts slow aging?" While a stimulating discussion, for Robert, it's the wrong question. Instead we should be looking at how art enriches the soul.

Robert reviews the characteristics of contemporary leftwing art such as the dehumanizing of an individual into a group identity, the marginalization of anyone who does not adhere to the set of characteristics associated with that identity, and a rejection of the good, the beautiful, and the true.

Robert, himself in a production of the classic musical "1776," looks back a couple of years to a strange Broadway revival of the musical featuring an all female cast. Why would anyone do this? Because a statement had to be made that disavowed the wonder and grandeur of the Declaration of Independence in favor of the misery of contemporary malcontents!

Robert looks at the new musical about murderer Luigi Magione and how it is slated for a New Yor run after a successful set of shows in San Francisco. TO Robert, this is further proof of the degradation of our culture.

Join Robert as he shares his thoughtful letter to the director of the interracial "A Streetcar Named Desire" and her equally, and typically, thoughtful response.

Robert explores the recent rejection by the Columbus Downtown Commission of the Center for Christian Virtue's plan to erect three crosses on its rooftop. Can a symbol of faith be merely a graphic to be regulated by a government entity? Is this a free speech issue?

Robert looks at the possibility of producing the classic American lay, "A Raisin in the Sun," with a non-traditional, interracial cast. Would that be welcome in an artistic world where colorblind casting is embraced wholeheartedly, mostly?

Ep 05 - Robert looks at a recent production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," which featured an interracial cast. What was the director's motives and did it serve the audience's needs?

Robert explains how his concept of "The Natural Theatre" is guided by American founding values and a celebration of Western ideals.

 Robert reviews an article by Charels C.W. Cooke in the recent National Review. While the article discusses the reasons Americans should be proud and appreciative of our country despite the depressing rhetoric of politicians and talking heads, Robert shows how the arts contribute to this negativity and how we can fight against that.

Ep 02 - Robert tells all about his experience at a local theatre presentation where audiences got a typically misguided and patently false view of our immigration policies, all disguised as art.

Ep 01-Meet host Robert Cooperman, learn his background in the arts, and why it is so vital that "the rest of us" (that is, conservative and traditionally minded people) participate in the arts.