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Springtime For NEA.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Federal Spending: Hard to believe that nearly 10 years have passed since the last big dust-up over funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. Another 10 was probably too much to expect.
You might remember the battles of 1994, when Republicans were coming to power in Congress and conservatives led by Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey and Jesse Helms were targeting the NEA for budget cuts or outright elimination.
They were fed up with tax dollars being used to sponsor art, or "art" (depending on one's viewpoint) that many found offensive.
Among their favorite NEA-funded whipping boys (no pun intended) were photographers Robert Mapplethorpe, with his explicit gay imagery, and Andres Serrano, with his crucifix floating in urine.
The NEA survived that storm, and the quiet surrounding the agency in recent years is probably a credit to those in charge. But now comes news from San Diego that has the potential of dragging the NEA back into the spotlight.
Seems that an NEA grant will be used to develop a musical -- repeat: musical -- based on the life of serial killer Andrew Cunanan.
Cunanan was the gay playboy who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after he made fashion designer ...
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