FUTURIST FUN.
M. Mavinetti, the leader of the Futurists, has issued another manifesto. This time he deals with the ideal musichall as the Futurists would have it. The future of the inusic>halls, ho tie* clares, lies on the lines of the exaggeration of absurdity. "All logic must be destroyed, contrasts must bo multiplied, the impossible and the absurd must predominate. "For instance, lady artists should paint their necks, arms and ears orange, mauve and red. Songs should be inter, ruptcd by bad language or by revolutionary speeches." Other suggestions offered to those who I conduct music-halls are that turns conI sisting of burlesque adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies and Beethoven's I music played backwards should be given. Problem plays should be given j with .every character taken by negroes. Lastly, tho stage should bo well soaped, so that tho players should make the public laugh by sprawling on their faces at critical moments.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1914, Page 10
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