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Re: Is Roberto Alagna a homophobe?

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by: Zachary Something - Fri, 8 Sep 2023 22:42 UTC

On Friday, May 16, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, John Neary wrote:
> Paul,
> As I posted in a different thread, I've been told that Alagna's
> comments were made in French and then translated into English.
> In the original French his comments are boorish but not hateful
> in the way they would be to an English or American ear. I have a
> feeling this is the case; I work at a college, and we sometimes
> hire visiting TAs from France and especially Spain. When these
> people--actually quite enlightened folks--use the rough slang of
> their homelands, but literally translated into English, they
> sound like horrible homophobes and misogynists. They have to be
> quietly told that those words (which they use very lightly and
> meaninglessly) have ghastly connotations in English.
> I suspect that this is what happened in the Alagna
> interview--though if others have knowledge of deeper homophobia
> or misogyny on his part, I'd be interested to hear it.
> --John (72430...@compuserve.com)

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