“The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring conformity.”

[BidenPresident]

About 20 minutes into Tár, there’s a scene that brilliantly epitomises the film’s tensions. A nervous student called Max announces that “as a Bipoc pangender person” he’s “not into” cis white male composers like Bach. In return, Tár insists that he shouldn’t be so quick to judge. Great music jumps boundaries. She says Max is a robot. She thinks identity politics is a trap. “The narcissism of small differences,” snaps Tár, “leads to the most boring conformity.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/16/monstrous-maestro-cate-blanchett-cancel-culture-tar

From a film review of "Tar," with Cate Blanchett.

 

[Yakuda]

About 20 minutes into Tár, there’s a scene that brilliantly epitomises the film’s tensions. A nervous student called Max announces that “as a Bipoc pangender person” he’s “not into” cis white male composers like Bach. In return, Tár insists that he shouldn’t be so quick to judge. Great music jumps boundaries. She says Max is a robot. She thinks identity politics is a trap. “The narcissism of small differences,” snaps Tár, “leads to the most boring conformity.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/16/monstrous-maestro-cate-blanchett-cancel-culture-tar

From a film review of "Tar," with Cate Blanchett.

Sounds like more leftist claptrap. The problem is Bach's music is beautiful not because was a "cis white male" composer, if he was but because it's beautiful.